I think one of the big advantages of learning to fly tail wheel aeroplanes is they will not tolerate sloppy flare / hold-off technique. If you bang your C172 into the ground on all 3 at once as many do, it'll just land (until the day the nose-leg gives up the unequal struggle - see the AAIB reports every month). A layman watching might even applaud it as a good landing! A pilot will wince!
Try banging your tail wheel aeroplane down without a full hold-off and it'll bounce nose-high (if a tri-gear is bounced, it bounces nose-low so is self correcting until the nose leg snaps). A nose-high bounce has to be corrected by the pilot, as if he does nothing the second subsequent bounce will be a lot worse, and the third will probably break the aeroplane.
I think of the hold-off (at least in a benign wind) as 'trying not to land'. Just keep easing back until, despite you best efforts, the thing touches down.