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We are not trees. Root is the most over used word in martial arts. There's no stomping the ground in fighting.
I drive off the back foot when fighting, all my punches are delivered as a kick, fueled from the back foot. But there is no stomping. It's very natural. Looks like boxing.
The stomping is falling in love with the form and adhering to it.
You aproach the guy in the ring or bar very naturally. When the distance is closed you ask for his hands or punch his shield and take his hands or charge in and jam his striking. At that moment you're moving naturally. You just drive off the back when it's needed.
When I practive chicken step I drive off the back leg and work on the hang time: is my momentum/focus going forward? How long can I hang their while doing it slow?
When I land... is the front foot now loaded? Is it technically now the back foot with a pushing angle even though it is the fron foot for a split second? Is my weight still forward? OK, without breaking stride bring the next leg up and through wedging and drving off the back leg, ect, ect, ect, ect, ect, ect. Add cannon fist to it. Make sure you finishing the strike before foot lands.
This idea has some Ba Gua in it.
I fail to see your point.