Jion Description
After bowing and announcing the name of the kata ("Jion") ...
Yōi (cross open hands at groin level in
musubi dachi) and kiyomeri kokyū
(purification breaths)
Draw feet into heisoku dachi
while hands perform kote mawashi
at chest level
1 | Step back with left foot into migi zenkutsu dachi with migi-te ue hasami uke (right hand jōdan) | |
2 | Step 45 degrees to left-front into hidari neko-ashi dachi with kakiwake uke | |
3 | Migi-ashi choku geri, landing in migi han-zenkutsu dachi with junzuki, followed by a gyaku-zuki and junzuki combination | |
4 | Pivot 90 degrees to the right into into migi neko-ashi dachi with kakiwake uke, | |
5 | Hidari-ashi choku geri, landing in hidari han-zenkutsu dachi with junzuki, followed by a chūdan gyaku-zuki and junzuki combination | |
6 | Shift left foot 45 degrees left into hidari zenkutsu dachi with hidari age uke and gyaku-zuki | |
7 | Step forward into migi zenkutsu dachi with migi age uke and chūdan gyaku-zuki | |
8 | Step forward into hidari zenkutsu dachi with hidari age uke, then immediately step forward into migi zenkutsu dachi with chūdan oizuki and kiai | |
9 | Turn 270 degrees left into hidari kōkutsu dachi with manji uke | |
10 | Shift into hidari han-zenkutsu dachi, drawing the right foot forward and perform gyaku-zuki | |
11 | Slide the left foot forward and pivot 180 degrees right into migi kōkutsu dachi with manji uke | |
12 | Shift into migi han-zenkutsu dachi, drawing the left foot forward and perform gyaku-zuki | |
13 | Step 90 degrees to the left into shiko dachi with hidari yoko gedan barai | |
14 | Step forward with the right foot, turning 180 degrees right into shiko dachi with migi sukui uke | |
15 | Step forward with the left foot, turning 180 degrees left into shiko dachi with hidari sukui uke | |
16 | Step forward with the right foot, turning 180 degrees right into shiko dachi with migi sukui uke | |
17 | Turn 270 degrees left into hidari kōkutsu dachi with hidari gedan barai | |
18 | Shift into hidari han-zenkutsu dachi, drawing the right foot forward and perform simultaneous hidari yoko uke and gyaku-zuki | |
19 | Slide the left foot forward and pivot 180 degrees right into migi kōkutsu dachi with migi gedan barai | |
20 | Shift into migi han-zenkutsu dachi, drawing the left foot forward and perform simultaneous migi yoko uke and gyaku-zuki | |
21 | Turn 90 degrees left whilst drawing the right foot into heisoku dachi with morote hikite | |
22 | Lunge forward into migi kōsa dachi with gedan kōsa uke, then immediately step back with left foot into migi zenkutsu dachi with morote yoko kentsui uchi at shoulder level | |
23 | Step forward into hidari neko-ashi dachi with morote yoko uke | |
24 | Step forward into migi neko-ashi dachi with jōdan kōsa uke, followed immediately by soete migi gedan barai, gyaku gedan barai with right hand poised to strike, and soete migi jōdan ura-ken uchi and kiai | |
25 | Turn 270 degrees left into hidari neko-ashi dachi with yoko uke | |
26 | Step forward into migi han-zenkutsu dachi with chūdan oizuki | |
27 | Turn 180 degrees right into migi neko-ashi dachi with yoko uke | |
Step forward into hidari han-zenkutsu dachi with chūdan oizuki | ||
28 | Step 90 degrees to the left with the left foot into shiko dachi with hidari yoko gedan barai | |
29 | Step forward with the right foot, turning 180 degrees right into shiko dachi with migi uchi kentsui uchi to jōdan | |
30 | Step forward with the left foot, turning 180 degrees left into shiko dachi with hidari uchi kentsui uchi to jōdan | |
31 | Step forward with the right foot, turning 180 degrees right into shiko dachi with migi uchi kentsui uchi to jōdan | |
32 | Pivoting on the right foot, turn 270 degrees left into heiko dachi with hidari morote yoko-zuki | |
33 | Step sideways to the right into heiko dachi with migi morote yoko-zuki (final kiai optional) |
Zanshin yame by drawing right foot into heisoku dachi and
performing kote mawashi at
chest level
Naotte
Rei