This is not tanto dori. If you'd like to see how we do tanto dori, there is a video up.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1s28eQuw9oI
This is a kaeshi waza video. The wooden knife in the hand is just a "weapon", a thing you are struggling over. It's just a focal point. We do have practices where we treat it like a knife.
Rob, if I'm not the guy to do it, who is? I've never met him. If he's out there he doesn't want anyone to know, cause he's not doing it. From the growth I see in my students, I might not be so bad.