When doing RTK1 I found that using printed out paper flashcards very useful, so that each of the groups could be done together until I was comfortable with them. Much easier to go back and review a certain section without the randomness that ANKI is tailored towards.
There are freely available RTK1+3 flashcard pdfs, but does anyone know of any for RTK2?

(2015-12-23, 11:20 pm)AussieTrooper Wrote: When doing RTK1 I found that using printed out paper flashcards very useful, so that each of the groups could be done together until I was comfortable with them. Much easier to go back and review a certain section without the randomness that ANKI is tailored towards.
There are freely available RTK1+3 flashcard pdfs, but does anyone know of any for RTK2?

I'm happy to see someone else finds paper flashcards more useful than Anki.

I always maintained that paper flashcards are better because among other advantages it's easier to compare and contrast various kanji and also you can write notes on the cards, use colored highlighter, etc.

What kind of RTK2 flashcards are you looking for? Are you looking for one card for each "frame" in the book?

I don't know of any premade paper RTK2 flashcards.  I made my own:

-1 card for each of the "signal primitives" (i.e., I did not make a card for each individual frame, just one card per signal primitive).
-1 card for each of the frames in the chapters "readings from everyday words", "readings from useful compounds" and "a potpourri of readings"
-1 card for each of the frames in the chapter "one time readings"

So I didn't make a separate card for e.g. each of the exemplary compounds for each pure primitive; I only made 1 card showing the signal primitive.

(2015-12-23, 11:20 pm)AussieTrooper Wrote: When doing RTK1 I found that using printed out paper flashcards very useful, so that each of the groups could be done together until I was comfortable with them. Much easier to go back and review a certain section without the randomness that ANKI is tailored towards.
There are freely available RTK1+3 flashcard pdfs, but does anyone know of any for RTK2?

I think if you are going through RTK2 it is a very good idea to do each group together - only by this you take full advantage of the provided systematic grouping.

Here are 3 alternative suggestions:
1. Heisig used to sell a set of paper flashcards for RTK1 (in a blue box) and I think that it was containing also the RTK2 numbers and info. That would be an option for an existing set.
2. It should not be too difficult to create your own RTK2 flashcard printout. This seems to be a good and complete RTK2 deck: http://kazemakase.ca/remembering-the-kan...anki-deck/
If you take this data and rearange it according to the RTK1 printout sets which you know you get what you are looking for.
3. If you want to do each of the groups together it should be easy to tag each of the groups with the relevant signalprimitive (or simply all kanji of the group). That would allow you to deal with them together also in ANKI itself.

 john555's idea of " just one card per signal primitive" is understandable, but you might consider splitting the groups where necessary. It is not ideal to test more than one information on one card. And for minimum all semi and mixed group you would have more than one reading to test. And even pure is often only for "didactic reasons" pure when exceptions are just shifted to the back of the book.

On the other hand it is also a helpful strategy to use exemplary compounds for each reading/kanji. It seems that you wanted to have one card for each reading/kanji anyway, so just stick to this. The only recommendation on this is that a well known example is much more effective than any "random" third party example. Therefore change whenever necessary/possible. And that is much more easy in an SRS than on paper. => 3. seems the best option