Kinugawa Onsen
Some more details about the visit to Kinugawa Onsen! We were a very mixed crowd:
Sebastien (French): See my earlier post describing his work Ryosuke (Japanese): Researcher for Toshiba. Developing High Dynamic Range Display Technology. Alex (half German/Hungarian---like me): Artifical Intelligence researcher Kathy (American): Ph.D. for "History of Science" (a classical book on this topic is this one---thanks Michi for giving it to me as birthday present!).
Well---maybe not that mixed, since we are all researchers ;-) You can find lots of pictures on Sebastien's webpage. Definitely check out these pictures---it was sooooooo beautiful!
I had some interesting discussions with Kathy. She wrote her Ph.D. thesis on a comparison of the methodologies used in Martial Arts and Physics. She had studied Physics first, then turned to Martial Arts (Black Belt). She showed me some stretching exercises, since it is still very painful for me to sit down the Japanese way (on the floor):
Alex is also playing 囲碁 (Igo). We had some enjoyable games:
Soon, I will go with him to a Igo center to get a certificate about my strength. I hope I can make a 5-Kyu!!
In the relax room of the Onsen, we also saw some people playing Shogi (Japanese chess):
Well---maybe not that mixed, since we are all researchers ;-) You can find lots of pictures on Sebastien's webpage. Definitely check out these pictures---it was sooooooo beautiful!
I had some interesting discussions with Kathy. She wrote her Ph.D. thesis on a comparison of the methodologies used in Martial Arts and Physics. She had studied Physics first, then turned to Martial Arts (Black Belt). She showed me some stretching exercises, since it is still very painful for me to sit down the Japanese way (on the floor):
Alex is also playing 囲碁 (Igo). We had some enjoyable games:
Soon, I will go with him to a Igo center to get a certificate about my strength. I hope I can make a 5-Kyu!!
In the relax room of the Onsen, we also saw some people playing Shogi (Japanese chess):
posted by chris at 6:21 AM
3 Comments:
wieviel ist fünfter Kyu und mit wem spielst du denn noch so? (9er, 13er oder full)?
cheers
pep
yo pep!
als ich vor 1 Jahr in New York mit einem 5-Dan Spieler gespielt habe, hat er mich auf 10-Kyu geschaetzt.
Eine kurze Erklaerung zum Ranking findest Du hier - eine lange gibt Dir sicher gerne Christoph ;-)
Spielen tu ich nur online und mit Alex. Aber bald schauen wir ja zur Japanese Go Association, da sollte ich ein paar Spiel Partner finden koennen.
Vom 9er habe ich langsam genug und widme mich jetzt mehr den grossen Brettern!
cheers
chris
very nice, but a long way 2 mastery remains ;)
hugh
das Orakel hat gesprochen
cheers
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