Chess, Hip Hop and Jujitsu
March 7, 2009 at 8:11 pm 1 comment
Last weekend, my father, sister and her boyfriend attended an event in SF called “Mind Over Matter.” The event was hosted by the Hip Hop Chess Federation, a non-profit whose goal is to: provide an inclusive setting for individuals to interact, play and develop life strategy skills with people they perceive as mentors. In attendance were hip-hop stars, jujitsu experts, chess masters and children. What a fun combination of people and art forms!
My dad said that he saw RZA from the Wu Tang Clan hanging out. RZA runs a subscription chess site called WuChess where fans can play chess online, chat, see scores of their games and other personal information, and get news about RZA and Wu-Tang! It is the worlds first hip hop chess social network.
Got me thinking about other permutations and combinations of board game + music genre + martial arts. I instantly rejected scrabble + classic rock + karate. What about Go, jazz and Kalarippayattu?
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wolfenstein | May 26, 2009 at 8:02 pm
what about callisthenics, fancy dress and no nonsense