Mark let me help you. Let's leave Tim's unsupported throwaway remark aside. I called him on it and you jumped in.
Your translated secondary sources showed 1.some people found O Sensei difficult to understand and 2.he sometimes did things without explanation.
I have a serious problem that you extrapolate that to assume that he was not a good teacher. I already explained that Japanese teaching methods have a completely different cultural context.
So my advice to you is to say what you can prove. (for example)
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Some people apparently found O Sensei difficult to understand. He also did not often use explanations.
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And you have your citations. You have satisfied the demands of logic and reasonable scholarship. To take the intellectual jump to say he was not a good teacher is not supported. You just undermine your credibility. And that is a pity. Some of the information you have put together is interesting.