This page requires that javascript be turned on in order to display as intended. Here are some new go proverbs from Japan. They are due to Hidaka Toshiyuki 8-dan, one of the pupils of Kitani Minoru. Renraku wa ni ga kihon.
Twos are better for contact fighting.
The idea is to play your stones in such a way that you create kosumi and ikken tobi shapes for yourself and keima for the opponent. Manhattan distances are where you go orthogonally along the marked lines, as in walking round New York streets, instead of taking diagonal short cuts. Starting at the other two points and following up with a similar crosscut would lead Black into a difficult fight where he would need other friendly stones nearby to help him out. Here Black has the enviable choice of playing on the other side with a, b, c on move 5. The ideal basis for a joseki is daidaigeima.