[LorenPaul]

Just thought that i'd add my 2 cents as i'm studying RTK at the moment,

i use kanji.koohii.com aswell as an outside resource as an accompanyment..

you wanna know why your learning companion?.. but its' never used?

why your learning "I" and it's never used?

well.. think of it as building blocks.

currently i'm using heisgs method. i've been taking it SLOW at about 10 - 15 new kanji a day for 4 months and i know 800 kanji at the moment with a 90% retension rate.

You learn the weird kanji like "I" and "companion" because later on they become sort of a "primative" in the kanji later on.

such as the kanji for 崩 = crumble.

it has the kanji for mountain and companion there.

so my silly story for it is.

"Sam and Frodo (Lord of the rings reference there) remained faithful COMPANIONS as Mt. Doom (mountain) CRUMBLED above them"

so thats why you learn stupid kanji that you'll "never use" because they back up the kanji that you WILL use and help your advancement of stories and mnemonic aids!

keep going with the book.

lots and lots of people will say "I never got that heisig crap, I think it's rubbish"

but it works for some people, it doesn't work for others.

plus about 80% of people who say they don't like it have never tried it.. and/or don't need to try it as they've done it the hard way and don't want to feel "cheated' out of the effort they put in.

i think it's increadibly effective when used in conjunction with an SRS such as ANKI and I should know all the jouyo kanji in 6 months.. my goal is all 2042 taught to be completed by the 1st of june before I leave to japan on 9th of june.

then I get to teast my kanjiknowledge in real-time ;-)

never give up! kanji is a hurdle you need to learn to jump!

|L.p.