S5.12 - Jonas Welticke 6d EGF on Why You Should Practice Visualization | Go / Baduk / Weiqi

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.

Full transcript, related episodes, and additional resources:

https://allthingsgogame.com/2026/07/28/jonas-welticke-6d-egf-on-why-you-should-practice-visualization/

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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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