These dvd's look interesting...

[happysocks]

Anything you can tell us about these will be appreciated (at least by this little stone slogger). If is what seems, a weiqi master and educator lecturing on games or elements of the game with real rocks and a board on dvd's viewable with tv and pc a long search has reached a winning endgame.

http://www.yesasia.com/us/wei-qi-ding-s ... /info.html

前國家少年圍棋隊副總教練，著名圍棋解說家王元八段挂盤講解！

　　“定式懂的越多，圍棋會下的越好”。定式包含著各種情況下的下法、急所、手筋及死活等基本原理。檢驗一個人的真正實力，要看他是否對定式理解，看他能否把握實戰中頻繁出現的各種變化。

　　本套DVD影碟，選取大量的經典實戰例子，分為星定式、小目的定式、邊上的定式三個部分。由前國家少年圍棋隊副總教練、著名圍棋解說家王元八段講解。他的講解清晰、分析精闢。無論對業餘圍棋高手還是圍棋初學者，該套VCD影碟都是值得珍藏的好教材。

第一盤
01 閒話
02 星定式（一）
03 星定式（二）
第二盤
01 星定式（三）
02 星定式（四）
03 星定式（五）
第三盤
01 小目的定式（一）
02 小目的定式（二）
03 小目的定式（三）
第四盤
01 小目的定式（四）
02 邊上的定式（一）
03 邊上的定式（二）

[quanloh]

Just some translation for those who does not read chinese. Not totally accurate but should serve the purpose.


Explained by former Go National Youth Team Coach, Famous GO commentator Wang Yuan 8P!

"The more one understands about JOSEKI, the better GO he/she plays". JOSEKI includes the basic principle of approaches in various situations, identifying "urgent" place/move, TESUKI and life and death. One's true strength can be examine by his/her understanding of JOSEKI and how much frequently shown variation he/she can handle in a real game.

The examples in this series of DVD is chosen from many classic actual games, and categorized into 3 parts: Star(4-4) JOSEKI, KOMOKU JOSEKI and JOSEKI for sides. All these are explained by former Go National Youth Team Coach, Famous GO commentator Wang Yuan 8P. His explanation and analysis in detailed and insightful. These series of DVD will be a good learning/teaching material regardless you are a high level amatuer or beginner.

Chapter 1
01 Some chit-chat(?)
02 Star point JOSEKI (1)
03 Star point JOSEKI (2)

Chapter 2
01 Star point JOSEKI (3)
02 Star point JOSEKI (4)
03 Star point JOSEKI (5)

Chapter 3
01 KOMOKU JOSEKI (1)
02 KOMOKU JOSEKI (2)
03 KOMOKU JOSEKI (3)

Chapter 4
01 KOMOKU JOSEKI (4)
02 JOSEKI for the sides (1)
03 JOSEKI for the sides (2)

[happysocks]

Thank you so much quanloh.

Little bummed it's all joseki stuff, but maybe that's a good thing as would not likely study this subject in foreseeable future and at least this way may trick a useful tidbit here or there.

Would've really enjoyed having countsheep's videos but seems those disks are only playable on pc (may get them anyway, but sometimes just need a break from the beasts and there is already more good content than can keep up with online and now seems another one of my fav L19ers has started streaming igo to the world).

[daal]

Happysocks, your avatar hurts.

[happysocks]

Fixed.

[xed_over]

Fixed.

noooo... but I liked your other one better

[happysocks]

The real socks? me too, but they were danced to dust. They're not the sort of things one finds an easy replacement for so will likely stick with abstract socks, though is sort of refreshing this way. If only deleting all my avatars could parley into the needed ingredients and or elements to keep me playing go consistently. Perhaps will parcel together the correct potions one day.

A breakthrough may be breaking . Maybe should start a journal here. Have really enjoyed reading some of them.


daal little lonely in here now? (handsome as always though).

[daal]

<---- blushing