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Karui
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Karui is the Japanese adjective usually translated in English as light. As in 'light play', 'light shape'.

Light play is:

(a) probably unnatural for almost everyone, initially; (b) hard to learn until you are convinced it is necessary; (c) immensely important in fighting.

Therefore understanding it ought to be a long run objective for anyone who wants to become strong.

The most basic point is quite simple: don't connect two stones solidly until you are confident that you won't want to sacrifice just one of them. Unfortunately this is hard to put into practice ...


Light play example


Sabaki is a generic name for some techniques required for high-level light play - but doesn't mean light play (as often asserted).

The opposite of light play is heavy play.

-- Charles Matthews


Tristan Jones Just a quick thought here: I was studying a game of O Rissei's in which he played in his opponent's sphere of influence, surprisingly close to his thickness. O made several moves, but not a single solid connection. It's not very profitable to capture a single stone in gote, but neither is it easy to attack numerous stones that are only loosely connected.



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