Do you have a nice deck or yard that you might want to sit out in to study or play? You might not want to spend a lot on snow-grade stones. Good boards last a long time, so think ahead.
#Stancie goban skin#
The handling problem also has gotten worse with age in my case - dryer skin and lately the start of arthritis. So when I use my floor board, I normally use the thinner stones that I bought with the kaya board. Thick stones look nice but they are harder to handle. This only gets worse with age - I am in my late 50's. The floor board is the most fun for playing with friends - which I do not do very often at home! I find it hard on my back to use it when studying (less movement probably). The problem is there is no such thing as the perfect go board. I have: a 6-inch katsura floor board (thick snow-grade stones), a 2-inch kaya table board (less thick snow-grade stones), a 1-inch bamboo table board (yunzi stones), a cheap folding board (glass stones), and 4 different traveling boards (2 kinds of magnetic, 1 vinyl, and 1 cloth). In addition to being a go book junkie (200+ unread volumes and counting), I am also a go board junkie. I would suggest that you consider what you expect to use the board for. Again, If you have any sources of epidemiological evidence that say otherwise I'd be interested in the citation. I have a hard time believing that Go players get any kind of significant increase in neuropathy, phalangeal joint injury, or RSI. In any case comparing RSI injuries at the computer to RSI injuries from playing Go is apples to oranges. What I did dispute was that the marginal difference in hardness of a goban would have any significant affect. Anyways, I never claimed that it were impossible that one could get RSI from a repetitive activity. I'm not sure that people have finger problems as often as they have wrist problems. (If you can find a study showing increase in long term phalangeal join injuries from mouse usage that would be interesting.). It's more to do with posture and ergonomics with positioning of the wrist. Also I don't think it's merely 'clicking' a mouse that gives you RSI from using a computer. I never said that RSI for any repetitive action would be unlikely. The shock from constant clicking of go stones on a board has to be sharper than that. One can easily develop a repeated stress injury in the index finger just from clicking the computer mouse all day at work. It doesn't seem unreasonable to me at all. And by violently smashing the stones down you could injure yourself on any board. Of course you could play stones just placing them gently on the surface, with no sound and no injury would be risked.
Pros might play stones thousands of times in a day during study and even a slighly increase shock from playing a stone might lead to some sort of repetitive stress injury.
#Stancie goban pro#
I heard about this from a Japanese pro who commented that pros don't like hard boards because after a long time finger pain could develop. I have a hard time believing that harder gobans lead to damage of phalanges or phalangeal joints. Perhaps people play harder than usual because they think the wood will be more resistant to damage? I could see that as a potential cause of more injuries. Well, that was a lot of writing! Thanks if you've made it this far!
Has anyone used ? They appear to carry quite a good range. I really like what I've seen and read of Shodan Imports, however, I live in Australia, so, I need somewhere that ships here (preferably.there are ways around this which I may use if the benefits outweigh the logistical effort). I want to make sure I make a choice I'll be happy with for a long time, so, I'm willing to pay and spend the time researching. On that note, are there any covers which are recommended for the board? I'd like to keep this in as good a condition as possible for decades, so, that's my other reason for concern on the materials. From my reading, Katsura is a touch harder than Kaya, so, perhaps Jitsuyo grade stones would be best, or does it not make much difference? I've read that Shin Kaya is softer, and I'm concerned that it might dint over time. I'd like a Floor Goban, as I have the floorspace in my study. I've been doing some reading, and I think I prefer Katsura wood, based on the appearance and the reviews. I've been advised by my wife that if I reach Shodan, I can buy a Goban of my choice.
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