Zenshin

Zenshin (前心, Zenshin^?, lit. "Front Heart") is a stance introduced in Tekken Tag Tournament 2 used by Jin Kazama.

It is a variant of Mental Alertness (2), and Jin can use any of Mental Alertness 2's attacks during Zenshin with the exception of being able to cancel into a forward dash with f. Mental Alertness 2 uses a slide backward into stance, rather than Zenshin's slide forward.

Zenshin can be cancelled into a crouch dash by inputting d/f. Doing this in Tekken 8 will allow Jin to use the just frame versions of Wind Hook Fist and Thrusting Uppercut without a just frame input. The command was also changed in Tekken 8.

Description

Jin slides forward, chambering his arms across his body once, dropping into a shiko-dachi (variant horse stance) with a left-armed downwards block, while pulling back his right fist high to chest level. His body is twisted slightly, ready to unleash an attack with his right hand.

During Zenshin

Move	Command	Hit Range	Notes
Left Drill Punch	ZEN 1	m
Spine Cracker	ZEN 1,2	m,m	Second hit is delayable
Swaying Willow	ZEN 2	m	Steps to the right
Leaping Side Kick	ZEN 3	h
Right Sweep (2)	ZEN 4	l
Joudan Tsukiage Niren	ZEN 1+2	h,h	Tag bufferable

Move	Command	Hit Range	Notes
Left Drill Punch	ZEN 1	m
Spine Cracker	ZEN 1,2	m,m	Second hit is delayable
Spine Striker	ZEN 1,3	m,h	Introduced in Season 3
Swaying Willow	ZEN 2	m	Steps to the right
Leaping Side Kick	ZEN 3 (TK7) ZEN 3+4 (TK7:FR)	h
Halberd Heel	ZEN 3	m	Homing Will Screw Added in Fated Retribution
Right Sweep (2)	ZEN 4	l
Joudan Tsukiage Niren	ZEN 1+2	h,h

Notes:

☒ denotes moves that become unavailable when Jin loses his Devil powers during Story Mode.
↓ denotes moves that are altered when Jin loses his Devil powers.
Italicized move names denote moves or properties that are only available after Jin loses his Devil powers.
† denotes moves or properties that are only available when Jin reverts to Kazama-Style Self Defense.
⌃ denotes moves that are only available during the final battle against Kazuya.

Move	Command	Hit Range	Notes
Left Drill Punch	ZEN 1	m	Unlisted move
Brimstone Bite☒	ZEN 1,2	m,m	Inputting d/f during last hit will transition to Breaking Step Chip damage on block
Spine Cracker	ZEN 1,2	m,m † m,m,m	Second hit is delayable
Kazama Style Leg Strike Flurry	ZEN 1,3	m,h	Second hit shifts to throw on front hit
Left Drill Punch - Electric Wind Hook Fist - Electric Thrusting Uppercut^	ZEN 1,1+2	m,h,m
Fiendish Claw☒	ZEN 2	m	Power Crush properties Heat Engager
Swaying Willow	ZEN 2	m	Steps to the right Heat Engager
Halberd Heel	ZEN 3	m	Homing
Corpse Crusher☒	ZEN 4	m
Right Axe Kick	ZEN 4	m	Chip damage on block
Low Chop - Karmic Epicenter	ZEN 1+2	l,m	First hit shifts to throw on front hit
Joudan Tsukiage Niren	ZEN u+1+2	h,h	Second hit will Tornado
Black Wing Bolt↓	ZEN 3+4	h
Black Wing Rondo☒	ZEN u+1	h
Shun Ren Dan	ZEN 2+3	h	2 to escape

Transitions to Zenshin

Move	Command	Hit Range	Notes
Front Thrust Kick	f+4,f	m
Left Sidekick to Stinger	d/f+3,3,f	m,h
Left Knee	b+3,f	m
Keito	b,f+2,3,f	m,m
Twin Lancer	WS+1,2,f	m,m	Second hit will Bound Transition cannot occur when used for Tag Assault
Omen One Two Front Kick	OMEN 1,2,4,f	h,h,m	-

Move	Command	Hit Range	Notes
Ni Rengeki	1,3,f	h,h	Transition added in Fated Retribution
Kisshin Rekko	3,1,f	h,h	Transition added in Season 2
Front Thrust Kick	f+4,f	m
Left Sidekick to Stinger	d/f+3,3,f	m,h
Left Knee	b+3,f	m
Keito	b,f+2,3,f	m,m
Twin Lancer	WS+1,2,f	m,m

Notes:

Italicized moves indicate that the move is only available during the final segment against Kazuya

Move	Command	Hit Range	Notes
Switch Blade	2,4,f	h,h
Kisshin Rekko	3,1,f	h,h
Left Sidekick to Stinger	f+3,3,f	m,h
Front Thrust Kick	f+4,f	m
Awakened Power Stance	d/b+1+2	m	Power Crush Transition only occurs on hit
Left Knee	b+3,f	m
Keito	b,f+2,3,f	m,m
Twin Lancer	WS+1,2,f	m,m