CV - Personal History, my life in an nutshell...
2016 - now Internet marketing
2012 - now Co-founder and Director of Education at Marine Foundation
2002 - now Director at Kiseido, publisher of go books
1998 - 2014 Professional at Bridal Services
1998 - 2014 Court Interpreter Japanese - Dutch
1991 - now Technical translator Japanese -> English/Dutch
1991 Summer Course Leiden University - Studies of Japanese (culture + pol. science)
1985 - now Technical translator English <-> Dutch
1981 - now European and Dutch Go Champion Multiple Times.
1986 - 1988 Worked at the User's Manuals Production and Localization agency of Japan Victor Company.
1985 - 1986 Job as a translator trainee
1984 - 1985 Pro trainee at the Nihon Kiin, Japan National Go Organization for Pros
1982 - 1991 Studied Japanese at various schools including Waseda and Leiden University
1982 Went to Japan to pursue my passion: The Game of Go.
1980 -1982 Theoretical Physics at the University of Amsterdam
1981 Dutch and European Champion in Go at the age of 19
1978 My first paid job was as a Gardener and a Private Tutor, teaching science to other students, at the age of 16.
Teacher and Semi-Pro of the Game of Go
I have played the Game of Go since I was 8 years old. My father taught me the rules and I beat him in our first game. Wow! A child never forgets that...
Maybe because of that strong emotion, I became the youngest European Champion ever.
I have written over 400 newspaper articles (published in Daily Yomiuri nation-wide Newspaper), over 100 magazine articles, and over 10 books on Go. I also teach Go online and in workshops.