The March issue of Japanese animation and video magazine, CG World, has a very nice two-page article and interview with Chris Harding on Learn Self Defense. We don’t know any Japanese, but we’re hoping it says something positive.
Here’s the google translation of the article summary:

-Paradigm shifter
Crith* Harding
It was seen mainly even at the electronic theter of the SIGGRAPH of last year, depends on the artist of various fields, the unique animation work. This time, the electronic theater prize-winning work ‘Learn Self Defense’ the new world of the animation which evolved from interview of the writer and crith* Harding is searched.