Xue Sheng
All weight is underside
I was reading a thread in the kenpo/kempo section on stances
And I do agree that stances and the training of stances is very important, but I began to think about my own training and the styles I train or have trained. And I feel that if you can only fight or defend from specific trained stances you have a problem.
I do believe that stances are very important because they teach you many very important things proper body alignment, root, power, etc and without a proper stance, which also means without proper stance training, you have nothing, no root, no speed and no power. Without that knowledge of stance you could end up fighting on a faulty foundation and be far from effective when you might just need it most.
But with all that I also feel that in reality your basic fighting stance should be any stance you happen to be in at the moment. If attacked you really need to be able to respond from however you happen to be standing and you likely will not have time to get into any proper MA related stance before the attack.
Xingyiquan for example put a lot of emphasis on stance training (Santi Shi) and it is the basis, the root, of Xingyiquan. It is where your strength speed and power comes from and the training of santi shi will train you to get into the proper stance and use the proper form without thinking and it becomes automatic, and it really needs to be. But if you are attacked you likely will not be in santi so you really need to know how to respond form any position you are in. But it is because of the base training of Santi that you will then automatically revert to it and you will not have to think about how to respond or how your body should be aligned or how to move, it is all there and that is gained from a proper stance and proper stance training. BANG!!! Your are Attacked. Respond with Piquan (if the situation rates piquan that is) Now you are only going to be able to respond with piquan properly if and only if you have done extensive training of santi shi. You will not have time to think my foot goes here my focus goes here You need to automatically respond and if you have trained santi you respond fast, you are able to root and you have a whole lot of power. But you were not initially standing in santi so you need to know how to defend form any stance you are in.
The Sanda I train has no official stance but that does not mean you dont train a stance, if you are doing Tuishou you are training a stance and you do a lot of tuishou in sanda and it is similar but not exactly the same as Taiji or Xingyi tuishou. But regardless you are training a stance but the basis is to be able to respond to or defend against an attack from anyway that you might be standing in at the moment.
And I am just wondering what others views of this are?
And I do agree that stances and the training of stances is very important, but I began to think about my own training and the styles I train or have trained. And I feel that if you can only fight or defend from specific trained stances you have a problem.
I do believe that stances are very important because they teach you many very important things proper body alignment, root, power, etc and without a proper stance, which also means without proper stance training, you have nothing, no root, no speed and no power. Without that knowledge of stance you could end up fighting on a faulty foundation and be far from effective when you might just need it most.
But with all that I also feel that in reality your basic fighting stance should be any stance you happen to be in at the moment. If attacked you really need to be able to respond from however you happen to be standing and you likely will not have time to get into any proper MA related stance before the attack.
Xingyiquan for example put a lot of emphasis on stance training (Santi Shi) and it is the basis, the root, of Xingyiquan. It is where your strength speed and power comes from and the training of santi shi will train you to get into the proper stance and use the proper form without thinking and it becomes automatic, and it really needs to be. But if you are attacked you likely will not be in santi so you really need to know how to respond form any position you are in. But it is because of the base training of Santi that you will then automatically revert to it and you will not have to think about how to respond or how your body should be aligned or how to move, it is all there and that is gained from a proper stance and proper stance training. BANG!!! Your are Attacked. Respond with Piquan (if the situation rates piquan that is) Now you are only going to be able to respond with piquan properly if and only if you have done extensive training of santi shi. You will not have time to think my foot goes here my focus goes here You need to automatically respond and if you have trained santi you respond fast, you are able to root and you have a whole lot of power. But you were not initially standing in santi so you need to know how to defend form any stance you are in.
The Sanda I train has no official stance but that does not mean you dont train a stance, if you are doing Tuishou you are training a stance and you do a lot of tuishou in sanda and it is similar but not exactly the same as Taiji or Xingyi tuishou. But regardless you are training a stance but the basis is to be able to respond to or defend against an attack from anyway that you might be standing in at the moment.
And I am just wondering what others views of this are?