In this short tutorial Sensei Amos explains the first move of Shotokan kata Jion. Sensei talks about contracting the muscles on both sides of the body when preparing and the expanding sharply as the move is executed.

Try and keep the body weight forward and drive the left leg back sharply. In the video below, Sensei Amos explains the arm positions at the start of the Kata when coming to yoi and driving the downward block down and forward like a punch, with the same feeling on the uchi uke block, driving the uchi uke forward rather than around in an arc.

The video above focuses on the first move of Jion kata. We have several more Brown belt Kata Jion tutorials, please check the links below for more Jion kata tutorials. We may have more than one tutorial for each section.

Jion Kata Move 1 In Detail

Jion Kata Moves 2 To 11 In Detail

Jion Kata Moves 12 To 17 In Detail

Jion Kata Moves 18 To 22 In Detail

Full Jion Kata Tutorial Step by Step