Thanks BigNed. The reason I know that it works I used to fly a little 3 channel ship. No rudder and it was the only way you could take off. And it was a tail dragger.

When you say that using the rudder is one of the easiest skills its only easy if you know how.
Most people are right handed. And using there left hand is like pulling teeth. And I'm sure you know how fast your reaction with you left hand has to be when taking off sometimes. It just takes some people a little longer to aquire that skill. And once they see that the plane will take off without the rudder input it seems to help them relax a little. I'm left handed so the rudder was very natural to me. But if your not your reaction time is slow and on take offs you don't want to be slow releasing the rudder.

I do also agree with you about Tricycle gear being better for beginners.