# favorite fighting stances **URL:** \ **Category:** Kung Fu Forum\ **Created:** [June 25, 2003, 11:58pm UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/favorite-fighting-stances/21312 "2003-06-25T23:58:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GreyFox81](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f05b48/32.png) [@GreyFox81](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/GreyFox81)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2003, 11:58pm UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/favorite-fighting-stances/21312/1 "2003-06-25T23:58:18Z")
most the time i am in regular stance lead foot forward similar to cat stance dependin on the situation i have fought in horse stance or went from standin into a horse stance from a punch and at times i fought from a single leg stance ---
**Author:** ![yenhoi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.kungfumagazine.com/yenhoi/32/185_2.png) [@yenhoi](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/yenhoi)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 12:01am UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/favorite-fighting-stances/21312/2 "2003-06-26T00:01:46Z")
I like to punch the other guy when he just stands there infront of me. Try it 😉 :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Christopher\_M](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5e9695/32.png) [@Christopher\_M](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/Christopher_M)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 12:07am UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/favorite-fighting-stances/21312/3 "2003-06-26T00:07:49Z")
lol ---
**Author:** ![joedoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dc4da7/32.png) [@joedoe](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/joedoe)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 12:19am UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/favorite-fighting-stances/21312/4 "2003-06-26T00:19:30Z")
I wait until someone gets into a stance and then smack them down 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Serpent](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.kungfumagazine.com/serpent/32/62_2.png) [@Serpent](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/Serpent)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 12:34am UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/favorite-fighting-stances/21312/5 "2003-06-26T00:34:34Z")
If you have a “favourite” stance then you have a weakness. Your stance should be automatic, dependant on the situation. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![SevenStar](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.kungfumagazine.com/sevenstar/32/114_2.png) [@SevenStar](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/SevenStar)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 12:38am UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/favorite-fighting-stances/21312/6 "2003-06-26T00:38:42Z")
you fight from a favorite stance? ---
**Author:** ![Laughing\_Cow](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.kungfumagazine.com/laughing_cow/32/362_2.png) [@Laughing\_Cow](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/Laughing_Cow)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 12:43am UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/favorite-fighting-stances/21312/7 "2003-06-26T00:43:45Z")
I think what he means is the following: What stance do you hold before the fight commences? Might be wrong though. ---
**Author:** ![Chang\_Style\_Novice](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.kungfumagazine.com/chang_style_novice/32/110_2.png) [@Chang\_Style\_Novice](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/Chang_Style_Novice)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 1:10am UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/favorite-fighting-stances/21312/8 "2003-06-26T01:10:40Z")
As long as I’m standing, I figure I’m doing okay. ---
**Author:** ![Serpent](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.kungfumagazine.com/serpent/32/62_2.png) [@Serpent](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/Serpent)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 1:12am UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/favorite-fighting-stances/21312/9 "2003-06-26T01:12:41Z")
> Originally posted by Chang Style Novice > As long as I’m standing, I figure I’m doing okay. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![taijiquan\_student](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.kungfumagazine.com/taijiquan_student/32/145_2.png) [@taijiquan\_student](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/taijiquan_student)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 1:54am UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/favorite-fighting-stances/21312/10 "2003-06-26T01:54:57Z")
Well, I usually like to have my hands up… ---
**Author:** ![Xebsball](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.kungfumagazine.com/xebsball/32/90_2.png) [@Xebsball](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/Xebsball)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 4:15am UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/favorite-fighting-stances/21312/11 "2003-06-26T04:15:29Z")
san ti shi extra points: 1. obviously when you move your weight shifts and varies, and so does the stances lenght shift, and so does the strategy change it. 2. to think that just stand and be on a stance are the same, or that just standing is better -\> is lame, there is a big difference in structure and functionability, even i (low level) can demostrate this to anyone -\> that stances made for fighting allow you to have a better fighting structure. note that im talking about real fighting stances here, not dance or training stances. if you think just stand there is ok, then why dont you just spread your legs fockin wide to the sides and bend over, beatch 3. if your stance doesnt allow you to move good -\> either you or your stance sux for the mma beatches, look at the fights, do fighters just stand there? do boxers just stand there scratching their nuts? or do they distribute their weight? put on a guard, and so on? if one is thinking on a self defense thang of course you dont BEGIN on a fighting stance since you didnt have time for that, but once the fight began, you begin using the structure of your system - wich includes stance, guard, footwork, etc… ---
