te-tsuki

    Keywords: Go term

Chinese: 落子 (luņ zǐ)
Japanese: 手つき (te-tsuki)
Korean:

手つき (te-tsuki), a Japanese go term, for the way a stone was physically played. Usually paired with an adjective as in:

  • light tetsuki
  • strong tetsuki
  • good tetsuki
  • beginner's tetsuki
  • beautiful tetsuki
  • great tetsuki
  • clumsy tetsuki
  • confident tetsuki

See also How to hold and play a go stone.


Tetsuki is a common japanese word for manner of using one's hands or way of doing something.


Bob McGuigan: I think tetsuki is part of the meaning of shudan, or hand talk, as a nickname for go. The way you play stones expresses your feelings, attitude, and intentions.


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