Information on pro teachers on KGS?

RobertJasiek · **#21**

cdybeijing wrote:

I definitely maintain that the burden of proof rests on the one who claims that the amateur player will be a better teacher.

Do you consider my previously stated evidence sufficient? If not, why not?

Joaz Banbeck · **#22**

[admin]

Gentlemen,

Please drop the accusations of rudeness, and indeed drop the whole issue of Mr. Jasiek's teaching ability or lack thereof.

NoSkill wrote:

I was looking into getting lessons from pros....

The OP asked about professionals ( my underlining added ). Please stick to the topic.

Thanks,
JB

[/admin]

Joaz Banbeck · **#23**

[admin]

The last on-topic post was as quoted below. I repeat it as a hint for the proper direction of this thread.

Buri wrote:

Greetings,
I just participated in a series of classes at the Guo Juan Internet school.
I was very impressed not only with her and the other teachers breadth of knowledge but also how well they could teach.
it seemed that they all, but Guo in particular has a very well worked out vision for what an individual needs at a given moment. I had been getting overwhelmed by the amount of areas of the game that one needs to master but through following her advice I was able to get back on track....
cheers,
buri

[/admin]

RobertJasiek · **#24**

Hello Joaz,

one more question:

Joaz Banbeck wrote:

The OP asked about professionals

It would help us if you could clarify who, IYO, is a professional:

- regular pro player (this would exclude most of the players mentioned by the OP)
- having a pro rank
- living from Go teaching (this would qualify also me, maybe Cornel Burzo and Ion Florescu as pros)

Best wishes,

lemmata · **#25**

Well, if we are going to stick to pro teachers only, I will say this: Guo Juan's English is probably the best of the people that the OP mentioned. Some pros may have better pronunciation but she seems to have the best grasp of conversational English within that group. This might be important if you plan on asking your teacher questions. Some of her audio lectures are also quite good.

daal · **#26**

Joaz Banbeck (size deflated) wrote:

[admin]

Gentlemen,

Please drop the accusations of rudeness, and indeed drop the whole issue of Mr. Jasiek's teaching ability or lack thereof.

NoSkill wrote:

I was looking into getting lessons from pros....

The OP asked about professionals ( my underlining added ). Please stick to the topic.

Thanks,
JB

[/admin]

Surely those interested in go teachers are interested in getting the best teaching for their money, and I don't see how a discussion of the relative merits of pro vs. amateur teaching is irrelevant to the topic.

Besides that, Robert earns at least part of his living by teaching go, and he believes that he can do it better than others. Why shouldn't we talk about it?

Furthermore, Robert has raised some interesting points, such as whether some teachers are better for western players than others, or the question of what constitutes a good go teacher, and I'd rather see such conversation encouraged rather than squelched.

While Robert's self-promotion may be tiresome to some, I find it similarly irritating to be told what not to talk about.

RobertJasiek · **#27**

daal, I agree. It seems we are encouraged to discuss related topics in a new thread and in a gentleman-like manner. An admin please correct me if this interpretation is wrong.

RBerenguel · **#28**

Even if they are not professionals, I'm glad of being in the NGA with Juri (5d on the verge of 6d), Antti (6d, former insei) and Jeff (6d).

oren · **#29**

lemmata wrote:

Well, if we are going to stick to pro teachers only, I will say this: Guo Juan's English is probably the best of the people that the OP mentioned. Some pros may have better pronunciation but she seems to have the best grasp of conversational English within that group. This might be important if you plan on asking your teacher questions. Some of her audio lectures are also quite good.

I have to disagree with this comment... I think almost everyone in the OP has acceptable English, and I wouldn't say Guo Juan is better than those listed. The only one I'm not so familiar with is ysyoon. Younggil has only recently moved to an English speaking country, but his English has been getting significantly better.

elementc · **#30**

Maybe I'm reviving an old topic but I'd just like to say that Younggil's english has improved so much over the past three years it's like talking to a different person.

Information on pro teachers on KGS?

Who is online