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Join me at the USA Memory Championship

‘Ron White memory training expert and two time USA Memory Champion.’ I like the sound of that!!

But to be honest I like the sound of, ‘Ron White memory training expert and 3 time USA Memory Champion’ even better!! :)

Before I share with you what my memory training schedule looks like and how I prepare myself for a memory tournament I would like to encourage YOU to participate in a memory tournament one day. You may say, ‘NO WAY! My memory isn’t like the guys who compete in the tournament! I could never do that!’

Let me ask you this – How many people run the Boston marathon because they think they are going to win it? Maybe 100 believe they have a legit shot at being #1 but over 20,000 on average participate!! Why, not for the number one spot because of who they have to become in the process of competing. My challenge to you is to compete in a memory tournament and specifically the USA Memory Championship for who you must become in the process of competing! You must become a person who:

1. Learn a memory training method
2. Perfect the memory training method
3. Adjusts your diet
4. Sacrifice recreational time
5. Get creative using memory strategies
6. Use your creative brain to plan a strategy for the tournament
7. Experience performing in pressure situations
8. Meet other people who are always learning, growing and discovering new levels of the brain

The event is normally held the first or second Saturday of March in New York city. The event will start in the morning and last until 4 or 5pm.

It is a series of 7 events that you must navigate through. The events are:

- How many names and faces can you recall in 15 minutes
– How many consecutive digits can you memorize in 5 minutes
– How fast can you CORRECTLY remember the sequence of a shuffled deck of cards?
– How many words of a poem can you memorize in 15 minutes?
– How many random words can you memorize in 15 minutes?
– How much info can you remember from 5 people that you meet? (name, birthday, address, phone, pet, hobbies, car, favorite foods)
– How may cards can you memorize (2 decks supplied) in 5 minutes?

After the first 4 memory events they take the top 8 and these advance to the ‘playoff’ round for the final 3 events and it is a process of elimination. The last man standing wins and I am happy to say the last 2 years it has been yours truly!

It is a TON of fun and you grow as a person big time! I really encourage you to check out www.usamemorychampionship.com and I hope to see you there!

 

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2011 USA Memory Championship

Ron White has been the USA Memory Champion for two years in a row and is the current USA Memory Champion. Below is an article on the 14th USA Memory Championship that Ron will be competing in going for three in a row.

14th Annual USA Memory Championship

14th Annual USA Memory Championship is hosted by Dottino Consulting Group.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

PRLog (Press Release) – Feb 04, 2011 – New York, NY – Can’t remember where you parked the car or what you had for dinner last night?  Try remembering a shuffled deck of cards or put 99 names to faces you’ve only seen for a few minutes – it can be done.  The “mental athletes” competing in the 14thAnnual U.S.A. Memory Championship have been training for the past year. They will put their memories to the test on Saturday, March 12, 2011 at Con Edison’s Grand Auditorium in NYC from 8:30am to 5:00pm.



Let it be known that memorizing facts and numbers can get you worldwide recognition, as evidenced by Joshua Foer, the 2006 Memory Champion.  He landed a $1.25 million dollar book deal from Penguin Press.  Moonwalking with Einstein: the Art and Science of Remembering Everything will be available in bookstores on March 3, 2011.

Competitors will attempt to memorize the following in 5 to 15 minute time periods — depending on the event:
•   500 numbers
•   99 names and faces
•   An unpublished poem including punctuation
•   Two decks of shuffled cards

According to Tony Dottino, chairman and founder of the U.S.A. Memory Championship, and an expert in memory techniques, business innovation, and creativity in the workplace, “The number of mental feats accomplished by our competitors never ceases to amaze us. Whether they are students from New Jersey, actors from California or sales professionals from New York City, the competition gets tougher every year!”

Last year’s champion, Afghanistan war veteran and Texas native Ron White will return to defend his crown for the third year in a row.  White holds the North American record for the fastest memorization of a shuffled deck of cards (1 minute, 27 seconds).  “Anyone can train his or her mind to remember more effectively with just a few minutes of practice each day. There’s a lot more you can do with your brain and your memory than you ever believed possible,” White says.

