mook jong man
Senior Master
Whoa.....sphincter? Somebody tell the Korean stylist(me) all about this regarding stances. What does it mean? How can I apply it to Hapkido?
In our lineage it is called Tei Gong.
Relax , back straight , Tei Gong , that is the mantra.
It is a physical and mental thing , if you want to get all esoteric it is thought to facilitate the flow of "Nim Lik" (Thought Force) up the spine and out to the limbs.
It is developed mainly by doing the Siu Nim Tao form for many years.
I don't think you could apply it to Hapkido , you could try it , but I don't believe it would work quite the same way.
A lot of it has to do also with the back being straight and the feet being parallel and focused towards the centerline.
In other words you would have to adopt a Wing Chun stance , and then you wouldn't be doing Hapkido anymore would you?
You might as well just do Wing Chun.
This is why trying to take something from one martial art and trying to bolt it on to another martial art often times does not work because they are just too incompatible.
Once the stance is changed then it's doubtful that anything will work as it should.