Mokuhazushi Shoulder Hit
In my games I started to play Mokuhazushi (5-3 point)just to try it out. I had some success with it and would want to know more about it. While the most common aproach is the 3-4 point, once I encountered this and didn't quite know how to answer:
I thought that the two main alternatives are a and b but none of them really seems to punish since b pushes w along the fourth line (isn't that bad?) and a just seems to take 3rd line territory in exchange for a white wall on the 4th line
3-4 exchange seems forced, since I don't think continuing to push would be a good idea... and this exchange doesn't quite seem to punish w's shoulder hit
And couldn't W just tenuki after leaving the shoulder hit as a forcing move and treat it lightly (and maybe use it later)?
so, my question as a 5k (KGS) is, how to best answer/punish the shoulder hit on Mokuhazushi?
unkx80: My quick answers here. Please feel free to ask for an elaboration.
If tenuki,
can either tenuki or play the hane at
. This is a pretty solid corner with definite territory.
Actually the above is a transposition of the 3-4 point corner enclosure with the and
exchange. This exchange is rarely good for White.