Bullet Japanese

As the name implies, Bullet Japanese is a speed learning program. The developer of the Bullet system certainly doesn’t waste time making some very big claims for his program. He claims to be able to teach you how to memorize up to 100 words of Japanese in one hour. It is such an outlandish boast, you could be forgiven for closing your browser window and looking elsewhere for your Japanese learning software. That might be a mistake, though.

Back in the days when Johnny Carson was host of the Tonight Show, a magician and memory expert named Harry Lorayne appeared on the show. He amazed the audience when, after quickly asking each of them their names, he remembered them all. David McGimpsey, the creator of Bullet Japanese, applied Harry Lorayne’s memory principles to his own learning of Japanese when he moved to Japan and had to learn the language in a hurry.

To his own surprise, McGimpsey learned Japanese in record time. His friends and co-workers were so surprised, they asked him how he did it and he began teaching them. He then created the Bullet Japanesecourse.

For David McGimpsey to say that he can teach you to learn 100 words of Japanese in one hour and 1000 words in ten hours is still an outlandish claim, but he must be confident, because he offers a 21-day trial for only $4.95 (as of March 2010). After that, you are billed the remaining $30.00. If you are disappointed, you can still get a refund within 60 days. An offer like that is worth looking into. If you can learn just half as many words per hour as he says you can, that’s still a lot more than most people can learn in a day!