Stancing

The Root Of The Tree

Stancing or stepping is the ability to move around your opponent when sparing whist maintaining your balance. Stancing allows you to move towards your opponent to apply strikes or away from them to evade attacks. It allows you to lower your center of gravity to increase your stability if your being pushed or pulled and it helps you attack the lower half of your opponent without leaning forward and loosing your balance.

The Purpose Of Stancing
Cat stance
Horse stance
Horse Riding

Crane stance
Unicorn stance
Hanging
Weight Forward
Weight Back
Tong stance
Snake Clearing
Switching Stances 
Flow In Stances

Stancing in Films


The Purpose Of Stancing

Have you ever wondered how the experts of martial arts manage to fight without loosing their balance? Wouldnt it be good if you had control over your balance at every moment during any sparring session? Well now you can! It takes hard work and it will feel very un-natural at first but if you persist with studing how to stance you will be rewarded with a system that not only gives you complete control over your balance but provides a collection of many other benefits too.




Cat Stance - The Rest Position Of Stancing!

Cat Stance

The Cat stance is the cornerstone of all stances. It's a stance that you will use the most frequently and when you find yourself searching for balance during a fight it is one of the easiest stances to return to.










Horse Stance

The horse stance is the king of stances. It is practised in most kung fu disciplines in one way or another and is sometimes referred to as the Horse Riding stance.

Crane Stance




Unicorn Stance

Unicorn Stance

The Unicorn stance is probably the most difficult stance to perfect but is the most beautiful stance in kung fu when applied properly. There are several advantages to this stance. One is the ability to adjust or lower your height in a fight without loosing your balance.







Weight Forward


Weight Back Stance

Weight Back Stance

The Weight Back stance is a stance that allows you to manuvour your body away from your opponent to a point where you are safely out of striking range.