What I find to be the least brightest of all is commenting on something without knowing for sure. Yes CCR taught me to fly using his method and yes he did have me look down and at the same time he was having me fly the plane. Under full control and it was his plane by the way.
The most embarrassing time was when I said I couldn't do it and handed him the radio. He then set the radio on the ground, pulled up his pants as a gesture and picked up the radio and made the turn and set it back on the ground. I felt about 1" tall, picked up the radio and started flying.
Please understand TM that he taught me to fly in a NY. February. In 20 to 25 mile per hour winds. This was no problem for me or him. As far as the directional aspect of it all, that was never an issue. When I asked him about it he stated to me, don't even think about it and just keep flying along. I did and it became second nature, without a thought.
So in a nutshell, anybody that has negative comments about this teaching method that has never experienced this first hand should come here try it out and then post the reality aspect of it as opposed to the speculative uneducated criticism of simply not knowing.
Here is a post I ran across from someone that is not commenting out of ignorance,

Testimonial from Henry Zwolak President Niagara Region Model Flying Club www.nrmfc.ca

I also received a letter from an old friend of the club, Clarence Ragland. Clarence is an amazing individual. I call him the model plane whisperer. About 6 years ago, Clarence came to our field to train pilots who never flew before. He took 5 student pilots who never flew prior to meeting with him. In the space of a few minutes ALL these pilots were flying by themselves and even landed the plane – solo - all without assistance from him or anyone else. Clarence has perfected a training method that would be unbelievable except that a lot of our veteran club members witnessed this incredible day. Anyway, Clarence recently wrote me and he is offering free lessons to anyone who would like to take advantage of them. His website is below. Clarence is located in Lockport, New York http://www.abchobbyshop.com/Lake_Ontario_Flyers.html

Happy landings,
The Doc