Advice from the Kansai Kiin
Keywords: Proverb
Advice from the Kansai Kiin
1. IN GENERAL
- Approach go for fun - Ieda Ryuji 8-dan
- Dream and play go - Sekiyama Toshimichi 8-dan
2. WHILE PLAYING
- Treat each game you play as important - Minami Yoshimi 9-dan
- Only actual games - Sato Sunao 9-dan
- Have confidence and strive to do your best - Shiraishi Yutaka 9-dan
- Playing with confidence. Being taught by professional players. - Hotta Yozo 9-dan
- Acquire the habit of reading out moves as you play - Kurahashi Shozo 8-dan
- Always think about tenuki and be sure to seize the initiative - Inoue Shusaku 5-dan
- Think about what you should be regarding as most important in the current position - Koyama Yasuo 9-dan
- Play where you want to - Morino Setsuo 9-dan
- Play moves you want to play regardless of the outcome - Yokota Shigeaki 9-dan
- Vary your go style. Your form may fall off when you change, but you are bound to become stronger once you absorbthe change completely. - Katsuma Shiro 5-dan
- (1) Throw away your scruples.
- (2) Survey the whole board.
- (3) Check whether you can tenuki. - Miyamoto Naoki 9-dan
- (1) Try new ideas and play for fun.
- (2) Do simple life-and-death problems. - Yamazaki Yoshihiro 9-dan
- Play each game earnestly so that it remains in your mind, stressing the concepts without worrying about local details - Kashiwabara Yasuto 6-dan
- Be sure to count during the game - Tono Hiroaki 9-dan
- Don't attack and don't defend - Sonoda Yuichi 9-dan
- Stress a feeling of reserve - Kubo Katsuaki 9-dan
- Do not try to win - just play moves you think are objectively best. T. Derz Amateur 3-dan
3. STUDY READING PROBLEMS
- Do life-and-death problems - Cho Rosho 6-dan
- Enjoy life-and-death problems - Mizuno Hiroshi 9-dan
- Enjoying easy life-and-death problems - Oyama Kunio 9-dan
- Striving to solve easy life-and-death problems completely and asking pros about problem points - Ushikubo Yoshitaka 9-dan
- Study tesuji and life-and-death problems - Yuki Satoshi 9-dan
- Repeatedly study simple and basic life-and-death problems, until they are in your eye and
brain. You will become strong by understanding the patterns and processes. - Miyamoto Yoshihisa 9-dan
- Studying games, and life-and death problems - Honda Kunihisa 9-dan
- One life-and-death problem each day - Imamura Toshiya 9-dan
- Solve lots of simple life-and-death problems - Takiguchi Masaki 7-dan
- Solving lots of life-and-death problems in order to acquire reading ability - Yukawa Mitsuhisa 9-dan
- Solve lots of simple life-and death problems and play lots with players just a little stronger than you - Aragaki Shun 8-dan
- Read "Igo Kansai" - Hasegawa Hiro 5-dan
- Learn the basics thoroughly - Fujiwara Katsuya 5-dan
4. STUDY YOUR OWN GAMES - MORE ... IS SOMETIMES BETTER
- Play lots of games - Ushinohama Satsuo 9-dan & Muraoka Shigeyuki 9-dan & Takahara Shuji 9-dan & Honda Goro 6-dan
- Playing lots of games. But don't just play - put your heart and soul into it. Kubouchi Shuchi 9-dan
- Lots of games with stronger players - Endo Takahiro 9-dan
- Play lots of games for fun, and with players stronger than you - Mizuno Hiromi 4-dan
- Review your own games by playing them over. - Ishii Shinzo 9-dan
- Study your own games - Kamiya Tetsuo 7-dan
- Play lots of games and have a stronger player review them immediately afterwards - Iwaya Shigeru 3-dan
- Play lots of games for fun and accumulate experience - Sumi Shinsuke 5-dan
- Take note when you see things you don't know and imitate - Nakano Yasuhiro 7-dan
- Do your own question-and-answer sessions on your own moves - Honda Mitsuhiko 8-dan
- Use moves you have learnt - Chin Kaei 9-dan
5. ON GO PARTNERS
- Have a rival - Hasegawa Sunao 9-dan
- Find a rival, and persist until you don't lose to him - Kurahashi Masayuki 9-dan
- Play with people about two stones stronger - Hashimoto Shoji 9-dan
6. ON TEACHERS
- The most important thing is to find a good teacher. - Ota Seido 9-dan
- Play often with stronger players - Yata Naoki 8-dan
- Make friends with a pro - Saito Tadashi 7-dan
- Studying with a professional player is most important. Also, life-and-death problems in order to acquire reading ability. - Kawamura Kazunori 8-dan
- Choose a teacher or go rival - pro or amateur doesn't matter. Have time to talk with friends about go over a drink. - Hayashi Kozo 6-dan
- Make contact with a pro. If that is not possible, play over pro games and do simple life-and-death problems. - Yoshida Mika 6-dan
7. WANT TO GET STRONG? THERE IS A WILL - THERE IS A WAY
- Believe that you want to improve - Yokochi Susumu 3-dan
- Sustain the feeling that you want to become strong - Kiyonari Tetsuya 9-dan
- Believe that you can become strong - Imai Kazuhiro 5-dan
- If you have a mind to study sincerely and with unmixed feelings, I believe you will improve irrespective of the circumstances or the means - Moriyama Naoki 9-dan
8. FOR BEGINNERS:
- Lose Your First 50 Games As Quickly As Possible (SL)
- Beginners lose -- that's just the way it is. I lost a lot when I was a novice, and I still lose a lot. Winning my first even game felt really good, but it didn't come until I had gotten stomped into mush by every opponent I came across.
- Don't think of losing in terms of failure, especially when you're a novice. You are gaining experience. Think of it as a stepping stone to future victories. Don't delude yourself -- if you lose, you lose. But don't beat yourself up over it the way a lot of novices do. Seize the lessons in the loss and stay positive.