50/50 Stance or 60/40

[shaolin10H8]

Hello all, sorry to ask such a newbie question but wondered what ration most people distribute weight across their stance ? I hear arguments for both 50/50 and 60/40 but am confused which (if any is better)
Thank you

[Grumblegeezer]

Hello all, sorry to ask such a newbie question but wondered what ration most people distribute weight across their stance ? I hear arguments for both 50/50 and 60/40 but am confused which (if any is better)
Thank you

Your basic weight distribution in the turned-stance and the one-foot-forward advancing stance will vary depending on your lineage. In sparring you may find that the weight ratio also varies as you encounter various pressures. So for what you should be training, ask your sifu first.

[shaolin10H8]

What's your personal stance weight distribution or does it continually shift ?
Thanks for the reply

[Grumblegeezer]

What's your personal stance weight distribution or does it continually shift ?
Thanks for the reply

My lineage favors a back weighted stance when advancing and shifts weight (and vertical line) laterally when turning. My old Chinese sifu preached 100% weight on one leg 0% weight, just "pressure" on the other. I still strongly weight one side or the other, but not to this extent.

[zuti car]

Do not be caught in this "wight distribution" thing , it is theoretical and it can be restraining . You shift your weight according to the situation .

[deejaye72]

i was taught 60/40 but, i really like the 50/50 weight distribution, been playing with it for a long time now. i do still end up 60/40 depending on the situation. i am reminded of the Sifu that got me thinking of my horse being dynamic, my fathers good friend Sifu Miguel Hernandez. he demonstrated for me his footwork, he said" you have to be constantly changing and dynamic like a tennis player" he moved around the floor like a ballroom dancer. i have found there is a fine line between moving like that and also keeping your rooting, work it slowly at first, try not to rise up. It's the same thing in the tai chi form i'm learning, no up and down, stay level.
good luck.

[Wayfaring]

Hello all, sorry to ask such a newbie question but wondered what ration most people distribute weight across their stance ? I hear arguments for both 50/50 and 60/40 but am confused which (if any is better)
Thank you

Well let me see as a human when I stand balanced I have a 50/50 weight distribution. When I run at a full pace I have a 100 / 0 weight distribution. Which one of these is better? I don't know, I guess I would say it depends on whether I'm waiting in line for a movie ticket or running from the cops.

I would also say if you are studying a martial art like wing chun with a teacher that tries to force a whole lot of unnatural contrived movement focusing on weight distribution you're probably going to be walking around looking pretty funny in both everyday life and in fighting scenarios.

[Kellen Bassette]

Which one of these is better? I don't know, I guess I would say it depends on whether I'm waiting in line for a movie ticket or running from the cops.

I never have equal weight distribution when standing in line. I'm always weighted to one side, then shift to the other for a while. I think we run from the cops the same way though.