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Karui
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Karui is the Japanese adjective usually translated in English as light. As in 'light play', 'light shape'.

Light play is:

  1. Probably unnatural for almost everyone, initially;
  2. Hard to learn until you are convinced it is necessary;
  3. 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.

-- Charles Matthews


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.



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