It seems TCMA places a special emphasis on on rooting. Whether it is the standing post exercises and tai chi or horse stance training in the X ternal style, it is always there.
In other artists such as boxing or Thai boxing or even the Philippines and Indonesia and arts, they don't have this emphasis on the strength of the stands and routing.
If I watch somebody do a form I can see if they did traditional stance training and I can see the strengthen their form but when it comes to fighting I really don't see a difference. Mobility is far more important when it comes to actual fighting.
So the question I want to throw out there, is just how important is this type of training in your past experiences.
How was it useful to you.
My purpose of this post is not to start a debate, but a discussion because it is so important to our Chinese martial arts that we practice.