Michael Redmond 9P will be the main teacher. Michael was born in 1963 in Santa Barbara, California, and began playing Go at age 11.
At 14, he moved to Japan and became an insei (Go apprentice) at the Nihon Ki-in, one of the two major Japanese Go associations. He was promoted to professional 1.dan at age 18, and 2.dan the same year. He was promoted to 5.dan in 1985; 8.dan in 1996; and 9.dan in 2000, becoming the first Western Go professional to reach 9.dan.

Ondrej Kruml 6D Czech champion 2022 and famous Youtuber.