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My primary motivator with radicals comes from something Koichi-san writes somewhere about them, that the radicals provide a way to more readily decompose and visualize a kanji: 私 is a two-branched-tree next to a my-stuff, as one small example. This seems to help in remembering kanji i’ve seen that day (what was that made of?), looking up by radical, and writing.
looking forward to having enough material to be able to emit these in real time. ha!
@hashi: a kind of extended Babwa Wawa? groovy. i like simple and elementary.
@KiaiFigter: can you think of a dajare off the top of your head that you pulled off?
@Kaona: worth trying, though as koichi-san says, worth also being clear what you want to get out of it (I am getting: greatly improved health-n-fitness, practice of kata, and better self-defense preparedness, and at some point I will be teaching…).
@Rachel: I am studying Shorin-ryu Karatejutsu currently, hard-fist hands-and-feet art. I have studied White Crane, and will return to that after I can teach Shorin-ryu. Do you study?
The hook for learning Japanese itself was not only the diplomas I receive when I earn them, but also reading some of the texts about these arts (_The Essence of Okinawan Karate-do_ by Nagamine, and _Okinawan Karate_ by Bishop, jump to mind at the moment). The practitioners who write also seem to also be shodo artists, which is a hook for the characters as well.
I must say, Sheepy-san, your avatar makes you look as though you’re one, too. You wouldn’t recall the person’s handle, would you, at all, at all?
