Go life story from how to start Go to becoming a pro Gopro Yeonwoo
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- čas přidán 11. 01. 2020
- I've been playing Go for 23 years and i would like to share with you my Go life story :D
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Starting at 9 years old is very late for professional players! You must be very talented and passionate 👍
ya indeed it was quite late so i tried harder!
I was very anxious that boyfriend story ended with you pushing him from the rooftop xD glad it went well
Also, having moral pillars that hold you off temptations is nice
Also, it's hard to get crushed first time for real, like in the first time Pro nomination tournament. It all depends on how you take this blow in the long run. Endurance. Good stories :)
What I wonder is who is that kid? Maybe he became one of the strongest professional players in Korea xD
I think you could have had any boy you want regardless of whether or not you became a professional, Yeonwoo.
you think so? haha
@@goproyeonwoo You could have a million clones and they'd all find someone. ;-)
I am really excited and looking forward to the continued story of how you progressed as a Go player after becoming a pro at 17. It would be great to hear more about how you first started earning money as a professional go player. The Go student insei is essentially a completely foreign concept in the US, and nothing quite like it exists for a board game here, it amazes me how so many students try to dedicate their lives to the game so early on. In the world of chess, only the top few players in the world can ever hope to make a living playing the game. Can you describe in more detail how most professional go players make a living, is it mostly teaching the game of Go, or is it possible for quite a few players to live off of tournament income? Thank you!
Thanks for sharing, beautiful story! So difficult to become pro! Kids, sleep more at night though :'D
You are my favorit pro player now!
Hope i can become good too one day, at the moment im only 1kyu-1dan -.-
Hope to fine more time someday to play more!
This is so emotional. My plan was to study Lee-Sedol's games for the rest of the day, but I think now I will have to just cry myself to sleep. The story of the sacrifices Yeonwoo made really touched me deep within my Baduk playing soul.
You could choose any boy, he said.
Lol😄😄 I would say same as he did if I were a her Go teacher
Beautiful narration and beautiful story
No Boys + No Soccer + Lots of Crying + Shaved Head = Pro Baduk Player
Got it.
+No Sleep
hahaha nice summary!
This is becoming my favorite CZcams channel. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for sharing! Early life is fearless. Your dedication is awesome, inspiring for those wanting to shape their life.
Incredible story, thanks for sharing!
Very nice story, glad to see a lot of hard studying was rewarded with a pro career :) I've seen the story that Haylee made 3 years ago on how she became pro, it was similar in the sense you both lost in the final game once and had to study one more year to reach your goal, good on you for not quitting!
Ouu, so touching story😭 It's so brave to make such a difficult life decisions especially if you are a kid. I have enjoy to learning English lately. Besides GO is my favourite game. There are the reasons why your videos interest and helpful so much for me)) Thank you for your strong fun energy.))
Thank you for the story, it really makes pro-baduk players more human. In my mind, to be pro you need to be a super talented robot who just eat sleep baduk. :)
Thanks for sharing!
When we see your chirpy voice, fun nature, and implausibly young looks (you still look 15!) it is fascinating to learn how massively hard you studied. Very few in the West would apply themselves as you did, as you were expected to. I am duly impressed.
Thanks for coming to Singapore as well!
Great story, thank you for sharing ! Would love to have your thoughts on how to study pro games effectively when you obviously can't underdstand every move they make.
I really enjoy this video, because you're so funny!
Thanks for your videos! Any chance you would explain how to play (against) two-space pincer from komoku (3-4, 6-4)? Now many player use it, but not so many (including me) know how to counter that: how properly aproach, react to kick and reduce it. Thanks!
I watched the video again: great, touching story! I wonder: do you improve once you are a professional? I guess, to do so, or even only maintaining your level, would mean to go on studying very hard, still, I can imagine other obligations take your time too.
I really appreciate your willingness to teach Go for benefit of others in CZcams. This particular video is useful for me as it satisfies my curiosity regarding how an insei studies Go. However, I have some questions that I would like to ask: How many hours did you spend on Life and Death problems everyday? If so, how many problems did you normally answer?
About 2-3hours a day and 15-50 problems I guess
you are an inspiration :)
Just left South Korea :( I had a lot of fun learning under Blackie and Diana :D Good luck on your future games, and thank you for the amazing videos.
