Repositioning is an important aspect of sabaki. Sabaki is often used to avoid omoi katachi (heavy shape). However, the idea of shape is often related to the method of sabaki. 40: Please note that sabaki does not refer to shape rather, it is a way of playing. Strategic Concepts of Go, fifth printing, p. An almost identical sentence can be found in Go World 83, published autumn 1998: make good shape, rich in eye potential, so that your stones, if attacked, can easily make eyes or escape. The opponent may not like the result and play different, in which case one can then be satisfied with the indirect defense of a weakness and better follow up moves for making good shape. Meanwhile, one makes sabaki by building outside thickness or a formation where eyes can be attained. This often involves a sacrifice which serves to force the opponent to go around capturing before he can resume to attack. use forcing moves before playing a vital point. To avoid a heavy group, one can kind of reposition, step aside, with a light move that aims to utilize a coming attack for the (quick) development of stones, i.e. A group that ends up as heavy has failed to make sabaki. Though sabaki does not refer to shape rather, it is a way of playing, it is often used to avoid heavy shape. techniques that are the opposite of clumsy play.skillful process of successfully handling an awkward situation.As such, the exact rendering of sabaki can vary depending on the context and, as a result, has seen broader attempts at defining.īroad definitions of sabaki are more like the following: The local objective may only be a means to a global (larger) strategic objective. For example, the process of sabaki could involve other aims, such as reducing in sente by means of sacrifice(s) or tempting the opponent into a disadvantageous large-scale fight. While sabaki involves making light shapes and occasionally settling groups through shinogi, it doesn't exactly equate to either of these. The numbers change because of the proximity to other IBAs in the area such as the Arabuko-Sokoke and Mida Creek, Dakatcha Woodlands and the Tana River Delta.Broader Renderings of the Concept The coastal scrub and wetlands adjacent to the river mouth are home to shorebirds and other water birds. A number of rare and beautiful birds have been recorded here, attracted by the tidal mud flats that offer a rich habitat for migratory waders, gulls and terns. The Sabaki River Mouth is listed as an Important Bird Area (IBA) by Birdlife International. The river cuts the Malindi-Lamu main road at the Marafa junction offering a stunning site ideal for bird watching. The waters seems to flow side by side never mixing and in constant fight. Where it meets the sea, it’s a constant change of colour from a reddish brown of the upcountry soil, to a slight dirty aqua blue and emerald on the ocean side. The river drains into the Indian Ocean 10 km north of Malindi town, at Sabaki. It gets its three names from the regions it flows through rising from Ngong outside Nairobi to the Coast. This is the best kept secret of the Kenyan North Coast, frequented by ardent birdwatchers and hydro experts recording the natural fight between fresh river water and sea water. The Athi-Galana-Sabaki River is second longest in Kenya, at 390 km and is beloved of birdwatchers at its estuary.
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