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    Goju Ryu Gekisai Dai Ichi Kata Sequence
    Goju Ryu Gekisai Dai Ichi Kata Sequence
    Goju Ryu Gekisai Dai Ichi Kata Sequence
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    Goju Ryu Gekisai Dai Ichi Kata Sequence

    By Tom Hill

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    The purpose of this guide is to help the beginner who is trying to learn the Kata in his or her own time. There is no real substitute for a competent instructor, fellow students and a Dojo. However, this guide may help the beginner practice alone or with a friend in their own time and at their own pace and convenience. It is hoped that the instructions, diagrams and pointers provided here will help produce a better understanding of the Kata in a shorter time, when other facilities are unavailable.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAUK Authors
    Release dateJun 17, 2013
    ISBN9781781660539
    Goju Ryu Gekisai Dai Ichi Kata Sequence

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      Goju Ryu Gekisai Dai Ichi Kata Sequence - Tom Hill

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      Introduction

      Gekisai dai ichi means to defeat by smashing or demolishing (Originally named Fukyugata.)

      Gekisai dai ichi was developed by Chojun Miyagi in 1940 as a form of physical exercise for high school boys in 1948. At the end of World War Two, Miyagi Sensei began to teach the Gekisai Kata in depth as a regular part of Goju Ryu in his own Dojo.

      The term Goju ryu means ‘hard soft style’.

      In the beginning Sanchin was usually the first Kata taught in Goju Ryu. At the time, Miyagi Sensei and Shorin master Shoshin Nagamine decided to develop basic Kata for the popularisation of Karate with school children and to help popularize Goju Ryu among the Okinawan Public. Miyagi’s Kata helped to fill the need for a reasonably simple, easy to learn but effective Kata with the potential required for effective self defence.

      The Chinese Kanji character for ‘Geki’ means to defeat and the Kanji character ‘Sai’ means to ‘smash or demolish’ or ‘attack & destroy’. Sometimes described in English as ‘To destroy part 1’

      Dai ichi & Dai ni mean No. 1 & No 2 respectively.

      The Gekisai Kata contains powerful, basic movements

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