Pincer Path

In order to bring one's joseki knowledge up to dan level, one must spend some time on pincer joseki.

• pincer
• pincer nomenclature

• 4-4 point one-space low pincer
• 4-4 point one-space high pincer
• 4-4 point two-space low pincer
• 4-4 point two-space high pincer
• 4-4 point three-space low pincer
• 4-4 point three-space high pincer

• 3-4 point high approach one-space low pincer Alias the dogleg. If this is your favourite joseki, you are probably one stone either side of 1 dan
• 3-4 point high approach, one-space high pincer, aka the Magic Dirk.
• 3-4 point high approach, two-space high pincer often known as the Magic Sword, if not entirely correctly.
• 3-4 point high approach, two-space low pincer
• 3-4 point high approach, three-space high pincer

The three-space low pincer is incredibly rare and doesn't yet have a page at Sensei's library

• 3-4 point distant low approach, one-space low pincer
• 3-4 point distant high approach, one-space low pincer

Other pincers against distant approaches are very rare

• 34PointLowApproachOneSpaceHighPincer
• 34PointLowApproachOneSpaceLowPincer
• 34PointLowApproachTwoSpaceHighPincer
• 34PointLowApproachTwoSpaceLowPincer
• 34PointLowApproachThreeSpaceHighPincer
• 34PointLowApproachThreeSpaceLowPincer

• 3-5 point, 4-3 approach, one-space pincer
• 35PointLowApproachTwoSpaceLowPincer
• 35PointLowApproachTwoSpaceHighPincer
• 35PointLowApproachThreeSpaceLowPincer
• 35PointLowApproachThreeSpaceHighPincer
• 35Point33ApproachPincer
• 35PointHighApproachPincer

• 45PointPincers
• 33PointPincers
• 36PointPincers