Tuesday, March 6, 2012

What I Know About Stances in Traditional Karate

In Karate, stances are half the battle. In kumite(sparring) you can’t have a short stance because you’ll get your feet swept from under you, or taken down. And if you have a wide stance, it’s harder to move and causing you to move slow. So you would want to be between those two. In Shotokan stances vary from front stance all the way to back stance, and after that, many more. Correct stances are important to kata because in kata you want to keep getting back to where you started in the back of your mind. In kihon (basics) we use deeper stances to strengthen our legs and for cardio. So stances play a big part in Shotokan karate Do.


Bruce Joseph. E. , Ni Kyu

Corpus Christi Downtown Karate

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