Potential Reasons to Send a Card

Here’s a list of potential reasons you may want to send a specific card to the opponent! (Written by me, but inspired by a message on the Discord server.) Note: These are NOT necessarily recommendations—as always, please consider the merits of each before using them. I’ve written some personal thoughts on each below them as well, to help gauge them. […]

Karuta Practice – Movement

From the Discord server, shared by “debugChicken”. Running time: 60 minutes 0) Draw 50 cards at random 1) Place the opponent’s 25 cards randomly 2) Place your 25 cards according to your placement 3) Find 3 card families that have an interesting disposition, mainly with cards present in both fields, define movement Repeat step 4 for the 3 card Families: […]

Karuta Practice – “Fudawake”

Shared by Alaric from the Discord server. See also: https://akitakonohana.wixsite.com/karuta/kisoren/ In short, the goal of fudawake is instead of just saying the kimariji of cards like fudanagashi, you separate each card by their first hiragana into different piles as fast as you can. A good goal might be trying to finish in 1 minute and 40 seconds, but apparently players […]

Memorization Method Discussion

Here’s one way of going about memorizing, shared by Alaric from the Discord server! (Slightly edited for typos/grammar) 1.) Memorize my side as best I can while I place it 2.) Confirm opponents cards 3.) Review all cards in musumefusahose order from A cards going down 4.) Get up, wait 30s-1min recreate placement in my head as best possible 5.) […]