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Friday Go Forward: Week 35

Overview

This week has been quite an interesting one for me. I made the decision to switch from task based productivity to time based productivity and have found it to be a much more manageable method to keeping consistent about the things that are important to me. In addition, now that I have been shifting my focus to increase the quality of my training, I am feeling a lot more at peace with my progress and don’t feel like I will be burning out anytime soon. So while my training menu might seem very simple, the key factor I’m aiming for is consistency. And if I have additional time in the day, then I’m welcome to pile on any additional training that I’m in the mood for. =)

Games

KGS - 4 games
DGS - 3 ongoing games
Nova - 3 ongoing games

20 minutes of Reading Training (i.e., Life & Death, Tesuji, etc.)
20 minutes of Go Theory Study (i.e., Joseki, Direction of Play, etc.)
20 minutes of Experience Training (i.e., Play or review a game)

Reading Material

Working on Jump Level Up 3.
Working on Get Strong at Endgame.
Working on_ __Perceiving the Direction of Play_.

Video Lessons

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Friday Go Forward: Week 34

Overview

The theme of this week seems to be “Revisions and Updates.” After attempting the aggressive tsumego regimen I had set last week, I realized that I was once again just starting to blow through problems instead of trying to practice reading variations. So it’s been changed again to try and find a better balance between quality and intensity. In addition, I am sad to report that I won’t be getting on Tygem any time soon since it seems that the resignation button causes the iPad app to crash all the time. It just really sucks because I enjoy Tygem as a server but their software is just SOOOO crappy. People might complain about KGS being outdated, but it generally works like a charm.

On a more progress-based note, getting a chance to finally see Go Seigen’s brilliance shine on the board has been incredibly eye-opening for me. It’s not so much that other professionals are not brilliant in their own way, but perhaps what I’m talking about is the fact that Go Seigen’s play constantly reminds players just how much freedom they really have on the board. Forget joseki or proper sequences, if you want to play somewhere else because you have a grand plan in mind. Go for it!

Otherwise though, it was a pretty productive week and I look forward to what challenges the next week has for me. Till next week!

Games

KGS - 8 games
DGS - 2 ongoing games
Nova - 3 ongoing games

Daily Training

Life & Death Routine (Magic Baduk Go on iPhone)
- 300 Beginner Problems
- 50 Intermediate Problems
30 Pages of Jump Level Up 2
50 Problems from the Get Strong at Go Series.
Play or review at least one game per day.

Reading Material

Finished Commented Games by Lee Sedol - Volume 2.
Finished Get Strong at Invading.
Finished Jump Level Up 2.
Finished Get Strong at Tesuji.
Started and finished Master Play: The Style of Go Seigen.
Started and working on Jump Level Up 3.
Started and working on Get Strong at Endgame.
Started and working on_ __Perceiving the Direction of Play_.

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Friday Go Forward: Week 33

Overview

This has been pretty hectic in regards to work and life in general; but for some reason I still managed to convince myself that I needed to increase the scope of my training to be far more vigorous. So as you’ll notice below, the regimen has spiked quite significantly. And the fun part of all of this is that the training regimen is still far from complete. xD Anyhow, for now I think it will be enough if I manage to survive my training regimen without burning out. Once I’ve gotten acclimated to it, then I will be looking for ways to improve it once again. Hope you all have had a good week!

Games

KGS - 5 games
Tygem - 5 games
DGS - 1 ongoing game
Nova - 2 ongoing games

Daily Training

Life & Death Routine (Magic Baduk Go on iPhone)
- 300 Beginner Problems -
- 50 Intermediate Problems
- 25 Advanced Problems
- 10 Expert Problems
10 Pages of Jump Level Up 2
25 Problems from the Get Strong at Go Series.
Play at least one game per day.

Reading Material

Working on Commented Games by Lee Sedol - Volume 2.
Working on Get Strong at Invading.
Working on Jump Level Up 2.
Started working on Get Strong at Tesuji.

