Five And Four Stone Fuseki

 

Imagist: In four stone games, I like to play the high wedge because it allows me to play the same joseki twice in sente, taking up a strong position on the right.

 

Imagist: If black plays this way, I usually play like this.

Bill: As Alex indicates below, White needs to be more assertive in a handicap game. Not that the wedges in this diagram are objectively bad play, but they are too, as it is said, honest.

 

Bill: Besides, Black has better play.

 

Black will usually answer with , at which point I make a second approach. If White answers submissvely with a, I can take b, while if she pincers, I will make a double kakari at a, which tends to muddy (or bloody!) the waters very early on.

seems to be pretty common  

tapir: When I have to take four stones something like this unvariably happens