If you know the difference between SPD & Look, I think you qualify as beyond beginner!

I just got Look installed on my bike & a shiny new pair o' shoes after 2 years of SPD ~ and I feel SO much stronger with them! I also found clipping in so much easier. Unless... well, you get started, foot slides over the top of the peddal, and your body crashes down onto the nose of the saddle, and the boys want to know why you yelled "OW!"...