Originally posted by Wang Rui Xuan
Two, taking an opposing position to my own statement without explaining yourself leads readers to believe that you see no fundamental differences between modern performance wushu and TCMA systems. Please explain.
Wang Rui Xuan
In regards to an opposing position.....
modern performance wushu tends to have very wide and open stances. For example the wushu gong bu stance and ma bu stance are very long & wide. The front foot of the wushu gong bu stance is pointed straight. My opinion for this is to help keep the balance because of the length and emphasis of the legs being "stretched out". The TCMA gong bu you see has the front foot pointed slightly inward. This could be used for a block (a sweeping motion inward towards the groin). Often you will see these image depicted in a lot of pictures of shaolin monks (just look at the postion of their feet) The wushu stances would probably not be used in a offensive or defensive situation. In TCMA the stances tend to be more narrow and shorter for obvious reasons and would be used in fighting situations. This IS the difference between TCMA and Wushu. The good thing about martial arts is that there are no rules set in stone. I do not believe this is disrespecting the old masters.