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My (Kaz's)teaching style of Go, Igo, Weiqi, Baduk is that:
- I encourage my students to play an even game with me.
- You can have either White or Black..
- In my teaching, I intentionally make common amateur mistakes.
- In my lessons I teach various things, fuseki, middle game fight, tesuji, shape, the whole-board strategy, etc.
- I believe that "the simpler, the better."@So I focus mostly on teaching basics, basics for kyu players, basics for 3-dan players, and so on.
- I try not to teach exceptions and complicated things.
- In my teaching my moves are not the best move for me, but a move which is the best to teach a student. More details are below.
- I strongly encourage students to ask questions.
- In my teaching I take your requests, feedbacks, and suggestions, seriously and try to incorporate it ASAP.
Here are more detailed explanations:
- Teai : I encourage my students to play an even game with me.
- Even games: In my experience, even games allow students to learn a lot. And the
students can use the lessons immediately in their games. - Satisfaction: So far 99% of the students satisfactorily choose even-game-lessons
over handicap games. - Black or White?: You can have any color as long as it is either White or Black.
- Any fuseki recommende? If you can't defeat Black's 3 star-point stones (sanrensei) or
the Chinese fuseki, White is highly recommended. I can show White's fuseki. - What do you teach? In my lessons I teach various things, fuseki, middle game fight,
tesuji, shape, the whole-board strategy, etc. - Do you play scary moves? In my teaching game, I intentionally make common amateur
mistakes. - Why? The reason is:
1. I can see how much you understand that stuff.
2. I can teach how to punish a common mistake. - What about basics? In general I mostly focus on teaching basics, which are applicable
to many other situations. - "Basics"? The meaning of "basics" differs in my definition. In my teaching
there are
basics for 20 kyu, 10 kyu, 5 kyu, 1-dan, 5-dan. These are all different.
My blog explains the importance of learning basics further. - Do you teach something complicated? I try to avoid teaching exception moves
and complicated moves. I believe the simpler, the better. - Give me an example! For example I avoid teaching a avalanche joseki, which takes
weeks or months to memorize many of the variations, many of which are not easy
to apply to other situations. - And? Instead of the avalanche joseki, I teach a simple joseki, which has simple tesuji
and basic shape, which are applicable to many other situations. - But I'm still scared of you! When I play a teaching game, I try to think about
the moves, not the best move for me, but a move which is the best to teach a student. - How much do you understand my plan? I'm aware that different students have different
strengths, shortcomings, and weaknesses. - So? So if I see their strengths and weaknesses, I try different moves and different
explanations. - And? That means that the more games of a student I see, the more easily I can
pinpoint his or her strengths and weaknesses, thus the more easily I can find
the best teaching move for her/him. - May I ask questions? I strongly encourage students to ask questions.
There are no silly or stupid questions. All your questions are important because when
I understand your difficulty, then I know what kind of service I should give. So it's better to ask questions. - Do you criticize my moves? I never criticize your moves. I also hardly ever say "it's
a bad move". I believe that all your moves are there to help you become a better Go
player. And my job is to find the best explanations to help you become a strong player
as quickly as possible. Criticizing your moves may very well make you afraid of playing
more games. So I wouldn't do that. - But you did criticize me! If I criticize your moves, games and make you feel sick, please
let me know. I'll come up with some kind of compensation... maybe to look at more of
your games without charge. Even if I make you uncomfortable unintentionally, please
let me know. I must know that in order not to make the same mistake. BTW, I do say
"it's a common mistake." Is that okay? - I play stupid moves! Many people worry about their moves and hesitate to show
their games by saying"; I made many stupid mistakes." I always diagree. It's a matter
of whether you would make the most of your moves. Besides, I make many stupid and
silly mistakes in the eyes of the top pros. Well, think of it this way. If you don't make
mistakes, you're a god of Go. - But I still hesitate to show my games. If you don't show me your games, how can
I help you become a stronger Go player. - I played so badly, and I know my mistakes. So you don't need to go over
this game.
Many people say that. But what you think is often very different from what you have
played. When I go over it, the content of the game is often the opposite of what you think.
Often "bad game" in your eye looks like a very good game to me. Also keep in mind that
you can learm most from your worst game. - I have some requests! If you have any requests, feedbacks, suggestions, etc., please
feel free to let me know. If I find your requests, feedbacks, and suggestions which are
useful and possible to incorporate into my teaching, I'll try to incorporate it ASAP. - What's your teaching policy? My teaching policy is to accommodate my students'
wishes as much as possible.