Already left? so fast! I'm gald you enjoyed your time here :D
Blackie and Diana came our country, Turkey last november. it was really a good experience
@@goproyeonwoo Yeah, I'm a college student and classes are starting back up :(
@@silyu97 You should try studying in Korea, it is a lot of fun :)
Do you have any kifu from before you became pro? Would be cool to see you review one of your old games :]
Wow, interesting. Can you show sometime some examples of non joseki playing style?
Nice!
Did you know that 1 dislike is?
Your boy Friend hahaha
Now I know how to become a go pro! Watch out go world 🤠
get rid of your hair first? :P
Inspirational story. Have you already been contacted by Hollywood?
It was almost painful to hear about your childhood absorbing smoke and staying with go board for hours. Admirable dedication to your goal!
Also impressed how your parents allowed to drop the school. Did you ask them what they thought that moment, years after?
Hollywood?hahaha it would be nice if I have been contacted by them lol
Yes I asked them and my mom said: I let you quit because you really wanted to haha
Speech level: quite fine
i am from zurich but visited seoul for a business trip ... went there to a baduk place in a park (old men sitting outside and played with them and enjoyed the atmosphere a lot) ... i asked myself if this one could have been the same.
I visited Zurich once for a trip and I liked ducks and swans there :)
@@goproyeonwoo It is a nice place here in Zurich -- did you visit also the go club in Zurich? Cheers and have a good day, Yeonwoo!
Sounds like the chances to become a pro is as good as winning in lottery. But the start fee is way higher.
How many new pros (men/women) are there per year? And what do people do, who "just" became insei or not even that, but still studied their whole days in youth without any school degrees?
When will you come to the US Go Congress?
I always wanna go there. It depends on my schedule. I'm not sure for this year :p
Hi, Yeongwoo, one question. I am basically bald, am I automatically stronger? xD
Thx for sharing, very interesting! It´s good that you persevered to reach your goal. One question: can you tell us how strong you were at the various stages of your journey? (for example estimate in EGF or Tygem rank)
I only remember i became 3 dan after learning Go for 2 years. I wanna see my game records when i was 10kyu XD
Go Pro Yeonwoo maybe you can show some old games of yours 😁
Meanwhile in the west, it takes like 4-5 years of study just to reach 1Dan amateur, if you're lucky.. I don;t understand how this is possible.. :(
Guess I gotta shave my head..
haha shaving only may work when you are in highschool time XD
We don't have the infrastructure yet, unfortunately. Go associations have little money, we all discover the game quite late because it isn't part of the culture, dojangs don't exist, and it's difficult to find strong teachers. And it's so uncommon that parents won't let you quit school for it. It's hard to dedicate full time to Go. But we're slowly getting there :)
willpower can make u reach 1d even in less than a year , i'm not the case (took me 2 years) but i had a friend that did it in 1 year so it doesn't seem impossible at all , btw i'm from Latin America so go almost doesn't exist here
She must be very talented, it would be easy to reach some level with all the resources in korea, but still becoming one of the top player in the country in that year. She should easily accomplish 1 Dan in few months with her talent without much of the resources elsewhere in the world.
Thank you for sharing your very interesting story. Maybe it's rude of me, but since you said "quitted" many times, I will go ahead and mention that the past tense of "quit" is "quit." :) Please forgive me if you already knew this.
I was confused with 'quit'
Thank you for correction! ^^
Shaving hair will make you more focus, but making your others not focus. :'))
I am nearly 16 but I want to be professional in europe. Do you think it’s possible?
does eu have an active professional go system though?
i mean US tried but due to lack of strong players it failed.
Go for it ! Get a professional teacher and study hard. There's less competition but also less ressources available, so it's probably just as difficult as in Asia. But the advantage is that age isn't too important in Europe. Definitely doable.
Blad I will try to do that. I’m part of the european go academy as of a few weeks ago and can’t afford a pro teacher yet sadly yet
@@stonemuncher9494 Being part of the academy is already pretty good, you'll have pro teachers there. It's a great opportunity, the academy didn't exist when I was the age to be part of it.
It depends on your level and environment I guess
You wanted to be like Go Seigen?
My idol was Lee Changho
I think it was odd that your teacher asked you to break up with your boyfriend. "you can get any guy when you're a pro" hah. Yes but you won't know they love you for you then :( whereas the sweet guy probably did. Priorities are hard to establish.
How are your first boyfriend doing? Do you contact with him? ^^
I just watched how Haylee became a professional Go player and noticed name of her second opponent "Yeanwoo". Is this the game with you? czcams.com/video/zXc9gFZHo5g/video.html
A girl has priorities...
It is too difficult to be pro.
Thanks for sharing !