Travis
18 May 2026
1h 7m 37s
S5.12 - Jonas Welticke 6d EGF on Why You Should Practice Visualization | Go / Baduk / Weiqi
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All Things Go
This episode is from All Things Go, a podcast about the board game Go, also known as Baduk in Korea and Weiqi in China.
Travis speaks with German 6-dan player and teacher Jonas Welticke about his path through Go, study experiences in Japan and China, unconventional openings, competitive achievements, and twelve simultaneous one-color games. The conversation centers on visualization and reading: how players retain positions, manage variations, combine pattern recognition with calculation, and train these skills deliberately.
Jonas also discusses emotional barriers, productive tension, confidence, honesty in self-assessment, and the design of his Reading Dojo workshop.
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Jonas Interview
- Jonas Welticke's primer on visualization on Go Magic
- Jona's Reading Dojo website with info on the next workshop dates
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