Practical Kata Bunkai: Jion Kata in Stuttgart, Germany

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This is a piece of footage of taken at a seminar in Stuttgart, Germany on the 18th of June 2011. On the day we looked at bunkai for Jion kata and this clip shows an application for the sequence in the Shotokan version involving the age-ukes, two gaku-zukis, and one oi-zuki.
The idea is to keep the initiative and rapidly strike the enemy if they should grab you to prevent you from running to safety. As with all bunkai, it is important to notice that all parts of the movement are used. Every single part of the motion we find in the kata is used to dominate the enemy. Any application that does not make use of the stance, the hands on the hips, the full movement, etc should be rejected. If a movement did not have a purpose then that movement would not be in the kata.
I hope you enjoy this clip and I'll be sure to bring you as many as I can from my classes and seminars. Thanks to everyone for your support of these videos -- It is greatly appreciated.
Best Wishes,
Iain

[@Metallian187]

Much better that some things I've seen while I was doing shotokan!

[@ppp047]

LOL when you tapped him Iain....great response also!

[@mikeharrisonbujin2758]

Iain Hello and Thank you, this is probably the closest I will ever come to meeting you in person, but I discovered your books and tapes on Kata along with Patrick Mccarty I have even studies under the Seniors of Tatsuma Oshima of Shotokan and they never came close to the solutions and answers you have.. Thanks a million. one other think I am now able to think in more than just 2 dimensions . it never occurred in 20 years to use any part of my body to strike with as you demonstrate

[@NYKgjl10]

Superb control and application....Keep up the good work Iain.
Jerry from California, USA =)

[@kemtaedott]

Excellent!

[@Hongkongstewy1]

Brilliant clip.

[@Darragh62]

brilliant

[@eisbombenhagel]

Apology accepted!