looking for a teacher

[braindeadjoseki]

recently i have decided i want to take my play more seriously and have decided to try and find a teacher. i am looking for a year long commitment and a variety of topics to be covered from teaching games to joseki work l&d tesuji. i would prefer a teacher above 5 dan in rank and reasonable in price. thank you for your time and your help would be well appreciated thank oyu

[DrStraw]

5 dan in which ranking system?

[braindeadjoseki]

Kgs, AGA.

[RobertJasiek]

For a year long commitment, it is important to get the right teacher or teachers. Try several teachers, before you settle on some. Above 5d is an artificial criterion you might as well drop, especially since at your KGS 9k level you could not tell the difference between 5d- and 6d+ well.

[RBerenguel]

Depending on your timezone you could try the Nordic Go Academy.

[DrStraw]

Kgs, AGA.

AGA 5d is only about KGS 2d, so your criterion is too vague.

[xed_over]

Kgs, AGA.

AGA 5d is only about KGS 2d, so your criterion is too vague.

that's not true. you guys are being too literal.

[logan]

Best of luck braindeadjoseki : )

[braindeadjoseki]

Yes I'm just looking for help reaching 1dan on kgs

[Bovdom]

I can give you lessons for very low price on KGS.
Please write me on KGS, my name is TeachYou.

[tekesta]

@braindeadjoseki: Before and after taking on a teacher, gain experience by playing plenty of games, doing puzzles in all skill categories (life & death, tesuji, jōseki, opening, middle game, and endgame), and replaying professional games. Once you have a good bit of background experience, you can benefit copiously from the instruction of stronger Go players. I did not realize at first that a good bit of background experience in Go was necessary to make sense of what a stronger player could teach me. I even thought I would magically improve with just a few pointers from a stronger player. Then I realized that the key to improving at Go is to study and play constantly, only relying on a teacher for those difficult-to-understand concepts.

[Backpack]

Hey, I could teach you for free, as long as you are willing to practice and apply what I´ve taught you. I´m about KGS 3dan, just pm me if you are interested. My KGS ID is backpack1