When.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network

2. Stance (martial arts) - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stance_(martial_arts)

   Pankratiast in fighting stance, Ancient Greek red-figure amphora, 440 BC. In martial arts, stances are the distribution, foot orientation and body positions (particularly the legs and torso) adopted when attacking, defending, advancing, or retreating. In many Asian martial arts, the most widely used stance is a shallow standing squat. This ...

3. