Are joseki boring?

mitsun · **#21**

Araban wrote:

I don't think studying joseki is needed. Anything you may possibly learn from studying joseki can also be learned from studying haengma, shapes, etc. without the risk of finding yourself "studying" the moves of joseki sequences without understanding each move's purpose and when it's appropriate given the global situation.

I don't quite agree with this. Some joseki get into very complicated lines where life and death are at stake and the "purpose" of every move is to survive in the only way possible. If you do not know the joseki from previous study, extremely high levels of reading skill are required to find the correct moves -- knowledge of shape and tesuji are not enough.

Eizero · **#22**

If your reading is really strong, i don't think you have to study joseki. (by studying I mean looking at a joseki dictionary trying to learn new josekis)

Solomon · **#23**

mitsun wrote:

Araban wrote:

I don't think studying joseki is needed. Anything you may possibly learn from studying joseki can also be learned from studying haengma, shapes, etc. without the risk of finding yourself "studying" the moves of joseki sequences without understanding each move's purpose and when it's appropriate given the global situation.

I don't quite agree with this. Some joseki get into very complicated lines where life and death are at stake and the "purpose" of every move is to survive in the only way possible. If you do not know the joseki from previous study, extremely high levels of reading skill are required to find the correct moves -- knowledge of shape and tesuji are not enough.

So just put your efforts on achieving that reading skill rather than memorizing these L&D moves for joseki that'll only come up once every blue moon if it's so complicated.

Phelan · **#24**

I just now got to this thread, and I really liked the first post. Great writing!

Are joseki boring?

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