Juany118
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VT doesn't use a lead-rear leg stance at long-range. It keeps the leg out of the danger zone, either outside of kicking range, or inside of it.
This can help in drawing and baiting tactics to get the opponent to overextend, which opens them up for counter-kicking or punching. It's deceptive in that you don't actually lose reach. Of course, there's a lot more to the strategy and long-range tactics to accomplish this.
Maybe the problem is other forms of WC/VT are A LOT lighter on kicking? One may look at the "full on" stance and assume it lacks range because the fist doesn't reach as far. Thing is you can kick. In kicking you also learn how to defend against kicks and the neutral stance, which can limit punching range, for practical purposes, is a product of this. Thing is I can see how people may erroneously assume it is a product of how one should attack and not the defense it is is actually born of.