Train at night in the rain. I devote chapters in the book on how to eliminate telegraphs . As such a base stance that affords you a certain amount of both is a good place to start.
As I mentioned last week, this is a great kick for the street.
Going into the low stance after the roundhouse could set you up to be swept. By the way, in those matches, anytime my opponent got in a deep horse stance or even anything close to it, I was ready to go with a front leg sweep if the rules allowed it.
He said he once saw a guy in a match get leg kicked so hard the guy threw up.
A good stance is one that is a happy medium between a couple of different factors. If we forgot a part to a form, or dropped a weapon, we would jump.
Immediately following the overstretching routines, we would do kicking drills or jump into practicing previously learned forms.
By the way, in those matches, anytime my opponent got in a deep horse stance or even anything close to it, I was ready to go with a front leg sweep if the rules allowed it.
I mean think about it.
For sport, it depends on which sport. You have a good day too.
then they may just be in for some pushing and shoving, and they should hold their own.
Here again one can adjust to a more offensive or more defensive alignment as needed during the conflict.
You just repeatedly kick the bully in the leg until he starts crying and limps home cursing you under his breath.
A fifty year old with a passive-aggressive neighbor? Just my honest opinion. The more squared off to my opponent I am the more offensive capability I have; since both sides of the body are forward then strikes from either side are equally easy to execute and equally as quick. At the end of class he would make us do push ups, sit ups and leg lifts till our limbs fell off. Everyone seemed in agreement that bullies are punks who need to be stood up to. Subsequently, if we had a question or made an error we would have to bow and ask for help, then bow again and say thank you.
If anyone made a mistake, we would have to wait in whatever stance or position until the student repeated the movement and bowed several times.
The more you give, the more you get .