I had a student who didn’t improve much and decided not to take my
lessons anymore. I asked him how many times he has reviewed my problems.
His answer was once or twice. Sometimes more, but not many.
Then I thought I should tell all of my students about the importance
of reviewing and the importance of reviewing continuously.
I’d like to ask you to review my problems, preferably several times
a week, if not every day, because repetition is the only way to improve Go.
If you spend 5 minutes to review my problems maybe 3 times a day
for example in the morning, at noon, and at night, it should make
a difference after six months.
Of course, the more you review, the faster you improve.
I think it’s a good idea to make it a rule to review my problems.
I’ve taught hundreds of students, and some of them don’t improve much
The fact is that they don’t review my lessons enough.
Solving my problems once or twice is not at all good enough.
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I reiterate “Repetition is the only way to improve Go.”
If you stop reviewing my problems, you will fall back into your old,
bad habits, and soon your Go will be back to your original level.
Then your time and money to have taken my lessons will be wasteful.
If you forget everything I taught, and one day you decide to take
my lessons again, you have to do the same thing all over again.
But if you continue to review my problems, even for 5 minutes a day,
you could still build a certain basic foundation. One day if you decide
to take more lessons, then you will be able to learn new things
more easily in the future.
Endurance makes you stronger.
I’ve been studying Chinese by myself. Like I studied English
by myself, I repeat listening to some Chinese every day and
many times at lest for 10 minutes a day and often more.
I’ll listen to the same lesson not once, but 20 times or 30 times
or more until I master them and be able to use them in conversation.
“Repetition is the only way to improve Go.”
I hope you understand the importance of repetition
and the importance of continuing to study.
Incidentally, some of my students have been reading various Go books. I’ve been making problems based on their weaknesses and mistakes. No books are written based on their weaknesses or mistakes. So it makes more sense to solve my problems rather than reading various Go books.
Besides, all of my students pay money more than a Go book. So they should make the most of my lessons. To do so, they should repeat solving my problems far more than Go books.
I just want all of my students not to waste their money and time.
Good luck to all of you.
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