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Janice Kim 3P Workshop Announced in Northern California

Janice Kim, the popular 3-dan professional, will conduct a two-day go workshop in Berkeley, CA on Saturday and Sunday, May 4-5.  She will focus on how research into what it takes to become an expert translates into reaching one’s potential in go. "I've adapted activities for the workshop from research and practice -- not my own, thankfully -- in fields as apparently diverse as competitive tennis, to body-building, to law school, to baking," says Kim. "I find a common thread, in my own observations in go as well, in concepts behind these activities. People appear to excel, without spending unrealistic amounts of time, when what they do follows these concepts." Janice Kim 3P is co-author of the award-winning book series Learn to Play Go, and her lectures at the San Francisco Go Club and past workshops have been very popular. Last year she provided commentary at the Cotsen Open in Los Angeles, and this past December she teamed up with Michael Redmond 9P and the American Go E-Journal to provide commentary at the SportAccord World Mind Games in China.

"To sum up what we'll cover," Janice continues, "I'll show you how maybe surprisingly, you may have to do less to get better, and then we'll translate that into specifically what to do in a way you can replicate after the workshop. I'll be presenting go material a little differently, but hopefully in a way that you'll find interesting and useful. I promise not to go full Karate Kid and tell you to wax the floor if you want to get better at go." This workshop is organized by Bay Area Go Players Association. More information is available on this web page, and you can pay your entry fee with PayPal, credit card, or by putting a check in the mail. Register and submit payment before April 8 to get the best price. photos by Chris Garlock (left) and Brian Allen (right).