# Gekisai Dai Ichi
The first kata taught in modern Goju Ryu. It was created to help popularise Karate. It is the only kata in Goju Ryu that ends with a step forward instead of a step backward.
# Name Meaning
# Gekisai Dai Ichi
When you interpret the kanji characters for 'Gekisai' individually, you get something more like "Attack & Destroy". Taken as a single word, Gekisai（撃砕）means "Pulverising". Dai Ichi（第一）means "Number One". So "Attack & Destory Number One" or "Pulverising Number One", the former is the more popular interpretation. The reason for the "number one" is because Gekisai Dai Ichi is from a pair of kata, the other being Gekisai Dai Ni（撃砕第二）.
# Fukyu Gata Ni
Fukyu (普及) means "Popularisation", "Gata" is another way of saying "Kata" and 二 is "Two".
This name means "Popularisation Kata Two". For more info on this, see the history section.
# Kata History
It was created to help popularise Karate in the 1940s by Chojun Miyagi with the help of a Shorin Ryu Sensei. It introduced Jodan Uke into the Goju Ryu syllabus.
# How To
# Important Points
- Head, hand and foot are all in sync when you perform the first chudan yoko uke of the two blocking sequences.
- After each mae geri there is a stomp.
- When performing the step-up-and-block between the two morote zuki, maintain the same height as your zenkutsu dachi stances.
# Kata Techniques
- Jodan Uke
- Jodan Oi Zuki
- Gedan Barai
- Chudan Yoko Uke
- Gedan Mae Geri
- Fumikomi Geri
- Hiji Ate
- Ura Ken Uchi
- Gedan Gyaku Zuki
- Ashi Barai
- Jodan Shuto Uchi
- Morote Zuki
# Kata Stances
# Dan Grade Changes
- The Chudan Yoko Uke are muchimi.
- The Jodan Age Uke are more circular in their movements.
- The Chudan Yoko Uke used between the two Morote Zuki is changed to an Otoshi Uke.