The idea is to start off 50/50 but not fully rooted. Your wieght is 50/50 on each foot but the majority of the wieght on each foot is on the ball of the foot. with practice, this basic stance becomes a vauable tool. You fine tune your body to detect pressure and what direction it is comming from. Once you know that, you can rearrange your wieght distribution to effectively counter the incomming force. the basice 50/50 stance is a very good starting point for almost all stances or postures.
i didnt even read this thread but…
sant ti shi
Re: Hmm, stance ?
Originally posted by TzuChan
I mean was there something wrong with my stance ? There was no way I could have lifted my back leg to then use it and block that kick.. Should I just have grabbed it with my hand or something ?
I just had an epifiny(sp?) have you ever tried a tist block? I’ll try to explain it.
from basic horse: rotate 90 degrees tward your forward leg into bow stance while bringing your rear hand down in a circle block, ending fully extended and parallel with your rear leg. forward hand can either come to your hip in a fist or downward open hand block or you can raise it to an over head block.
You can then rotate 180 into lunge stance but facing him.
- Using over head block: deliver a chop to the neck, the shift to oposite lunge and deliver a body punch.
- From downward facing hip block: Rotate 180 into lung while delivering open hand chest strike, pulling other hand into your armpit in downward facing open hand block. Then step to his side and out a bit with forward leg, pull into cat stance and deliver open hand temple strike.
- Using closed fist: Rotate 180 into lunge delivering chest punch, then another chest punch with other hand, then a body punch.
BTW, these are from Chinese soft fist.
Originally posted by Becca
You actually teach your students how to fight thier way out of the toilette?!?!? Now that’s dedication to your students!
HKV’s martial arts are best suited to the toilet. That’s where most sh!t ends up after all.
You actually teach your students how to fight thier way out of the toilette?!?!?
What’s wrong with that? Considering everyone has to use a public toilet sometime and they are not always the safest places it is something that should be tactically considered.
umm… Nothing wrong with it. I was just wondering how you get the whole class inside that little cubical stall…
“So I set myself in a normal sparring position, where my weight is more or less on both legs, with my left leg in front. He gives a kick with his left leg, which goes right past my balls lol.”
"My groin was protected for that sort of kick, from his left leg, but not his right leg. Perhaps a picture of a stance where you are well protected could be usefull ? "
I was gathering that the surprise kick At one statement is the left leg and at another is the right leg. Clear this-up for best advice.
You rear leg was too far to the side even if it was back. Too far to support a push at the hips straight back.-ish
50-50 has been used to refer to a horseriding stance. But you were in a wide feet perpendicular stance. your hips were twisted to the left It seem, my perception.
Push off with the rear leg tilt back-ish and thrust your rear leg forward to kick with the rear leg from your stance.
To defend your groin Adjust knees–sink back and to the side. However your front leg becomes the resulting target. Prepare for this…
People Say differently to what they are Thinking because we use the same names for different things.-ish
All anti 50-50 people, How do any of you do this Moving stuff with two legs without the percentage of weight-division per leg at some point being 50-50~? One might wonder.
“Indeed”
50/50 and 70/30 and 0/100 etc are just nice little pigeon holes to call random things that really dont exist. If you are truely 50/50 or 70/30 or 0/100, then your standing still.
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Even moving can have both feet on the ground at some points. It perhaps seems, some might think.~
Women have been attacked on the toilet, yes.
Contrary to what Serpent says, people do get attacked in bathrooms.
You have to know how to respond from whatever position. Otherwise, you aren’t ready to truly defend yourself.