The term "Gekisai" means to attack and destroy. There are two Gekisai Kata; "Gekisai dai Ichi" was created by Chojun Miyagi and Nagamine Shoshin in 1940 for induction into the middle schools of Okinawa as an introduction Kata and to help standardize Karatedo.
"Gekisai dai Ni" was a sole creation of Chojun Miyagi based Gekisai dai Ichi to introduce advanced and Gojuryu specific techniques.
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