I feel it dignifies tradition. And that's lovely and has it's place -As a ceremonial or ritual or spiritual symbol particularly.

I feel it's the opposite of dignifying work though. Article indicates this applies to all kinds of craftsmen, many of which seem to be completely unrelated to the skill of one-hand origami-folding under pressure.

If they're allowed to practice however, I suppose it gatekeeps for comittment / "how badly do you want this"