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Karui
Path: GoodPlay · Prev: InducingMove · Next: Kiai
Keywords: Shape
Karui is the Japanese adjective usually translated in English as light. As in 'light play', 'light shape'. Light play is: (a) probably unnatural for almost everyone, initially; (b) hard to learn until you are convinced it is necessary; (c) immensely important in fighting. Therefore understanding it ought to be a long run objective for anyone who wants to become strong. The most basic point is quite simple: don't connect two stones solidly until you are confident that you won't want to sacrifice just one of them. Unfortunately this is hard to put into practice ... Sabaki is a generic name for some techniques required for high-level light play - but doesn't mean light play (as often asserted). The opposite of light play is heavy play. Tristan Jones Just a quick thought here: I was studying a game of O Rissei's in which he played in his opponent's sphere of influence, surprisingly close to his thickness. O made several moves, but not a single solid connection. It's not very profitable to capture a single stone in gote, but neither is it easy to attack numerous stones that are only loosely connected. Path: GoodPlay · Prev: InducingMove · Next: Kiai This is a copy of the living page "Karui" at Sensei's Library. (C) the Authors, published under the OpenContent License V1.0. |