outpointing toes in horse stance

[Frank Bolte]

[Rising Crane]

[Shaolin Warrior]

[vaulander]

[crazedjustice888]

[Frank Bolte]

[markt]

[Asmo]

What's all this science talk in an martial art? Art & science don't go that well together, everyone should know that

[Shaolin Warrior]

Yeah. I guess so!!! Using the proper muscles, proper structural alignment and proper body mechanics etc to optimize our performances doesnt really matter.

[vaulander]

Agreed. All you need is speed. Punch and run, says I. Trust me, I got a black belt in Runaway Jutsu.
V.

[Cola di Montecorso]

@ FrankyLau.
That's a good, solid Horse Stance!

In this point I totally agree with your Sifu, and I like to add:
Everybody has a different type of built and although our Hung Gar uses natural stances it has to suit the body.
A second reason to adjust Hung Gar to suit your body is, that Hung Gar is not a performance art but in origin a fighting art. It's not some type of modern Wushu that can be measured with a yardstick!

Just my 2 eurocents.

[ibuchanan82]

[Jayfrin]

My Sifu has always drilled me to have my toes straight, I too find it is more comfortable to have them on an angle but he informed me that the reason is because the alinment of my knees and feet aren't correct so to speak. This also limits the height of my cat stance. Perhaps this is the issue? Try to really train them into a straight position the more you do it the more comfortable it will become.

[Daifong]

[Mig]

so what is the difference of sei ping baat fan ma and sei ping ma and how they are related to this posting?