Will This Work?

Alright, yet another Japanese thread.

I'm doing the whole "All Japanese All the Time" deal and it wants me to start with learning the kanji...I have 500 or so down and I was wondering if it would be better if I just go ahead and learn the hiragana and katakana and that way I can break words down into them, then find what they mean in English, that way I'll have some vocab, and if any kanji are encountered (inevitable), I can learn them as I go...because certainly some kanji are more common-use than others...I can't imagine Japanese people breaking out all 2000 on a daily basis.

2000 meaning the 2000 that they use. I am aware that there are more than 2000 out there.

What is this "All Japanese All the Time" you speak of? It sounds like failure.

>>3
It's working fine for me... so far

>>1
Personally, i don't think it matters that much (although khatz would probably disagree with me), since he tells you to learn them straight after anyway.

in the end it won't matter. By the time you finish kanji you will be doing that anyway. Your are just doing it in a piece meal way. Personally i don't follow the method and instead im working through a textbook so i understand the basic grammatical structures and some kanji then maybe ill start on his method.

For those who don't know the method.
http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/all-japanese-all-the-time-ajatt-how-to-learn-japanese-on-your-own-having-fun-and-to-fluency

Method seems sound, I should adapt it for languages I want to learn. I'm yet to find a method that works for me, I'm a bad student, I should an hero.