That may be the turn-off for a lot of people here. Serious students in today's world tend to want to start out by training seriously, not enduring two or three years of "testing" first. Most serious students (rightly, I think) believe that they could really accomplish a lot with those first couple of years if they were allowed to train at the level of their passion in useful, practical concepts and ideas. The notion of students undergoing extensive examination periods is, in my own humble opinion, horribly outdated. You can accomplish the same thing by working them to death on the basics of the system in true combative form and still determine whether or not they have the right type of character and disposition to move into whatever the teacher might call "advanced." I'm not potshotting the TOAS methodology, mind you; rather, just trying to explain why a lot of people here might be put off.
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Frankly, I was a bit disappointed w/ the videos. I see a bit too much slop and weakness there. However, it's just PR. It's staged to spark an interest. The "real" stuff comes later.
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This brings up another important question. Perhaps I'm unusual in thinking this way, but if one were trying to go for a good P.R. effect, wouldn't he/she want to put the best foot forward? I mean, in any other sort of advertising, the goal is to sex things up and make them look as great and wonderful as possible. You'll never see a car commerical with the new model car's right front hub cap missing and a bondo patch on the front fender. You don't see JC Penney advertising the new Spring line of fashions with tattered elbows in all the shirts. In literally ever other type of P.R. campaign, the intent is to showcase the best possible view of the product or service one can possibly muster. By your post, it's clear that TOAS chose not to do so. Why do you suppose that is? Why "hide" the "real" stuff when the ultimate goal is to sell the system for what it is?