Kata-RX For wellness

Today, in the far reaches of my backyard, New York City, marks the start of the 2016 World Chess Championship. The defending World Champion, GM Magnus Carlsen will defend his title against GM Sergey Karjakin. Photos from Wikipedia.

GM Magnus Carlsen, defending World Champion

GM Sergey Karjakin

In the past I have posted a few articles on the similarity of kata and chess. Kata being a form of physical chess. My posts were inspired by my own kata practice and various chess tournaments and matches. I am sure this coming word championship will provide fertile ground for more inspiration. In the meantime, here’s a link to some of earlier articles and videos inspired by kata and chess.

    Dr. Feynman Visits Sensei’s Kata Lab. This post was inspired by the 2015 Sinquefield Chess tournament. In a field of eight of the highest rated chess GM’s GM Levon Aronian emerged victorious. https://senseijohn.me/2015/09/28/dr-richard-feynman-visits-senseis-kata-lab-part-1/

   Kata Lab # 4210 – Random Sanchin Kata. This was inspired by the “Fischer-Chess” discussed in the 2014 Sinquefield Chess tournament. https://senseijohn.me/2014/11/03/kata-lab-random-sanchin-kata/

   Kata, My Curse? This post was inspired the 2014 Sinquefield Chess tournament. https://senseijohn.me/2014/09/22/kata-my-curse/

Chess fans may wish to visit http://nyc2016.fide.com This site has exceptional coverage on the match, links to live feed of the games, and much more.

Enjoy the match. Respectfully submitted,

Sensei John Szmitkowski

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