Jion

[Shotokan-kez]

Wow, what a kata....i love it. I already knew bits of it. Our class was small tonight so sensei worked with me for the full hour plainly on Jion. I know the kata now but it's going to take a very long time to perfect it. Just thought i would share this with everyone...i love learning new kata's. What do you guys think of this kata?

Kez

[patusai]

I enjoy Jion too. I was not taught the Shotokan version although we did compare it to ours at one time way back. The version I as taught, although slightly different more closely resembles the Shito Ryu's version. It was my favorite kata for many years. I learned Jion and Ura Jion (which is a bunkai version of the kata).

Enjoy it! It's fun

[DokterVet]

I never liked Jion personally.

I learned Wansu at the same belt level, and always prefered wansu.

(I learned in Wado-Kai, but the katas were more like the Shito-Ryu versions)

[Brandon Fisher]

I like Jion alot but had a difficult time learning it. I ahve been working on it now for a little over 3 years and I am still not totally comfortable with it.

[cathal]

I enjoy Jion. It is a very strong kata and it has a lot of different applications.

[June1]

Wow, this is weird. I graded for my purple belt last Sunday, and I too know Jion already, but still need to practice it many times to begin to perfect it. I like the kata; it's pretty challenging.

[Shotokan-kez]

Well done on your purple belt grading june. Jion is very challenging i always get stuck on that bit in the middle where you have to squat down then put your arms back to the sides, i have to keep watching the video to remind me. Jion has some implications in it that remind me of Jitte.

[cathal]

Well done on your purple belt grading june. Jion is very challenging i always get stuck on that bit in the middle where you have to squat down then put your arms back to the sides, i have to keep watching the video to remind me. Jion has some implications in it that remind me of Jitte.

Have you done the bunkai yet? I find a kata sticks with me much better after I do it a few times.

[Yasutsune Makoto]

Great kata...I competed with it for 3 years, I learned tons from it.

[RichardHangHong]

I'm currently re-learning Jion as I haven't done it in years and had forgotten most of it. I'm pretty solid on most of it now, just the last few moves I keep forgetting. Practice! practice! practice!