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.
Course Contents
Teacher
Course Includes
7 Lessons 
7 Quizzes 
~ 1.5 hour Reviews
I really enjoyed Matthew as a teacher! For now, I’m not planning to play the 5/3 point much, but at least I know how to respond calmly. So all the stars to you!
Loved the style of this. 5-3 is super complex, but I’ve had people play it against me before. Feel better prepared to engage it now…maybe even start playing it myself. Also, Matt’s goban is fantastic!
different kind of course than the usual, but still very cool
nice course
Excellent. Clear and stimulating. I particularly appreciated the joseki part. Interprating the moves based on elementaty principles makes the sequences easy to understand and therefore to memorize. Even the taisha seems (probably deceptively) simple.
Great course! Very well explained, thank you!
Friends ask why I play 5-3 all the time nowadays. I put on my stoic smile and say: "I'm searching for the truth on the go board". Sometimes I break character and scream "I'm here to play GO!!!" while slamming a stone on the board if I have any at hand. That's a side effect of these Matthew courses as well...
loved the course
great course
Very good course.
Really loved it. Started the course in order to manage my opps playing 5-3 but by the end I wanna play 5-3 as well 😀
Me gustó mucho el estilo del instructor: muy didáctico y asertivo. El curso abarca todo lo necesario para aprender a lidiar con la apertura 5,3.
Inspiring and delightful
Interesting course, short and sweet
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
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.
A very helpful course about a topic one doesn’t hear much about.
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.
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.
Great course, and Matthew does a fantastic job of engaging us throughout the lessons. However, the content feels too specific and some wider conclusions (which there are, but could be more) would benefit in the usage of this opening.