Thoughts about Guo Juan's online Go school?

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I recently started listening to Guo Juan (5p)'s online go courses.

She has produced a set of really high quality courses on a lot of topics over the last 15 yrs.

I found a lot of the courses eye-opening as an SDK player.

But going into it for a few days, I feel like there’s so many topics and courses that look interesting, so I find myself jumping between completely random topics without a structured path of learning.

Wondering if someone else here has tried Guo Juan’s classes and if there’s any tips on how to effectively use the system? For example, which topics are really important for SDK players to get to dan level vs. others / recommended path of watching.

Disclaimer: I only started listening to Guo Juan for a week, and I’m not affiliated with her in any way.

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I use it too, assiduously! I think it is high quality material (even if it lacks the snazzy presentation of Go Magic), and has considerably deepened and broadened my knowledge.

The material is divided into levels 1 to 11, and I think she would say you should go for the long haul, do your problems every day, get the basics secure before you move on, try out new ideas in a few games before moving on. I also think it is important to avoid having too large a load of problems, so only add more when your current quantity is manageable.

One way I deviate from the order of the levels is to leave joseki till I am working on other topics at the next level; I am currently working through level 5 on joseki and level 6 on everything else.

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