If you are in Kuala Lumpur (or nearby) and interested to learn Go, you can attend weekly classes provided one of Malaysia Weiqi Association regular player, Hock Doong. The classes are held in Japan Club, Taman Seputeh which is within walking distance from Midvalley Megamall. Visit MWA website for more information.
Hock Doong is a respected instructor, and dan-ranked player himself and had represented Malaysia in many tournaments, including recent World Mind Sport Games in Beijing, China.
The schedule are as follows:
18 April: Life and Death (Multiple eyes and basic corner shapes)
25 April: Basic tactics (Ladders, Nets and some basic tesuji)
2 May: More Life and Death (a few more shapes and capturing races)
9 May: Opening Made Easy
16 May: After the opening (relationship and combination of stones)
23 May: Joseki and how to use them
30 May: A bit more on joseki and how to use them
6 June: Basic Invasion and Reduction
13 June: Basic Attack and Defense
The flow of the class will be as follows:
3.30pm Start Class. Handout answers to last week’s home work. Go through some problems from last week’s homework.
3.45pm Start main lesson for the week (as per the plan above)
4.30pm End of main lesson. Start Q&A session. Handout this week’s lesson. Class Ends.
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