Not so sure about his flare "being honourable" dont know to many operators that would approve of the a*se end their 172 being dragged along the runway!!!! Hold the nose off has long as you like sure, but for it to be an achievement to come back with grass in the tie down.......... not sure about that
. Where is he working in aviation now anyway? As for the Robin/Alpha, all significant tail strikes i have seen that have resulted in tail skin rippling, and some that havent been quite heavy enough to damage the sub structure have all left a significant dent in the base of the rudder where the skid has pushed up into it, this is farely noticable. You have the technique right hard_yakka.