I just started playing Go and i'm looking for resources in the SoCal Area
Does anyone know if there are any Go book stores or equipment shops between San Diego and LA?
I live in Irvine, so I'm looking for a club around here too.
-Thanks
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| Author: | mogosoup [ Wed May 02, 2012 3:11 am ] |
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I just started playing Go and i'm looking for resources in the SoCal Area Does anyone know if there are any Go book stores or equipment shops between San Diego and LA? I live in Irvine, so I'm looking for a club around here too. -Thanks
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| Author: | oren [ Wed May 02, 2012 9:42 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Go in La/So Cal |
mogosoup wrote: I just started playing Go and i'm looking for resources in the SoCal Area Does anyone know if there are any Gi book stores or equipment shops between San Diego and LA? I live in Irvine, so I'm looking for a club around here too. I got a board and set of stones/bowls at http://www.hmart.com/company_new/shop_s ... e_code=IVN Don't expect too much there, but for the price it's great. You can find some random Japanese Go books at Book Off and I'm sure there are a ton of small Chinese and Korean shops. I think your best bet for books is still going to be mail order down there. Kinokuniya in Costa Mesa may have some English books available. |
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| Author: | mogosoup [ Thu May 03, 2012 3:42 am ] |
| Post subject: | Go in La/So Cal |
You found a go board at H-Mart? I go there all the time but have never seen any thing go related. I'll have to check again when I go. |
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| Author: | jts [ Thu May 03, 2012 7:02 am ] |
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mogosoup wrote: You found a go board at H-Mart? I go there all the time bit have never seen any thing go related. I'll have to check again when I go. I don't know how uniform the design is, but look in the aisle with appliances and cleaning supplies. |
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| Author: | Joaz Banbeck [ Thu May 03, 2012 8:57 am ] |
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There is a club in Irvine. I seem to recall that it was just off Trabuco road, at some Chinese school or cultural center...my memory is a bit fuzzy on this one. Talk to Kevin Chao at the Alhambra Go Club ( 3000 Valley Rd ). He should know the contact info for the Irvine group. |
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| Author: | Joaz Banbeck [ Thu May 03, 2012 9:07 am ] |
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Also, see http://usgo.org/chapters.php?state=CA#listing Half of the info there may be out of date, but the other half may be useful. |
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| Author: | oren [ Thu May 03, 2012 9:44 am ] |
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Joaz Banbeck wrote: There is a club in Irvine. I seem to recall that it was just off Trabuco road, at some Chinese school or cultural center...my memory is a bit fuzzy on this one. Talk to Kevin Chao at the Alhambra Go Club ( 3000 Valley Rd ). He should know the contact info for the Irvine group. That one is the one I went to, and I heard it closed down. Kevin Chao is a good resource though. |
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| Author: | Redundant [ Thu May 03, 2012 11:42 am ] |
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I was going to make a thread on a similar topic, so I'll just hijack this one. This summer I'll be at UCLA for 3 weeks from the end of June to the middle of July, and I'm wondering which go things I should do (within easy travel of the campus) in the small amount of free time I'll have. |
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| Author: | mogosoup [ Thu May 03, 2012 1:36 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Go in La/So Cal |
Joaz Banbeck wrote: There is a club in Irvine. I seem to recall that it was just off Trabuco road, at some Chinese school or cultural center...my memory is a bit fuzzy on this one. Talk to Kevin Chao at the Alhambra Go Club ( 3000 Valley Rd ). He should know the contact info for the Irvine group. Kevin runs the former irvine club. I went there at the scheduled time, but it was empty. |
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| Author: | Joaz Banbeck [ Fri May 04, 2012 6:41 pm ] |
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@Mogosoup: Sorry about that. It has been a few years. Redundant wrote: I was going to make a thread on a similar topic, so I'll just hijack this one. This summer I'll be at UCLA for 3 weeks from the end of June to the middle of July, and I'm wondering which go things I should do (within easy travel of the campus) in the small amount of free time I'll have. About 3 miles south of UCLA is the Unurban coffehouse ( 3301 Pico Boulevard, Santa Monica ), where they - last I heard - were scheduled to play on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. Send a PM to AOkun for more details. |
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| Author: | mogosoup [ Fri May 04, 2012 7:48 pm ] |
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I would go, but santa monica is nearly 1:30 half hours away from where I live. I am actually considering reorganizing a local go club |
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| Author: | MMaestro [ Sat May 05, 2012 1:25 am ] |
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In the other direction there's the San Diego Go club. |
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| Author: | mogosoup [ Sat May 05, 2012 8:12 pm ] | ||
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I just went over to costa Mesa. At books off there were only 2 English books. I bought a beginner book, stepping stones to the game of go for 1 dollar. St kino kuniya they only had 1 English go book. Fundamentals of go or something. But I bought a 19x19 magnetic go board mg13 for 40 bucks. It's kind of like the magnetic board on Kiseido I think
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| Author: | oren [ Sat May 05, 2012 8:44 pm ] |
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Looks good. I really miss those stores down there. |
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| Author: | mogosoup [ Fri May 11, 2012 8:02 pm ] |
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Does anyone in Orange county want to have go meet-ups? We can meet at some local cafe or something. I would I go, and my uncle and some of his co workers would come. I think my uncle is a 7kyu Aga maybe. |
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| Author: | Jordus [ Fri May 11, 2012 11:22 pm ] |
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When and where? Maybe I can make it if my schedule permits. |
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| Author: | goLouis [ Mon May 14, 2012 12:25 pm ] |
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UC Irvine has a Go and Chess club. facebook page |
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| Author: | mogosoup [ Wed May 16, 2012 5:31 pm ] |
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goLouis wrote: UC Irvine has a Go and Chess club. facebook page Seems interesting. Do you know if it is still going on? I couldn't post unless I joined the group and I am still awaiting approval of my request. I wonder if it is only for UCI students... |
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| Author: | mogosoup [ Wed May 16, 2012 5:31 pm ] |
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Jordus wrote: When and where? Maybe I can make it if my schedule permits. I'm not really sure where. Maybe just somewhere with really big tables. I was thinking maybe saturday nights or something. maybe around the Irvine area. |
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| Author: | mogosoup [ Tue May 22, 2012 11:32 pm ] |
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I found an active UCI go/chess club. They have meetings Tuesday 5-7 and Thursday's 7-10 non UCI students can go. Those times are for this quarter only they will probably change in the future. They meet in hh108 |
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