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Friday Go Forward: Week 32

Overview

It’s been a rather busy week, but I think it would be fair to say it’s been pretty productive! I think the biggest accomplishment is my goal to simply play at least one game a day. Though this would have seemed impossible in the past, I have been toggling back between KGS and Tygem to fulfill that discipline. In addition, I’ve increased my training menu to really push myself and attempt to increase my reading ability. The training menu is still far from complete, but I am definitely feeling like I have gotten one step closer to unlocking the key behind designing training menus. Very exciting!

Games

KGS - 5 games
Tygem - 2 games
DGS - 2 ongoing games
Nova - 1 ongoing game

Daily Training

100 Beginner Life & Death Problems - Magic Baduk Go (iPhone)
20 Intermediate Life & Death Problems - Magic Baduk Go (iPhone)
10 Pages of Jump Level Up 1
25 Problems from the Get Strong at Go Series.

Reading Material

Finished on Get Strong at Joseki 3.
Finished Commented Games by Lee Sedol - Volume 1.
Started working on Commented Games by Lee Sedol - Volume 2.
Started working on Get Strong at Invading.
Working on Jump Level Up 2.

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Friday Go Forward: Week 31

Overview

It’s been another crazy week, but I think I’ve managed to post a bit more than last week. So let’s call that a win shall we? Haha. Otherwise though, it’s been a more studious week that has been focused on trying to gain a better foothold on how I plan on continuing my work on the blog. Though it has come a long way since its beginnings at Blogger, it is still falling short of my expectations and visions as a designer. Although before I get too ahead of myself, I still need to focus on making sure that new content is being pushed out so that there will be something to fill my designs when the time comes. =) Meanwhile, I will bide my time and jot down all of my ideas. Hopefully the day it all comes together will not be too far in the future. One can hope right? xD

Games

KGS - 2 games
DGS - 2 ongoing games
Nova - 2 ongoing games

Daily Training

20 Intermediate Life & Death Problems - Magic Baduk Go (iPhone)
10 Pages of Jump Level Up 1
25 Problems from the Get Strong at Go Series.

Reading Material

Finished Get Strong at Joseki 2.
Finished The Workshop Lectures Volume 6.
Finished Jump Level Up 1.
Finished Fight Like a Pro.
Started working on Get Strong at Joseki 3.
Started working on Commented Games by Lee Sedol 1.
Started working on Jump Level Up 2.

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Friday Go Forward: Week 30

Overview

Sorry I’ve been so MIA this week. I meant to write some journal posts, but things have gotten to a whole new level of crazy as I now must juggle boxing, Chinese, freelancing, blogging, and go while working full-time and having some sort of social life. The highlight for this week is that I was promoted to 4 kyu and it seems like it’s going to be sticking around. Still have a lot of things to work on, but it was nice to see some results in my ranking. In addition, I have started whittling down on my massive book list so that I can get back to more quality studying. Anyhow, back to the craziness! I’ll see you all next week!

Games

KGS - 5 games
DGS - 3 ongoing games
Nova - 2 ongoing games

Daily Training

10 Intermediate Life & Death Problems - Magic Baduk Go (iPhone)
10 Pages of Jump Level Up 1
25 Problems from the Get Strong at Go Series.

Reading Material

Finished The Workshop Lectures Volume 5.
Finished Joseki Jeongseok Compass.
Finished The ABC’s of Attack and Defense.
Finished Get Strong at Joseki 1.
Working on The Workshop Lectures Volume 6.
Worked on Jump Level Up 1.
Worked on Fight Like a Pro.
Started working on Get Strong at Joseki 2.

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Friday Go Forward: Week 29

Overview

So I’m going to change up the format of my progress report in hopes of determining my own training menu and give you better insight into what I’m doing each week. Instead of an “Education and Training” section, I’ve split it up into “Training” and “Reading Material” so there is a clear distinction of what I’m actively doing. My training regimen is far from what I would like it to be at the moment, but my goal this week has been to establish consistent and disciplined habits in order to make continuous gains. I’m sure I will still find wrinkles in my system as I progress, but the key thing I’ll have to remember is to always “fail forward!”