The winner will represent America in the World Games, scheduled for November. Previous World Games were held in London, China, Bahrain, and Kuala Lumpur.

Spectators are welcome for free, throughout the day, and are eligible to receive an iCue Memory App. for the iPhone, courtesy of Sponsor, Concentric Sky (http://icue-memory.com) and a Good Thinking Kit courtesy of Marbles: The Brain Store (www.marblesthebrainstore.com).

There’s still time to register as a competitor for the 2011 U.S.A. Memory Championship. Visit the official web site at www.usamemorychampionship.com.  No pre-qualification is necessary.  The deadline to enter is February 28, 2011.
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source for article: http://www.prlog.org/11275938-14th-annual-usa-memory-championship.html

 

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Ron White Memorizing Cards

Ron White memorizing cards at the 2009 World Memory Championship in London. In this attempt Ron shuffled through a deck of cards in 1 min and 17 seconds (roughly) and then (not shown in the video) attempted to assemble a second deck of cards to match the deck he has just seen. It was not a success, he flip flopped two cards.



Here are the rules for this event:
The object of SPEED CARDS is to commit to memory and recall a single pack of 52 playing cards in the shortest possible time. There are two trials for this event and the best score is awarded.

Mental Athletes will have 5 minutes to memorize a freshly shuffled pack of 52 playing cards. For those Mental Athletes who expect to memorize the complete pack in less than 5 minutes, a judge is nearby with a stopwatch to record the precise moment memorization stopped. The recall will take place once the entire 5 minute memorization period is complete.

Once the memorization period is over, the Mental Athletes will have 5 minutes for recall. After the memorizing phase everybody gets a second stack of cards which is in perfect order (i.e. diamonds 2, diamonds 3, diamonds 4 ….. etc.). Now this second stack of cards has to be put in the same sequence as the just memorized one. After the recall phase both stacks will be put beside each other on the table with the card on the top where the checking should start from. Now the Judge will compare each card from the memorized stack with each card on the recall stack being at the same position. If there is a discrepancy then only the cards to this point will be counted.

The Mental Athlete who recalls all 52 cards with the shortest memorization time wins the event. If no one correctly recalls an entire pack, one point per card CORRECTLY RECALLED IN SEQUENCE will be awarded. The first mistake made ends scoring. The best score from the two attempts will count.

 

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US Memory Champion Ron White Readies Himself for China

They call him memory man. Ronnie White, a 36-year-old mental athlete, from Fort Worth Texas—the current U.S. Memory Champion.

[Ronnie White, U.S. Memory Champion]:

“Anybody can do it, anybody can improve their memory. Don’t think ‘this guy is the national memory champion, so he must be a genius, or he must have a higher IQ. I got kicked out of college, okay…”

And just what can Ronnie do? He can memorize an entire deck of cards in under two minutes, then recall them back in the correct order.

Ronnie White, U.S. Memory Champion:

“My friends think it’s the funniest thing in the world that I’m the memory champion. I’m a guy who learned a system and practiced. Anybody, whether they’re 10 years old or 50 years old can learn this and practice it.”

Ronnie retains his title from last year as the U.S Champ. And that takes a calm under pressure. So just how does he do it?

Ron White, U.S. Memory Champion:

“I have hired a navy seal. Navy seals are the coolest guys under pressure. People are shooting bullets at them and their heart rate is not going up. So I hired a navy seal to… how do I handle pressure, how do I remain calm. So that’s what he coached me on. And it worked.”

Ronnie’s training has included memorizing a deck of cards using only one breath of air in a swimming pool.

In August, Ronnie represents the U.S. at the World Memory Champs in China’s Guangzhou province.

NTD News, New York.

http://english.ntdtv.com/ntdtv_en/ns_na/2010-03-08/487315384918.html

 

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