jts wrote:Maybe the distinction to make is between bad habits you can pick up while playing/practicing, and bad habits you can get by putting too much faith in an over-enthusiastic amateur teacher.
http://kazsensei.seesaa.net/article/103871789.html
In fact, in Japan a majority of people love to play Go without
studying Go.
Sadly, many of them don't even pay
attention to basic shapes and tesuji.
And often they love to kill stones...
They are only interested in killing stones and win a game
in their local Go clubs.
(From my point of views, they just love to abuse kyu players...
That's why Japanese Go (wéiqí, baduk) population has been
decreasing... That's part of the reasons, perhaps.)
I am sorry for those weak Go players whose stones are constantly
killed without realling learning any basics.
I am also sorry for those killers who will never become
stronger Go players...
Just killing weak players stones will make
no one stronger.
They just keep building their bad habits... bad habits of
common amateur mistakes.
Well...
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Q. 15. I like playing games. I believe that playing games is the best way to
become strong. I couldn’t careless about your problems.
Answer: I know that many people say that playing as many games as possible is the best way to become a strong go player. I'm sorry to say, but I see this differently. Would you mind telling you my experience?
I have met so many Go players in Tokyo, who have just played thousands of games for many, many years without ever learning basics. Unfortunately, they ended up with their own style, which is full of common amateur mistakes. When they started taking my lessons and start learning basics, it was extremely difficult to get rid of the commen mistakes because such mistakes are ingrained deep in their mind for a long, long time. After years of my teaching, many of them couldn't get rid of them. Based on my experience of teaching more than a hundred adult Go players, acquiring basic foundations come first and foremost, and basics don’t come from just playing. I have more advice on my blog. Please take a look.
I'd like to add the following. The most amazing Go student of mine was a 73 year-old Go player who improved from 2 kyu to 1 dan in a half year. He only played 2 games in a week. Her is how he studied Go. How he did it 1 How he did it 2
Q. 19. How did you collect common amateur mistakes?
Answer: As a full-time Go teacher in Japan and on KGS, I have taught many amateur players from 29 kyu to 6 dan, from 7 years old to 78 years old for many years. During that time, I have collected many amateur games and examined common amateur mistakes. Based on them, I have made 250 texts to explain common mistakes and how to punish them as well as 250 tesuji texts. (I have a lot more problems in my head). In order to make those problems in my website, it will take me at least 3 years, and possibly 5 years.
Kaz, a former Go insei and Tokyo regional Igo representative, is a world-renowned Weiqi teacher
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He is known as the world-renowned Igo teacher and famous for his unique, flexible, and extremely kind teaching style.