Haengma

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Chinese: 行馬 (xing2 ma3)
Japanese: -
Korean: 행마 / 行馬 (haengma)

Haengma is a Korean word which means roughly the way the stones move, or forward momentum (literally it means moving horse). The term is used to

  1. describe various basic combinations of stones and their implications
  2. discuss more intricate moves that have a sense of tesuji
  3. describe a player's style.

At least part of the term is covered by the Japanese term suji. See the /Discussion page for more.

Basic Haengma

Some connections are strong, but move across the board slowly (i.e., they do not develop forward very quickly), while the faster connections are weaker. In English we call some of the slow moves walking and some of the fast moves running.

The seven basic Haengma are:

Strong (but slow)

Average

Fast (but weaker)

More evolved haengma

The term Hanegma is also used to describe certain Tesujis. An example:

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corner

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corner

Black 1 is the right move, also called Haenmaui Maek(Hangeul:행마의 맥)

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corner


See also

Books


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