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Offense, Defense, Horse Stance w/ Punches
January 26, 2023 2 min read
Offense
Our "Offense" stance is what most schools would term "Fighting Stance". Most people are right-handed and fight with the weak side forward (left side forward). In the "Offense" stance, the strong hand is closer to the body, and the weak hand is closer to the opponent. You often feign attacks and/or misdirections with the weak hand, then follow through with the powerful rear hand. Same tactics typically apply to the legs.
In the Offense stance, the leading hand can be open for palm strikes, or closed for fist punches. Either are acceptable.
Defense
Our "Defense" stance is the symmetrical opposite of "Offense", with the strong hand forward and the weak hand closer to the body (assuming you are right handed). This is often called the "south-paw stance" in boxing. To get to this stance, many other schools call "Fighting Stance", then call "Switch" (or "Bah Kwah" in Korean). We simply call "Defense".
Just as in the Offense stance, with the Defense stance the leading hand can be open for palm strikes, or closed for fist punches. Either are acceptable.
Horse Stance w/ Punches
When punching, visualize the return of the fist to the waist as an elbow strike to the rear.
Horse stance has limited usability in combat. Typical examples of use in a real fight might be when you block someone's punch, you might also step to the opposite side of the block as well as stepping forward diagonally, pivoting to a horse stance for the follow up strikes after the block. Here is an example:
Notice the person on your right threw a punch, and the person on your left quickly went to a diagonal horse stance as he blocked/deflected the punch. Notice also that he is about to punch with his right hand, which is currently down by his waist.
So, you quickly block and move to the diagonal horse stance (both at the same time), then attack with any number of punches, grabs, or other techniques.
Hence, the horse stance has some applicability in a real fight, but it's use is limited.