From double-digit kyu toward dan: break the reactive habit

If you have settled somewhere in the double-digit kyus and stopped climbing, the cause is almost never a missing piece of knowledge. It is that you play reactively: you answer wherever your opponent just played, follow them around the board, and walk into fights you can't read to the end. Two players at 12 kyu can know the same things, and one keeps losing because of how they play, not what they know.

The way out is a teacher looking at your actual games. Replaying a game you lost is how a stronger player spots the pattern in minutes: you respond to every move instead of asking whether it needs an answer; you invade and then can't live; you have no plan, so you don't know which part of the board matters. Those are habits, and habits close once someone names them.

Bring a recent game, get the two or three leaks costing you the most points, drill the fix, and come back stronger. Captions run in your language, so a teacher from Korea or China can show you exactly where a fight went wrong without anything getting lost.

Common questions

What rank is this for?

Roughly 25 kyu to 10 kyu — the double-digit range. The goal is to get you playing with a plan instead of reacting, which is what carries you into the single digits and toward dan.

Should I bring my own games?

Yes. Your losses are the single most useful thing you can bring. A game record shows your real habits in a way that a general "how do I improve" question never can.