This is one of more the common and difficult stances as it requires a great deal of power and strength from the legs. The stance resembles the position in which you ride a horse. Both feet are about 1½ times shoulder-width apart with the toes and knees pointed forward (not outward) to the best of one's ability. Like the Bow Stance, the thighs are parallel to the ground and the shins perpendicular to the ground. The feet also must remain flat at all times.
The upper body also must remain straight as though you were sitting on a stool against a wall. A common error is to lean forward and/or extend your posterior to balance your weight. This denotes that more training is required to build strength in the legs. The posterior must be tucked forward and the spine completely perpendicular to the ground. To practice this stance, place both fists at your waist, keep your shoulders relaxed, and elbows tight to the body, while remaining motionless. Ideally, one's thighs would be completely flat and a staff placed on them would not roll forward or backward.
Beginners practicing this stance may want to stand higher and gradually go lower with time to build strength. Mastering this stance means being able to remain unmoving in this posture. If your legs shake, then you need more practice.
yes thats a great way to practice the stance. but also if you are having trouble place your back against a wall and aline your body so it is straight while sitting in your horse riding stance this will teach you what your body should feel like when it is alined properly.
HeH. Yea its defaintly alot harder then it seems. I just started Kempo today and i was told to watch the class in a horse stance around 5 mins i started to shake some and become really uncomfortable, at 10 i could barely stand it so he let me shake my legs out a bit and go back to it i followed with 8 different stances. Honestlty that was the hardest 2 and a half hours of my life. But i was really out of shape beginning this class may be alot easier for others. cheers!
To get your feet in the right place, stand with yo ur feet together and turn your feet so your toes ar e pointed 45 degrees out. Do this with your heels t hen your toes again then finally try to put your he els out again. If you did it properly, your feet wi ll be in the correct spot.
okay, so in the stance, is the butt supposed to be tucked in, or stuck outward? I find that I have mor e control over my balance tucking in, but my knees are more likely to go past my toes that way. If I lea ve my backside out, then I'm fighting for balance on the heels of my feet...
You are an idiot. Don't you realize that learnin g and mastering this sort of thing will help you im mensely when you try to pull off your fucking 1080 jacknife you wanker. Go master your body and your self as you are clearly the retard.
the traditional way of standing with feet facin g straight foreward will permanantly damage you r knees after a while. It is better to have your toe s point outward at 45 degrees, and stay in the stan ce longer to make up for the reduced stress
Jackie Chan - Drunken Master. in this movie hi s dad "punishes" him to do FIVE HOURS horse stance with bowls of water on his knees, sholders and one on his head. oh and some sort of spike underneath h im. pretty impressive, he ends up cheating and us ing a chair
ok basically spread your legs to where you are un comfertable then bend your knees to where you can not see your feet that is the way my sensai taught m e, but then again I don't recomend this stance for someone who is horribly out of shape and weights o ver 200lbs, and don't wear pants (unless there ba ggy) while doing this a friend of mine learned tha t the hard way a strait rip up the seams of her pants