Games

KGS - 3 games
DGS - 3 ongoing games
Nova - 2 ongoing games

Daily Training

10 Intermediate Life & Death Problems - Magic Baduk Go (iPhone)
10 Pages of Jump Level Up 1
1 Joseki from Joseki Jeongseok Compass
25 Problems from the Get Strong at Go Series.

Reading Material

Finished The Workshop Lectures Volume 4.
Finished Get Strong at Joseki 1.
Worked on Jump Level Up 1.
Worked on Joseki Jeongseok Compass.
Worked on Fight Like a Pro.

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Friday Go Forward: Week 28

Overview

Over this past week, I’ve been rather introspective about where I am in life and where I want to be over the next few years. While go has been an incredible addition to my life and has enriched in a more ways than I can count, I am working on figuring out how to utilize other aspects of growth to not only improve my overall self-achievement; but to also as transfer that knowledge back to go as well. A simple of example of this was my post on boxing earlier this week. So while my studying and playing has been rather laid back, I’m optimistic of the changes I’m making and the impact it’ll have on my go abilities. =)

Games

KGS - 4 games
DGS - 3 ongoing games
Nova - 2 ongoing games

Education & Training

Worked on Jump Level Up 1.
Worked on Joseki Jeongseok Compass.
Worked on Takao’s Astute Use of Brute Force.
Worked on Fight Like a Pro.
Worked on Get Strong at Joseki 1.
Worked on The Workshop Lectures Volume 4.

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Friday Go Forward: Week 27

Overview

Though this week cannot even begin to live up to 1% of the awesomeness that is happening on at US Go Congress, I will have to say that it has been a rather productive week. I’ve started really diving into some new books in an effort to really further my understanding of my failure as a player: the inability to attack properly. If you’re wondering why I make it sound so dramatic, it’s because I always considered myself more of a fighter / power type of player, and what kind of fighter or power player am I if I can’t even attack properly? Haha. =D But I think I’m making good headway on that, so hopefully I won’t have to write about this weakness of mine for much longer. Till next week!

Games

KGS - 5 games
DGS - 3 ongoing games
Nova - 2 ongoing games

Education & Training

Started and finished The Workshop Lectures Volume 2.
Started and finished The Workshop Lectures Volume 3.
Finished Get Strong at the Opening.
Worked on Jump Level Up 1.
Worked on Joseki Jeongseok Compass.
Worked on Takao’s Astute Use of Brute Force.
Worked on Fight Like a Pro.
Started working on Get Strong at Joseki 1.
Started working on The Workshop Lectures Volume 4.
Started working on The ABC’s of Attack and Defense.
Started working on Breakthrough Attacking Power.

Lesson Learned

Whether you win or lose, the important thing is to find something you can learn from the game.

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Friday Go Forward: Week 26

Overview

Friday Go Forward has officially half a year old! Woot! Hard to believe that 6 months have passed since I first started this weekly series, but I’m definitely glad that fellow go player Feather suggested it to me! It’s certainly been really helpful to document my own progress and force myself to evaluate how each week is going.

With that happy note said and done, this week has been a great launching point to start diving back into playing again. Though I am still finding it difficult to find the time to properly play a ranked game with proper time settings, it has been good to simply stretch my go legs once again. As some might notice in my training below, it also seems like my studying has ramped up again; but I assure you that I am definitely taking it a lot slower with my studying. I’m just simply letting the go muses inspire me as I continue my journey to gain another stone. Whatever topic comes to mind that I’m interested in is what I study. Might seem haphazard, but I’m actually having quite a bit of fun. =D

Games

KGS - 4 games
DGS - 3 ongoing games
Nova - 3 ongoing games

Education & Training

Started and finished Level Up 10._
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Started and finished Level Up Review 2.
Started and finished The Workshop Lectures Volume 1.
Started working on Jump Level Up 1.
Started working on Joseki Jeongseok Compass.
Started working on Get Strong at the Opening.
Started working on The Workshop Lectures Volume 2.
Started working on Takao’s Astute Use of Brute Force.
Started working on Vital Points and Skillful Finesse for Sabaki.

Lesson Learned

Although studying and learning about theory is important, application is just as critical (if not more so) to one’s growth as well. Thanks to moboy78 for reminding me of that.

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