Lesson 156: The Advanced Haengma 2 You may feel somewhat nervous
about learning haengmas if you think you have to memorize them.
However, you don't need to memorize all of them one by one. Like
when learning joseki, learning about haengma will help you
develop the sense to recognize the correct position of stones.
In addition, perhaps you've already experienced many haengmas
when you went through the difficult process of memorizing
josekis. Let's see how many you can recall. The sequence from 1
to 6 is taken from a two-space high pincer joseki. When Black
covers the white stone in the corner with a knight's move at 3,
White pushes up with 4 and cuts with 6. The question is Black's
next move. Because the two △-marked stones are bigger than the
x-marked one, it's reasonable to do something on the lower side.
However, to give an atari with 1 and push with 3 is an immature
play. It doesn't become a threat to the o-marked white stone,
but just helps White to develop the left side. To play A instead
of pushing with