>>11156763Half correct. Any book on joseki, which is a local opening pattern, or fuseki, a global opening pattern, will always tell you that simple memorization of these named sequences will not make you stronger without understanding when to deploy them and why. Knowing when and why requires understanding of more advanced concepts that do not have to do with memorization. Concepts such as thickness, direction of play, and timing. Any joseki you may have memorized along the way could potentially be played such that the result is a blunder.
Being strong in go is not memorizing responses.