**Author:** ![Xebsball](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.kungfumagazine.com/xebsball/32/90_2.png) [@Xebsball](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/Xebsball)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 4:24am UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/favorite-fighting-stances/21312/12 "2003-06-26T04:24:55Z")
allow to me to help the original questioning of this thread, so the silly ball licking happens less: “What is your main structural fighting stance?” hope i helped 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![SifuAbel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.kungfumagazine.com/sifuabel/32/45_2.png) [@SifuAbel](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/SifuAbel)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 6:25am UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/favorite-fighting-stances/21312/13 "2003-06-26T06:25:50Z")
I like the one where I’m leaning on the bar having a beer and the other guy is on the floor clutching some body part in dire pain. ---
**Author:** ![Shaolin-Do](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.kungfumagazine.com/shaolin-do/32/396_2.png) [@Shaolin-Do](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/Shaolin-Do)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 7:13am UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/favorite-fighting-stances/21312/14 "2003-06-26T07:13:16Z")
Favorite stance? Dunno about that, but when I fight I can slide across the floor like gumby! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![SevenStar](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.kungfumagazine.com/sevenstar/32/114_2.png) [@SevenStar](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/SevenStar)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 7:41am UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/favorite-fighting-stances/21312/15 "2003-06-26T07:41:32Z")
To the xebby biotch: sure, that’s a stance, but there’s no real training for it. It’s all transitional, the way ANYBODY should be using their stances. The boxer’s stance and maybe the muay thai kick stance are more than plenty from a fighting point of view. Every other similarity to a stance is merely done in transition as you are fighting. P.S. I s’pose you’re really not a biotch, but you can’t take cheap shots at mma guys like that 😛 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Knight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Dark\_Knight](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/Dark_Knight)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 4:46pm UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/favorite-fighting-stances/21312/16 "2003-06-26T16:46:54Z")
Weaver Stance ---
**Author:** ![norther\_practitioner](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.kungfumagazine.com/norther_practitioner/32/214_2.png) [@norther\_practitioner](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/norther_practitioner)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 4:50pm UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/favorite-fighting-stances/21312/17 "2003-06-26T16:50:04Z")
> As long as I’m standing, I figure I’m doing okay. Me too, as I’m not much of a ground guy…lol ---
**Author:** ![Xebsball](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.kungfumagazine.com/xebsball/32/90_2.png) [@Xebsball](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/Xebsball)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 10:14pm UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/favorite-fighting-stances/21312/18 "2003-06-26T22:14:39Z")
SevenbeatchStar, youre not making any sense. But ill help you out… what you really wanted to say to this thread was: “I fight from boxing and muay thai stances” There you go 🙂 If the stances you learned in cma are not usable, they sux The one we do in xing yi is for fighting and used 100% of hte time (like i said, all that shifts is the weight when you move), against whatever style. Doubt me? Come down and see, then ill make you a real BEATCH 😃 ---
**Author:** ![African\_Tiger](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.kungfumagazine.com/african_tiger/32/182_2.png) [@African\_Tiger](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/African_Tiger)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 11:12pm UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/favorite-fighting-stances/21312/19 "2003-06-26T23:12:24Z")
I tell ya what, I like Wu Qi. It’s a perfectly neutral stance, just in case the situation can be handled without fighting. I modify my Wu Qi by grasping my Left hand over my slightly-closed Right Fist. To the untrained eye, it looks as if I’m just being cool, but I am actually warning my potential opponent that I am Shaolin-trained. A CMA can spot that immediately. The untrained eye = Shaolin Do! …sorry, I just couldn’t resist that one! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Water\_Dragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ad7895/32.png) [@Water\_Dragon](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/Water_Dragon)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 2:02am UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/favorite-fighting-stances/21312/20 "2003-06-27T02:02:30Z")
I like to use the Flying Crane Stance. If do right, no can defend. [Next page](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/favorite-fighting-stances/21312.md?page=2)