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
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.
So good
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
Fun and informative
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
Hard one as I'm not used to, but definitely good to be prepared
Good course
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.
Great course! The joseki are well explained!
its interesting, more explanation would be good
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…
ı feel so good after this course.
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
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.
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!
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!
A great course that will give you a basic but very functional toolkit of ideas and informations to start using this uncommon opening point. Matthew's teaching style makes the course entertaining and easy to follow, he's clearly very passionate about this topic and go in general and the lessons benefit a lot from his enthusiasm.
Beautiful course! Waiting for next (more advanced) course on 5-3 🙂
Matthew is a great addition to the teaching team and his methodical approach to teaching basics and more in depth variation lends itself very well to the platform. The content is great as well, its a first step into the world of 5-3 with some very inspirational ideas and even manages to make the Taisha look not quite as threatening. Now if that isn't a feat.
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.