I never have understood why Jan failing made sense and just worked itself out. And I think there's a basis for the argument that training for Kageki with the new Kensei almost completely replaced their training with Bat, Elehan, and Sharkie. It's took Jan almost another 20 episodes before he used the Geki Saber in Super Mode. Once they could access their new forms the old weapons were hardly used anymore.

Yeah, that didn't make sense.
And while it does suck that they don't utilize their individual weapons.
But that's not the purpose of their training. The purpose of their training wasn't to learn how to use a new weapon, the purpose was their learning. The philosophy behind it all.
What was more important? Retsu learning how to use the fans, or Retsu learning the purpose and utility of entering a trance?

It could be considered undermined because they don't pull out the weapons as often, but the lessons learned and the growths that occurred aren't gone.

I really do enjoy that they always learn from their training,but this IS an action show.I wanna see them use their weapons in cool ways and with a show like Gekiranger that's so heavily martial arts influenced,you'd think that they would.Hearing that Jan won't use the GekiSabers with Super Mode for 20 episodes really bums me out.I kinda thought that having all of these Kensei would mean that they would be combining teachings much like Rio is with the Kenma.

Of course,this isn't ruining the show for me at all.The Super Gekirangers are freaking cool.But I'm just really into seeing the heroes use everything in their arsenal.I really wanna see a fight where they have to use their signature weapon,the Bazooka,the Kensei weapons,the Super Geki Claws and whatever else they get in the series.

All of the above statements are true.

Another awesome set of episodes, possibly the best yet. Rio kicking the gangs ass was epic, as was them returning the ass kicking. I kinda dig Geki fire at a single component level, together it doesn't really do much for me, nice to see a penguin mech though =)

My biggest gripe with these episodes was that Jan had the chance to learn something, sure he got a reason to fight but beyond that he still hasn't changed. I really wanted him to succeed, but no he had to have a strop. Retsu though, man, major love for him in these eps. Ran was always going to do good, she's always had the determination to better herself.

I also dig how early we have the power ups, makes me intrigued as to why we're going to need more members of the team if they can already kick this much ass.

Took me a while...but I finally caught up! Amazing bunch of episodes! Episode 21 is easily the best in the series so far.

The training overall was really brutal and tough, especially on Retsu. I thought it was a nice touch that Ran was the first to succeed and even better than Retsu (who I'd argue is the most fragile of the three) would fight to the very end as he did. I was disappointed that Jan failed his training miserably, but it was a nice touch showing you don't always win. He did eventually learn his lesson in the next episode.

I always did like the GekiMaster modes in Jungle Fury and they're just as cool here. Simply marvelous! I must say, that mecha battle was epic beyond words. The appearance of every Geki Beast in the series so far was beyond words, and perhaps even more impressive for me, was the cinematography of the whole battle. It was set in a battleground that reminded me strongly of Chinese mountain scenery you often see in paintings and kung fu films. It was a really nice, subtle homage that greatly enhanced the look of the scene for me.

Lovely episodes, but when on Earth is Gekiviolet going to show up? 21 episodes without a Sixth Ranger, that's a record in all the Super Sentai I've watched.