OK, so I just stumbled on this, and it was a cool thing to find. This was one of the HHCF's early events. A lot of people shot, it but I lost contact with all of them. Anyway, check these two clips out. You will see RZA, Josh Waitzkin and a few others in the shots. Looking forward to the upcoming events made me look around at some of the past ones so I can get super exited.
Founded by Hip-Hop author and scholar Adisa Banjoko, is the worlds first scholar to teach how music, chess and martial arts can promote unity, strategy and non-violence. This award winning speaker teaches youth of all backgrounds risk assessment, emotional mastery and how to apply what they see on the chessboard to real life decision making. Follow us @realhiphopchess on IG! You can also listen to Bishop Chronicles podcast on www.bishopchronicles.com iTunes, Spotify and Mixcloud.
Monday, April 29, 2013
Lost footage from HHCF event feat. RZA, Rakaa, Josh Waitzkin and more...
OK, so I just stumbled on this, and it was a cool thing to find. This was one of the HHCF's early events. A lot of people shot, it but I lost contact with all of them. Anyway, check these two clips out. You will see RZA, Josh Waitzkin and a few others in the shots. Looking forward to the upcoming events made me look around at some of the past ones so I can get super exited.
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Hip-Hop Chess got shouted out on Forbes! We have many leather-bound books. Kind of a big deal
And it deals with PHYSICS!
From Atoms To Bits, Physics Shows Entropy As The Root Of Intelligence
We have been taught to think of entropy as a bad thing. “Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;/Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,” wrote William Butler Yeats in the aftermath of World War I, in words that still ring true today. Yet Yeats was both a Romantic poet and a Modern one, and he followed up this couplet with a more counterintuitive one, “The best lack all conviction, while the worst /Are full of passionate intensity.”
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From Atoms To Bits, Physics Shows Entropy As The Root Of Intelligence
We have been taught to think of entropy as a bad thing. “Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;/Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,” wrote William Butler Yeats in the aftermath of World War I, in words that still ring true today. Yet Yeats was both a Romantic poet and a Modern one, and he followed up this couplet with a more counterintuitive one, “The best lack all conviction, while the worst /Are full of passionate intensity.”
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Sunday, April 21, 2013
Adisa Banjoko and Mike Relm Present Opera House Massacre
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
HHCF Summer Fundraising Drive Starts Now! Donate Today! 501c3
Greetings from the Hip-Hop Chess Federation!
We hope this letter finds you in great spirits and great health. The Hip-Hop Chess Federation is about to announce our Summer Camps for chess, performing arts and Hip-Hop dance.
The Hip-Hop Chess Federation has a lot of amazing things to announce and we wanted to share them with you!
2. Our Cheer and Hip-Hop dance team took 1st, 2nd and 3rd at US Nationals in Disneyland VIEW HERE . Because of the victory our team was invited to PIXAR Studios to perform at a private Monsters University event. We are bound by contract not to show the photos and stuff yet, but, once we get the green light, you will love it. It was an honor, and it was VERY fun.
5. Aprill 22nd HHCF will drop Opera House Massacre video directed by Mike Relm on YoutTube. Mike Relm is a video remix king (with over 13 million hits on YouTube!!). He is an old ally of the HHCF and is also the producer of Adisa’s www.bishopchronicles.com podcast.
YouTube recently purchased the airplane hangar that the famous Spruce Goose airplane used to be in and made a film studio out of it. Only stars like Matt Damon were previously allowed to shoot there. But because of Mikes following on YouTube he was invited to shoot there and he and Adisa came together with a truly one of a kind film clip called The Opera House Massacre (a remake of a famous game played by the chess legend Paul Morphy). Its about the fusion of chess and jiu jitsu. It will debut on April 22nd on Relmvision and you will be able to catch it also on Bishop Chronicles and www.hiphopchess.blogspot.com . Neither chess, nor jiu jitsu has been filmed like this before. We encourage you to you share it with your friends after you see it.
I know this economy is a beast, but in the shadow of all the turmoil today, you can know that you donate to an organization committed to being on the frontlines to combat violence and enrich the minds of all children and teens. Donate today!
Yours,
Adisa Banjoko
Founder, HHCF
Thursday, April 4, 2013
BREAKING: HHCF at World Chess Hall of Fame!!! (Asheru, Dr. James Peterson, Mike Relm and Gumby on deck!)
Live
the Game:
National Experts Convene in St. Louis
to
Highlight the Powerful Fusion of Chess, Hip Hop, and Martial Arts
March 4, 2013 (St.
