Askari Hodari
03-14-2004, 08:44 AM
Greetings all.
I spent the better part of last night sparring against practioners of multple styles including mantis, tiger, eagle, wah fist, boxing, grappling, and muay thai. One of the the intersted things that occured during a bout with one of them is that I shifted to a cross stance followed by a horse stance to move myself about 75 degrees around one of my opponents while I continued to attack.
I had never employed a cross stance in this manner before, however I had sparred in a person in the past who used a cross stance (dragon scissor in his style) to a maintain a partially defensive posture, thus allowing for him to attack, employ multiple weapons and angles of attack, while keeping his vital organs protected.
This made me wonder what experiences and insights others have had in terms of using the cross stance in actual/simulated combat. I'm especially curious how similar or dimimilar these applications are across styles.
Many thanks
Askari Hodari
I spent the better part of last night sparring against practioners of multple styles including mantis, tiger, eagle, wah fist, boxing, grappling, and muay thai. One of the the intersted things that occured during a bout with one of them is that I shifted to a cross stance followed by a horse stance to move myself about 75 degrees around one of my opponents while I continued to attack.
I had never employed a cross stance in this manner before, however I had sparred in a person in the past who used a cross stance (dragon scissor in his style) to a maintain a partially defensive posture, thus allowing for him to attack, employ multiple weapons and angles of attack, while keeping his vital organs protected.
This made me wonder what experiences and insights others have had in terms of using the cross stance in actual/simulated combat. I'm especially curious how similar or dimimilar these applications are across styles.
Many thanks
Askari Hodari