Whats your favourite stance , Why?

[47MartialMan]

In speaking of sparring, I will use a "cross-leg stance". I was speaking of defense stance earlier

[Matousek]

there are so many black belts on the forums...are you black belts in real life to?

[Master Jules]

That ranking system is based on your number of posts......as far as real life....some of us are...and some arent....but we all have a passion for the arts....that is what we all share in common, and that is why we are all here.

[Drunken Monkey]

i don't have any belt in any system.

 

i've asked patrick to keep me permantly on white but he said he doesn't want to mess with the posting/belt thing....

[47MartialMan]

Yeah, and no.

 

Black belt in a couple of systems. No such rank in another couple. White belt, whgich is a high (somewhat like a black belt) in another. The later, a Yellow being the highest per Chinese decor. The white symbolized much knowledge atauned. Somewhat like emerging from dark (the black was beginer/no seeing) to light (white-all seeing).

[SevenStar]

that's odd... what systems were those?

[SevenStar]

I like the JKD fighting stance in limitted sparring - but i find that for me, i don't know about anybody else, that it limits my ability to use elbows and knees, and to grapple and lock when nthey came in close... for instance. My mate Chris and i were sparring. He is a natural fighter and has very little martial arts skills... I started off in a jkd stance and kept him away with kicks and fast leading hand strikes - but i couldn't attack efficiently...

 

I've never experienced that... in what way did it limit you? why don't you think you could attack efficiently?

[SevenStar]

In speaking of sparring, I will use a "cross-leg stance". I was speaking of defense stance earlier

 

at what distance?

[47MartialMan]

that's odd... what systems were those?

 

A lot of Taditional Chinese Family systems do not have ranking.

 

One system that I had studied has ony 3 ranks (actually four if you count the highest honor)

 

Black-In darkness, no "seeing"

 

Green-Jade, having prosperity, "some sight"

 

White-In lightness, having "sight"

 

Yellow-Reserved for instructors, path of "sight"

[47MartialMan]

In speaking of sparring, I will use a "cross-leg stance". I was speaking of defense stance earlier

 

at what distance?

 

A "luring" stance, to which a lot of counter moves can be launched. The distance is the factor on how quickly the opponent comes in, thus the appropriate counter launched.