This is my best teaching method:

1. My student sends me his / her 10 most recent games in .sgf format.

2. I examine his / her 10 games.  Then, I can find out many of his / her worst habits, biggest weaknesses, and incorrect moves.  I will also teach the most important basics that my students lack.  Mainly I look for million-dollar mistakes and ignore five-dollar mistakes and ten-dollar mistakes.  (Before the arrival of the internet, I had to play at least 10 games to find out my students’ bad habits, big weaknesses, and incorrect moves.  But now I can teach the most important points from the 1st lesson.  I’ve been doing this for many years.  As far as I know, this is my original teaching method.  )

3. Based on analyzing the games, I will comment on million-dollar mistakes and ignore five-dollar mistakes and ten-dollar mistakes. 
   

4. In the next lessons, I’ll ask my students to send me 3 games, and I’ll examine their games and comment on them.  I often discover new weaknesses and very bad habits because the more games I analyze, the more weaknesses and bad habits I’ll find, and I’ll teach all of these.
   

6. Sometimes, if some students have a very hard time understanding, then I’ll send tests and problems to help them understand the most important points.

Here are the reasons that my lessons very helpful.

1. Each student has different weaknesses and worst bad habits, so I have to find out about that for each students.  I’ll correct those.
2. Analyzing 10 games gives me a lot of information about a student’s Go, and I’ll teach the most important points.  ( Pretty much all student lack important basics.  In that case giving advanced lessons will not be helpful, but harmful because that’s like trying to build a 10-story building without the foundations on the 1st floor.) 
3. There is a vicious cycle in learning Go.  I’ve found that many adults study a lesson only for a short time, and then start playing many games and practicing their bad habits.  My lessons will help you overcome their worst habits and their biggest weaknesses.
4. Many adults study other people’s mistakes instead of their own mistakes.   They are not aware of their own common mistakes, and they keep making the same mistakes for many years.  I’ve observed that the longer they keep making the same mistakes, the harder it it to fix them because the bad habits ingrain in them.   My lessons will help them aware of their own common mistakes.  If they study my lessons repeatedly, they will learn from their own mistakes and master basics.  That will make them quantum leap in the near future.
5. My lessons will help me evaluate my students’ true ranking.  Sometimes a student who claims to be a 1 dan turns out be a 5 kyu.  I’ve learned that examining 10 games may not show that.  When I give him / her my tests and check the answers, then I can find out how well or poorly he / she understands.  So I can send appropriate problems, so he or she can learn the basics at his / her level.

I have a lot of know-how on how to make appropriate tests and problems, to correct their mistakes, and to help them build strong basic foundations.  Consequently, I can confidently say that I’m an expert on that.  Naturally, almost all my students like this teaching.  More importantly, many of them have been showing a clear improvement.

I will also teach you the following:

1. I will teach how to master a cross-cut.  If you take 3 or 4 lessons, you should be able to handle pretty much any cross-cut.
2. I will teach how to deal with the famous AI opening variations.
3. I will teach how to make the famous opening such as the Chinese opening and the Kobayashi Opening ineffective.
4. Many people mistakenly think that all peeps are good.  However, there are many bad peeps.  I’ll teach you good and bad peeps.
5. Many people mistakenly think that all “push from behind” moves are bad.  However, there are quite a few good, acceptable, or necessary “push from behind” moves.  I’ll teach you those.
6. I’ll teach you the most useful life-and-death problems.  Life-and-death books show many problems, but some problems never come out in real games.  I only teach life-and-death problems that come out most frequently in your games.
7. I’ll teach you how to turn the tables when you are losing a game.  I’ve created many tests and problems.  Some of my students did experience those in their games.
8. I’ll teach you how to play well in byoyomi.
9. I’ll teach you how to play well in the endgame.

Lesson Fee:

For new students, I’m offering a discount below.  I’m offering this if you keep taking my lessons once a month because those students who improve take my lessons once a month or more.

This is for all students.
1st lesson : $42 / €40
2nd lesson: $42 / €40
3rd lesson: $42 / €40 
4th lesson: $42 / €40
5th lesson: $52 / €50
6th lesson: $52 / €50 

7th lesson: $98 / €90
8th lesson: $98 / €90 and so on.

WARNING: If you’re going to take many lessons from me, it’s better to take Special Lesson B because it’s cheaper and there are special deals and special services. 

WARNING: You don’t have to include the transaction fee because I’ll pay the fee.

WARNING: Please do not write anything in your games. Please do not write any questions in your games. I’d like to teach you 1-millon-dollar mistakes.  But many people ask me 5-dollor or 10-dollar questions. I’d like to make you strong fast. To do so, I’d like to teach you 1-millon-dollar mistakes.

WARNING: How to apply this lesson is stated at the end.

Are my lessons expensive? : Some people tell me that my lesson fees are expensive.  Please think of it this way.

Compared to buying Go books: If you buy a Go book, it costs $15, $20, or $30.  If you buy two books, you will pay $30, $40, or $60.  But it’s not easy to find Go books at your own level.  I know many Go players who have bought 20 or 30 Go books, which can cost somewhere between $300 or $900.  Many of them haven’t finished reading all of them.   Quite a few people say that they haven’t even mastered one Go book.  That’s probably because the books are way too hard for them.  It’s like you buy a lottery, and you draw a blank.

More importantly, none of the Go books are written based on analyzing your games.

If you take my lessons, you will always get a winning ticket.

I will teach you your biggest mistakes and million-dollar mistakes.  I’ll teach you your worst habits.  I’ll teach you the lack of most important basics.  If necessary, I’ll send you many problems to help you learn those things fast.  You will be able to use them for many years.  In fact I’m a unique Go teacher who does all of these.

So which is better?

You keep buying many Go books until you find a book at your own level, which may take many years.  Or you may never find the right book.

Or you take my lessons and receive game reviews and problems, which are most appropriate for you, and you will be able to use them for many years.  The longer you study my tests and problems, the stronger you will become.

It took me many years to acquire these skills:  Also I must say that analyzing 10 games and making problems are not easy even for experienced Go teachers.

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Special Lesson A: Kaz Internet Go Camp (Currently I’ve suspended this deal.  Please apply for “Special Lesson B” instead.)