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Basics of the 5-3 Point

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Let’s learn the basics of 5-3 and stop being afraid of it!

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In other courses on the opening, Go Magic has regularly recommended avoiding the 5-3 point because it can lead to some very complex and long joseki. But what do you do if your opponent plays it on you? Or, what if you like complications and you want to use it? It’s time to level up your opening!

In this course we dive into the deep waters of the 5-3 point and try to demystify the most common joseki associated with it. In the end we even discuss some opening patterns you can use and fight the AI’s unflattering opinion of this classic human move.

Suitable for: 12–3 kyu players who are already familiar with basic josekis.

Teacher

Matthew McKee 4d

Amateur Go Player from Japan.

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Course Includes

7 Lessons
7 Quizzes
~ 1.5 hour

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Posted 2 days ago

I love the energy that Matthew brings to the go board and the clarity of his teaching style. I will definitely be checking out more courses from him in the future. As some one that's never learned much about the 5-3, the course not only provided a great introduction to all the variations, but also gives you the confidence to manage the difficult Taisha with a good foundation in the principles

Posted 3 weeks ago

This is an excellent lesson if you want to learn more about what the 5-3 is and isn't, learning variations to make the taisha seem less scary, and a look into how the 5-3 was used in the 19th century as well as in modern go.

Posted 2 months ago

A very helpful course about a topic one doesn’t hear much about.

Posted 3 months ago

As I also advertised on the Discord, out of all the Silver and Gold courses this is my favourite. This does not subtract anything from the other courses which are great and some are probably even a lot more useful if rank improvement is your main goal. Nevertheless, this short course was exhilarating for me, it is so well rounded and gives so much in such a little and pleasant package.

Posted 3 months ago

As I also advertised on the Discord, out of all the Silver and Gold courses this is my favourite. This does not subtract anything from the other courses which are great and some are probably even a lot more useful if rank improvement is your main goal. Nevertheless, this short course was exhilarating for me, it is so well rounded and gives so much in such a little and pleasant package.

Posted 4 months ago

So good

Posted 5 months ago

I really like it. Hard and I'll need to revisit before I try in my games, but exactly what I expected from this course

Posted 5 months ago

Fun and informative

Posted 8 months ago

Great course on the 5-3 opening! Matthew is my favourite Go Magic teacher as he breaks todown step by step in an easy to digest manner while also having enthusiasm as he takes you through the joseki. The final quiz is quite brutal, asking the player to intuit answers that weren't shown but are likely to have picked up from the course. I would love a continuation, and if white can play 5-3 point

Posted 12 months ago

Hard one as I'm not used to, but definitely good to be prepared

Posted 1 year ago

Good course

Posted 1 year ago

Nicely done, a good start to learn about the 5-3 point opening, which I will now try to implement in my games for the first time.

Posted 1 year ago

Great course! The joseki are well explained!

Posted 1 year ago

its interesting, more explanation would be good

Posted 2 years ago

Very suffering course. I feel lost. The quizz are full of questions that are not in the videos. I regret I took this course because I am more confused than before. If the josekis are complicated, you need to go into complications and not fainting it can be simple. If it is complicated, we will study and get into it. I have to buy a book now to understand the 3-5 aperture…

Posted 2 years ago

ı feel so good after this course.

Posted 2 years ago

Joyful, fascinatingly and useful. And very joyful. Matthew, please do more this *** courses. I mean awesome ) Practical part is also awesome, I like such exercises with good explanations

Posted 3 years ago

This course is fantastic. I'm going to try the 5-3 opening now in my games until I'm very comfortable with it. I want to learn to fight more and this seems to be a great way to learn to do so. Please make more of these wonderful courses.

Posted 3 years ago

Dear Matthew, I am only halfway your course but I greatly appreciate your teaching style! I really hope you are going to make more courses because you are good at giving them!

Posted 3 years ago

I didn't get all the points but after this course i might get some in my games. I loved the classic games part. Thank you!

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