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Path: GoodHabits · Prev: EstimatingTheScore · Next: StayPositive Practice is the only way to get better at anything. This is true for basketball, algebra, needlecraft, scuba diving, playing the violin, and boxing. Playing go is no different. I was tempted as a beginner (being frustrated much of the time) to look for "magical doors" that would make me a better player without taking the long way around. But the more I played -- and the more of these doors I thought I found -- the more I realized that they don't exist. This is why just memorizing joseki doesn't work -- you have to know WHY those stones are played in that order, in that sequence. And the only way to learn that is to study and practice. Fortunately, there is a kind cycle that the gods have bestowed on most things, but works especially well for go (at least at the beginner levels): The more you practice, the more skill you have. The more skill you have, the more fun you have. The more fun you have, the more you want to practice. And so on... Path: GoodHabits · Prev: EstimatingTheScore · Next: StayPositive This is a copy of the living page "Practice" at Sensei's Library. ![]() |