Instinct and reason

	Instinct and Reason
	2 kinds ofpersonalyties are messing within our body while playing but....

Well, i got a friend which recently askedme, why he is playing differently on tournaments and then playing at home. His first thought was, that he played different, because he was nervous.
Well that´s true as well but we already  talked about this in earlier topics. So I will challenge this time a general problem again of many go sportlers  (players).
It´s the "2 Person or Reason vs Instinct problem".

I am sure most of you have at some point noticed this problem.
It´s when you play unlike normal, more safe or aggressiv moves (not depending on the game) but on your emotional level.
If you want to win i already said that it will influence your game but there is a reason as well why it influences your game.
To be blunt: It´s about doubting the otherself.
An example what I mean: You  don´t  make the normal move you did 1000 of times but play a different move which seems safer but is lacking in power.
If you think about it different, it th e same as trying to shoot a serve but then you use less power on the serve to make the shoot more accurat (while serve is less accurat and powerfull than normal).
In go  it happens often that one doubts his instincts.
That´s why in games where you really want to win, you try deny your instinct and go back on theories or logic to to make your moves. But ignoring instinct is as hurtfull as ignoring reason.
What most players call instinct or feeling in baduk is almost everytime data about the game  (let´s call it experience), which is helping us in the game for problems.
It can tell us wether there is danger lurking around or if there is one vital spot at the enemys point to attack.
But you need logic as well to get the timing of the moves right and reading strenght to use your instinct to the utmost limits.That´s why don distrust your instinct and don´t depend on it but use it wise. For most players it´s a strong weapon (those with much playing experience or tsumego training) and it´s usefull for stronger and so as well for weaker players as well because it needs to be trained, to make instant jugdes on the game.

My friend will try it out today to play using both and not ignoring his instincts and i hope it will go well.
I am sure there are other views on this thema as well (this is only one view after all) but as i think about go as a sport game, i don´t think that my view is either right or wrong (i hope it will be helpfull to other people), so will be happy to hear comments about this and other themes from go players :-)

finishing the game!!!

if both work together, something incredible can happen

with regards Yunyuki Kirigaya