Ben Mantle 5D -- aka BenKyo Baduk – is a full-time Go teacher and content creator from Toronto, Canada who’s been playing Go since 2006.
“I'm happy to be reviewing for the NAOL,” he says. “I spend most of my time running BenKyo League, a many-faceted league and community experience based on
Discord, doing
group classes and one-one-one lessons, streaming on
Twitch and creating
YouTube videos. There's more to it than that but I really enjoy this
entrepreneurial challenge (which) forces me to face my weaknesses and improve myself and I get to dedicate my life to Go!”
The EJ is profiling key figures in the North American Online League in this series. Tomorrow: Kevin Yang. Check out Season 1 game reviews here.