(2016-06-11, 11:44 pm)NinKenDo Wrote: There is no reason not to drill keyword to Kanji. Heisig is actually BAD if you do it Kanji to Keyword, as you're settinhg up a really shitty mental association that will be way harder to get rid of than the other way around.I don't really disagree with you, but I do think you're overstating the case.
One of the massively important things that Heisig does for you is give you the ability to recognize kanji as individual entities. Hanging a unique mental tag on them in your native language is a huge part of that, though it's usually overlooked.
That part of the system should still work even going Kanji->keyword.
Of course, the recognition of individual components and the ability to correctly interpret stroke order and so on will only come with keyword->kanji (along with actually or mentally writing your answers).
Also of course, some people -do- have trouble recognizing kanji that they've learned with keyword->kanji practice. I've never really had that problem or never seen it as a problem. Sure, a few times I've only realized which keyword a 'known' kanji is after looking up a word in the dictionary, but so what? Having once made that association, I never have that problem again for that particular character. Still, learning styles differ, and for someone who really has trouble reversing the associations when they start reading Japanese I can see why reverse-reviews might make sense. I don't think that the Average Learner™ will have that problem though.