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Hi everyone. My name is Ben Mantle, a 20 year-old Baduk player from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. You can call me Alakazam, or Ala I suppose ^^
Hello Hajin Lee, I already conversed with you a little on Facebook ^^ Your KGS lectures are great. I read almost all of your Baduk news stories last night while exploring this great site.
I'm a 5 Dan player from Canada, played Go for three and a half years. Around 4 Dan in Europe or Korea, and 6 Dan in Japan.
My KGS is RamenBoya, my Online-go is zeldabaduk, my Baduk.pro is zelda, my WBaduk is Hylian.
I have dreamed of becoming a professional Baduk player since I was a double-digit Kyu player, and that dream lives on. I traveled to Korea to study at King's Baduk Education Centre for five months, and returned home last Xmas. I had planned to return quickly, but KBC closed. Now I'm studying hard at home.
Nice to meet everyone. I hope if Hajin or anyone has news of affordable Go schools in Asia, they'll let me know.
Thanks!
Alakazam
I am sorry it took me a while to respond. Thanks a lot for the compliment on my web site & lectures! :)
How is your studying going? In fact, Baduk is a hard game to study alone. One should have good teachers and peers.
Nevertheless, I've seen a few people who made a great improvement by playing online and studying baduk books.
Something those people have in common is enthusiasm and devotion I think.
Anyway, I wish you a good luck in running to your dream!