punisher73
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Hello, The HORSE stance is just a training position to develop the body...it is also can be use from one movement to another...
NO one fights in a Horse stance....Do you see professioal Boxes, Kick Boxers, JUDO, or mix martial artist fight this way in the rings? or streets? using the horse stances? as their main techinques?
Wrestlers have a low ground stance that looks like a horse stance....because making your body lower helps from preventing been thrown or taken down....MY daughter wrestles in High School.
Just view Horse stances as a training position..and do it the way YOUR teacher wants you to do it!
Do Cowboys love the horse stances?
Stay in a horse stance? your legs will get kick all the time!
Aloha, Mules stance could be consider the same thing?
PS: most kempo/ kenpo schools teach you to fight like a boxers style - more up right- for mobility
Yes, I see boxers use the horse stance all the time. Again, do not misunderstand 'stance training' and working basics from a stance to develop it as fighting that way. Here is a picture of a boxer using a "horse stance" You will see them use it all the time to get lower under a punch or while in close for power.
Here is an example of a TRAINING horse stance
here is a picture with SGM Parker posing in a horse stance with Elvis, notice the difference between the actual stance and how people like to elaborate it and turn it into something else.
Yes, grappling styles use a version of the horse stance as well because it lowers the center of gravity to help initiate throws and counter them as well.
There are many uses for a horse stance and there is a time and place for it's use as well. Understanding the use of stances is one of the key areas in learning to defend yourself.