The Art of Using Your Stances

Today we will be talking about stances and how and when to use them. The most important thing to remember about stances is, DO NOT START YOUR ATTACK FROM A DEEP STANCE! The main reasoning behind this is that you will give away your intentions of committing to a fight if you do. The smarter thing to do is to stand in a normally relaxed position with your feet about shoulder with apart, in a balanced and relaxed manner. By doing this, you will not let your opponent know your intentions! Once you are ready to defend or attack, you will step into a stance to generate momentum and power.

Typically your first step will be to the outside and forward, at a 45 degree angle to your opponents attack. In this example we are stepping forward from a relaxed standing position with our right foot at a 45 degree angle into a right horse stance. This outside step allows us to evade the opponents left hand strike and puts us to his outside which minimizes his striking opportunities. To Learn more click here now!