​This is the 9th year that I have conducted a Gasshuku in Paradise. After the tragic death of Sensei Geoff Pickup, I promised his wife Ahel that I would keep his legacy going and support her.

​Renzoku translates into English as consecutive, continuity, serial.  Bunkai is used in the martial arts to describe the application of techniques found within the traditional kata.  Renzoku bunkai is therefore simply a series of applied techniques, practiced in a continuous manner.  Within the IOGKF, it commonly relates to a specific two person drill in which the kata Gekisai Dai Ichi is performed in a straight line by the ukete (defender) whilst a sequence of corresponding offensive and defensive techniques are executed by the semete (attacker).  This drill is also known as Chokusen Gekisai Dai Ichi, literally meaning straight line Gekisai Dai Ichi.