Guide

Tachiai teaches in the order a basho actually works: you move people on the guess board, then you learn the words for what you just did. English first. Japanese as a subtitle.

If you already know the ladder, skip to the board — that is the live tool between tournaments. During a basho the desk holds today’s card. Come back here for kadoban, sansho, intai, fusen, and why East sits on the right of a printed sheet.

Start with the rank ladder if Y, O, S, K, and M still look like a code. Hover M3e or a winning technique anywhere on the sheet for a one-sentence gloss. Then ask “where does M3 8-7 usually go?” in the Query Lab.