GEKISAI-DAI

• Complexity: Intermediate
• Required for: Purple Belt
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• Notes: Gekisai means to destroy or demolish. As in every katas, always look-step-execute.

1. Step west with the left foot and take sanchin-dachi. Execute jodan-uke.
2. Step forward in sanchin-dachi with the right foot and punch right Chudan Oi Tsuki.
3. Steb back, with the right foot, body facing north but head looking west, in Kiba-Dachi and execute a left Gedan-Barai.
4. Turn head 180°, looking east. Bring the left foot back, using it as the back foot of a Sanchin-Dachi facing east. Execute jodan-uke.
5. Step east, with the left foot and take Sanchin-Dachi. Punch left Chudan Oi Tsuki.
6. Steb back, with the left foot, body facing north but head looking east, in Kiba-Dachi and execute a right Gedan-Barai.
7. Right foot steps north in Sanchin-Dachi and perform a slow Chudan-Uchi-Uke with Ibuki.
8. Left foot steps north in Sanchin-Dachi and perform a slow Chudan-Uchi-Uke with Ibuki.
9. Right foot steps forward in Sanchin-Dachi and perform a slow Chudan-Uchi-Uke with Ibuki.
10. Perform a left foot Chudan Mae-Gueri and return to Zenkutsu-Dachi facing north.
11. With the left arm/hand, perform in quick succession the following 3 movements: Hiji-tate-ate, Tettsui-Uchi and Gedan-Barai. Than with the right Gedan Gyaku-Tsuki.
12. Look south, right foot performs Achi-Barai and lands on left knee with hands in "cup and saucer" position. Step south with right foot in Kiba-Dachi and perform shuto-tsuki to the throat with the right hand.
13. Left foot steps south in Sanchin-Dachi and perform a slow Chudan-Uchi-Uke with Ibuki.
14. Right foot steps south in Sanchin-Dachi and perform a slow Chudan-Uchi-Uke with Ibuki.
15. Right foot steps back in Sanchin-Dachi and perform a slow Chudan-Uchi-Uke with Ibuki.
16. Perform a right foot Chudan Mae-Gueri and return to Zenkutsu-Dachi facing north.
17. With the right arm/hand, perform in quick succession the following 3 movements: Hiji-tate-ate, Tettsui-Uchi and Gedan-Barai. Than with the left Gedan Gyaku-Tsuki.
18. Look north, left foot performs Achi-Barai and lands on right knee with hands in "cup and saucer" position. Step north with right foot in Kiba-Dachi and perform shuto-tsuki to the throat with the left hand.
19. Step forward with right foot in Zenkutsu-Dachi and perform a Morote-Tsuki, left hand on top.
20. Step foward with left foot in Zenkutsu-Dachi and perform a Morote-Tsuki, right hand on top.
21. Step backwards with left foot in Zenkutsu-Dachi and perform a Morote-Tsuki, left hand on top.