[Squid]

This thread is so amazing!
It could really help me improve on -my- japanese.
One technique that I find helps with specifically kana is using flash cards.
Or use index cards and play a sort of memory game.
One way that could help is to remember the kana itself is trying to relate the kana with a latin letter or number.
But after a while, you would want to stray away from that so you can try to remember it yourself.

I only know about 75% of the basic hiragana, and I haven't even started on the katakana yet :P