What is Your Tachikata?

[cheesefrysamurai]

I would be interested to see that. to me cat stance makes sense. I took 2 different arts each giving a different explanation of why it was effective. One said its so you cant easily get swept, and you can get a front snap kick off quickly, the other said that it leaves your options open, round kick, snap kick, lifting to block - also its defensive of the groin.

We have much the same stances, with the addition of Crane Stance and Hourglass Stance. There are a few variations that our Karateka use for free fighting. Most use a medium to high modern Jui Kumite Dachi, I tend to use the reverse Cat Stance mentioned by Bruce Lee in The Tao of Jeet Kun Do. It's a high stance with the front foot flat and the rear heel off the floor, based on the wing chun root of Jun Fan Kung Fu. It's an enigma at our club, they haven't sussed it yet. It will be truly tested at my Dan Grade.