Baduk in the UK - Kyoung-nang Kang 7D
2011-07-07
I recently went to Cambridge to give a Baduk seminar. It took 5 hours total, I gave a game review and then I played a 12 simultaneous games session. It was very difficult for me as I'm not used to played more than 4 games at the same time. I was very happy because it seemed everybody had a great time. But I'd say it's my last time playing 12 games at the same time, it's very tiring on the body and on the mind. :)
Cambridge is a very beautiful place, most of the buildings there are very old, some are over 600 years old. The university is just huge. Anybody studying there is certainly very fortunate to have the conditions to do so.
One of the participants of the seminar is the current challenger for the title of U.K. champion. He's a very hard-working player. He was the last to finish of the 12 people. He played his best. It's very important to have a drive to win in Baduk. After our game was over he even had more questions about a different joseki, unfortunately I didn't know the answer so I had to send him the answer later by email. The current U.K. champion is Matthew Macfayden, he has been holding the title for many years now. I'm sure the new generation of U.K. players will soon catch up to him. That's the natural order of events.
I go once a week to Oxford to teach their University club. Despite what everybody tells me and the rivalry between Oxford and Cambridge, I think they are very similar in their love and determination to improve their Baduk levels. Every year Oxford and Cambridge have club matches with Cambrdige taking the best of it so far, hopefully my weekly visits to Oxford will help change that.
Cambridge is a very beautiful place, most of the buildings there are very old, some are over 600 years old. The university is just huge. Anybody studying there is certainly very fortunate to have the conditions to do so.
One of the participants of the seminar is the current challenger for the title of U.K. champion. He's a very hard-working player. He was the last to finish of the 12 people. He played his best. It's very important to have a drive to win in Baduk. After our game was over he even had more questions about a different joseki, unfortunately I didn't know the answer so I had to send him the answer later by email. The current U.K. champion is Matthew Macfayden, he has been holding the title for many years now. I'm sure the new generation of U.K. players will soon catch up to him. That's the natural order of events.
I go once a week to Oxford to teach their University club. Despite what everybody tells me and the rivalry between Oxford and Cambridge, I think they are very similar in their love and determination to improve their Baduk levels. Every year Oxford and Cambridge have club matches with Cambrdige taking the best of it so far, hopefully my weekly visits to Oxford will help change that.
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