Louis, MO) -- Look closely and you’ll see it at the beginning of
the new Justin Timberlake video featuring Jay-Z. Read the lyrics of
“General Principles” by GZA. Check out the album cover for Pawns
in the Game, the 1990 album
by Public Enemy emcee Professor Griff. It also shows up with RZA in
scenes featuring hip hop characters on the hit TV show
Californication.
It’s chess. And
at first glance, it doesn’t appear to have a link to hip hop.
Throw martial arts into the mix and you really have to have your
finger on the pulse of popular culture to know about the connection.
A group of
national experts who really do know do “have their finger on the
pulse” – and know the impact that this combination can have on
young people – will meet in St. Louis on May 8 to present to
students of the Innovative Concept Academy. A second session with
local leaders will be held at the Schlafly Branch of the St. Louis
Public Library.
“These
presentations will illustrate how chess and martial arts have been
woven into the history of hip hop. Further, it will show how the
blending of art, logic, and physical fitness guide young people to
self-discovery, self-mastery, and nonviolence,” said Adisa
Banjoko,
journalist and founder of
the Hip Hop Chess
Federation.
Banjoko, who has
been tapped to present at institutions like Harvard University and
Brown University, assembled the group and will moderate discussions.
Panelists include Dr. James
Peterson (founder of Hip
Hop Scholars, LLC, and
director of Africana studies at Lehigh University),
Mike Relm Youtube
video remix icon and co-founder of Bishop Chronicles podcast show,
Asheru
(Peabody Award-winning journalist, creator of The Boondocks theme
song, educator, and youth activist), and Alan
"Gumby" Marques
(Black belt in jiu-jitu and founder of Heroes Martial Arts).
The presentations
are sponsored and coordinated by The World Chess Hall of Fame.
“Our focus at
the World Chess Hall of Fame is to show how the game of chess has an
impact on society. The work of Adisa and the other panelists has
been life-changing for many people. The examples they will share
will show how this change can happen in St. Louis as well,” said
Susan Barrett,
executive director of the World Chess Hall of Fame.
Details
Date: May 8, 2013
Presentation 1:
10 am, Innovative Concept Academy
Presentation 2:
4:00 pm, Schlafly Branch of the St. Louis Public Library
About
Adisa Banjoko
Adisa
Banjoko is a respected journalist, lecturer and the founder of the
Hip Hop Chess Federation. His organization has appeared in the New
York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Washington Post, and Vibe
magazine. He’s also been a guest on NPR and Good Morning America.
About
Dr. James Peterson
Dr. James
Braxton Peterson (Duke ’93, UPENN 2003) is the Director of Africana
Studies and Associate Professor of English at Lehigh University. He
has been a visiting lecturer and preceptor in African American
Studies at Princeton University and the Media Coordinator for the
Harvard University Hip Hop Archive. He is also the founder of Hip Hop
Scholars, LLC, an association of Hip Hop generational scholars
dedicated to researching and developing the cultural and educational
potential of Hip Hop, urban, and youth cultures.
About
Mike Relm
Mike
Relm is a pioneer video remix artist who has toured with The Blue Man
Group, Tony Hawk and rocked stages at Coachella, Bonnaroo and The
House of Blues. He has more than 13 million hits on Youtube. Notable
remixes include Iron
Man 2, Old
Spice, Scott
Pilgrim Vs. The World,Doctor
Who,
and Harry
Potter.
His Punisher/Spirit/Transporter remix won the 2009 Webby
Award for
Best Mashup/Remix.
About
Asheru
Asheru,
born Gabriel
Benn, is a
hip hop artist,
educator, and
youth activist. He is widely known for performing the opening and
closing themes for the popular TV series, The
Boondocks,
as well as his pioneering and innovative efforts to forward the Hip
Hop Education movement.
About
Alan “Gumby” Marques
Gumby
is a first degree black belt in Jiu Jutsu and is best know as the
co-founder of OTM, one of the world’s leading sources for Brazilian
Jiu Jitsu. He is an author, commentator, coach, referee, and
instructor.
About
the World Chess Hall of Fame
The World Chess
Hall of Fame (WCHOF) is a nonprofit organization committed to
building awareness for the cultural and artistic significance of
chess. It opened on September
9, 2011, in St. Louis’s
Central West End after moving from previous locations in New York and
Miami.
The WCHOF is
housed in an historic 15,900 square-foot building that includes three
floors of galleries, the U.S. and
World Chess Halls of Fame, and
the stylish Q Boutique. It provides visitors with a unique
opportunity to use chess as a platform for learning, exploring, and
seeing their world in entirely new ways.
It is the only
cultural institution of its kind in the world and the only solely
chess-focused collecting institution in the U.S.
For more
information, visit www.worldchesshof.org.
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