Whats your favourite stance , Why?

[Matousek]

I like the cat stance,good for seeing to all sides and has a very low center of gravtity.

[XxpengwynxX]

Kiba-dachi. It's the most normal for me. Considering the game of basketball is baiscally played in kiba, and I am a basketball player, it's what I'm use to.

[G95champ]

You play basketball in a horse stace???

 

In class or I guess I should say in kata I love the Sochin stance. As far as free style sparring goes Im just natural no real stance just moving. Yes I like the cat to excape and I find myseld shifting from back to cat a lot.

[SevenStar]

stances should be transitory and not static. For that reason, I don't have a single favorite stance.

[Matousek]

You've got a good point seven star.

[Sasori_Te]

I agree with sevenstar here. Stances have become far to formalized in a lot of martial arts styles. Stances were never meant to be too deep to move effectively out of. Stances were also not meant to be held after executing a single technique. I think this mentality comes from a fundmental misunderstanding of kata. Again, just my 2 cents.

[aefibird]

In class or I guess I should say in kata I love the Sochin stance.

 

I agree, I like that stance too. IMO we don't use Sochin stance (rooted stance) enough

 

However, my 'favourite' stance is the one that I need at that particular minute and which will suit me the best at that time.

[G95champ]

Your right that we use stances all the time and really don't pay it much mind because we have done them for years on end it has became second nature that I find myself doint stances and shifting from A to B without thinking Im in this stance or that one.

[Matousek]

Once I become more proficient with stances, I will see what your talking about.

[ShadowGoomba]

walking stance