01-09-2009, 01:03 PM
Some of you, especially DM, may be familiar with the author as a push-hands champion. Before that he was the subject of "Searching for Bobby Fischer."
He's a pretty good writer. He first tells the story of his chess career, and then his Tai Chi career, interspersed with discussion of learning. His discussion of incremental vs. entity intelligence was particularly interesting and explained a lot for me. At the end he looks at peak performance, and shares techniques from his work with performace coaches. On the other hand, he sometimes goes into extreme analysis of certain chess games and tai chi moves, which quickly became tedious, although it might not bore others with more connection to martial arts or chess. (It also made me suspect Asperger's, especially given his extreme devotion to chess and then almost complete switch to Tai Chi - and pointed out that his family has money, because he never mentions doing any paid work of any kind, and only talks about spending days on chess and martial studies.)
DM - I'll pass this on to you if you like.
He's a pretty good writer. He first tells the story of his chess career, and then his Tai Chi career, interspersed with discussion of learning. His discussion of incremental vs. entity intelligence was particularly interesting and explained a lot for me. At the end he looks at peak performance, and shares techniques from his work with performace coaches. On the other hand, he sometimes goes into extreme analysis of certain chess games and tai chi moves, which quickly became tedious, although it might not bore others with more connection to martial arts or chess. (It also made me suspect Asperger's, especially given his extreme devotion to chess and then almost complete switch to Tai Chi - and pointed out that his family has money, because he never mentions doing any paid work of any kind, and only talks about spending days on chess and martial studies.)
DM - I'll pass this on to you if you like.
the hands that guide me are invisible