Training with Sensei Rick again in Reading. This morning we concentrated on Gekisai Dai Ichi. Sensei Rick commented on the fact that this kata is taken very seriously by black belts even though it is the first kata you learn as a white belt. We moved on to learning Renzoku Bunkai which consisted of linear and reverse gekisai performed simultaneously with a partner building up the speed and power. It looked like this......

I was taught that the aim of the bunkai was to simulate a realistic combat kumite sitation.