Quote Originally Posted by yeshe View Post
I totally get that, I'm not questioning the principal ,what I don't get is why there is such a strong emphasis on stationary stance practice i.e. horse stance standing or san ti standing in Xing Yi .There is an almost fetish adherence to this type of training.
There are 2 important training in CMA:

1. You move around and your opponent cannot touch you.
2. You stand on your ground. No matter how hard that your opponent's attack may be, you will not move back even 1 inch.

To run away is easy. To stand on the ground and fight back is not. The moment that you move back 1 inch, you may move back 10 inches. You may soon be run down by your opponent and lost courage and confidence to fight.