Attack and Defense in the Middle Game
What is Attack and Defense, why is it important?
In the opening, speed and development take top priority, but in the middle game focus shifts, into an intricate dance between groups, vying for supremacy on the goban! With enough practice, you will be able to fend off relentless assaults, and launch a devastating counter initiative of your own. This is Middle Game Mania: Attack and Defense!
There is a bonus lesson at the end of the course that serves as an introduction to attack and defense. We recommend watching it before you begin.
Suitable for 12–2 kyu
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Engaging and clear when you watch it! But definitely needs a couple of go-throughs to fully absorb the knowledge.
HelpfulThis is exactly what I needed at this point! Concepts of when to attack and when (and whether) to defend are made easy in this course. I feel the urge to play more games now in order to apply this knowledge. Can't wait!
Also, I'm definitely gonna revisit this course later on.HelpfulThis course was super helpful. Im not very strong at attack and defense, so it was great! I bought lifetime access and it was really worth it
HelpfulYo, very cool
HelpfulThe course was professional, well-paced, and free of unnecessary filler. I really enjoyed it and learned a lot from it.
However, I do have one piece of constructive feedback. I think it would have been valuable to include more content about battles/combat positions, as this is where many important concepts and the practical benefits of both attack and defense become much clearer.HelpfulExcellent course. For this DDK, some of the material was a bit difficult, but I learned a lot, and the concepts and ideas were very well explained. I am sure I will rewatch the course at some later time and discover things that were over my head for now: there's so much to discover in this one course. Wonderful!
HelpfulReally appreciate all the midgame theory in this course. Really helpful.
Helpfulattack and defense is probably one of the biggest parts of a game of go so it's very useful to have to guide to approaching this topic
HelpfulGood but a bit too advanced for me.
HelpfulThis course is a true gem. A&D is a very complex topic, but Chris boils down to several heuristics and mental models that are pedagogically transferable. He then takes you through examples while teaching other more specific notions (e.g. "shoulder hit the farthest stone", flexibility through sabaki / shinogi). The atmosphere, the philosophical perspectives, the Go equipment, all were excellent.
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