Late retired pro-shogi player Jiro Kato (加藤治郎　九段) was known for his wit of naming shogi systems and tactics. He is also known for cataloging the usage of pawn pieces. His three volume books, 'Shogi wa fu kara" (将棋は歩から literal translation ->Shogi start with pawn) contains wealth of source for shogi tactics. Master Kato started writing them in 1940. After failed publishing attempt in 1948 (after publishing the first two books, the original document was lost for volume 3 ) the three volume books has been finally re-written and published during 1965 - 1970. These books are still in print. (unfortunately in Japanese only)

Contained in the board are some of those pawn tactics that master Kato named. Enjoy and be amazed.

dancing pawn

Dancing with Pawns or "Dansu no fu"(ダンスの歩)

Dancing Pawn 2

Dancing with Pawns or "Dansu no fu"(ダンスの歩)

Dancing Pawn 3

Dancing with Pawns or "Dansu no fu"(ダンスの歩)

Dancing Pawn 4

Dancing with Pawns or "Dansu no fu"(ダンスの歩)

Blind Spot pawn drop

Pawn drop at blind spot of Shikaku no fu (死角の歩)

Blind Spot pawn drop 2

Pawn drop at blind spot of Shikaku no fu (死角の歩)

Blind Spot pawn drop 3

Pawn drop at blind spot of Shikaku no fu (死角の歩)

Blind Spot pawn drop 4

Pawn drop at blind spot of Shikaku no fu (死角の歩)

Blind Spot pawn drop 5

Pawn drop at blind spot of Shikaku no fu (死角の歩)

Blind Spot pawn drop 6

Pawn drop at blind spot of Shikaku no fu (死角の歩)
*Last example of Shikaku-no-fu. By now, I hope everybody can see what happens if the Knight jumps to ２三.　Pawn will be dropped at 2八、then the Knight drop at 3六. You should resign right there! *To be more effective, we will use a combination of different pawn techniques.