What is your fighting stance?

Question

I only realy know about the Western boxing stance, any unique ones you know about?

Answer 1

Right-handed fighting stance.
Chin tucked in, hands up, elbows in.
Even weight distribution.

Answer 2

I do muay thai, the stance is similar.

A Muay Thai fighter’s resting position will often be with their arms (or guards) raised high at either side of their face. This is greatly different from Western Boxing and kickboxing where the guard is normally close to the chin and protecting the ribs. One of the training aspects of Muay Thai is to learn how to properly defend yourself by using either your legs or a turn of your body to protect your ribs. To drop your arms in a Western boxer stance would make it more difficult to execute certain elbow techniques that are part of the system.

Answer 3

I practice Wing Chun Eminent Kung Fu & I can tell you that the best stance is no stance.

If you stop to think about your stance for a split second in a fight I would break your legs. Figuratively of course :) I'm a nice guy, crippling people is always a last resort.

EDIT: Learn your stances, then forget them.

Answer 4

though i am in thai boxing i adopted more of a western boxing stance like frankthetank said its pretty similar

my gym focusing on the punching aspect of thai boxing more so i have my guard protecting my chin and elbows protecting my ribs(like a boxer) and only raise my guard whenever elbows are being thrown.

another gym my friend trains in thai boxing at stand more "square" to the person

i also do capoeira(though i wouldnt never fight in this stance) in which we fight in the ginga which is a back and forth movement that all attacks come from
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyXDtD-ACqk

i know taekwondo has different stances such as horse stance and stuff

different kung fu's like wing chun stance tends to leave there hands out further away from their body
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDnm0YiNfcA

Answer 5

I use a kickboxing/MMA stance, it seems to be the most effective for all types of attacks and defense. It's basically just a boxing stance only facing your opponent more, and I space my legs out slightly further.

If you use a traditional boxing stance in a full contact fight you're more susceptible to front leg kicks and takedowns, you need to be facing your opponent a bit more. When you're standing sideways it's difficult to check kicks with your shin, and it's hard to have an effective sprawl, so a good wrestler will take you down fast.

As far as traditional martial arts stances go, they are nice for conditioning your legs and are good for the "art" side of martial arts but are generally impractical for a real fight. I used to train TKD and learned several stances such as the front stance, horse stance, cat stance, etc., all of which will get your @ss kicked if you use them in a real fight.

Answer 6

I use a wrestling stance. It keeps the center of gravity low and provides flexibility of movement.

Answer 7

There are many stances the three I use most often are: boxer stance, cat stance, and side / long cat stance.

Answer 8

Yeah, the ready set stance used in track and field sprints.

Answer 9

remember: every stance (that i no of) can b done lefthandedly... aka southpaw, this will throw off your opponent and give u a slight edge in a fite because most ppl r not used 2 southpaw...

Answer 10

I use the old whoop that "a s s" stance.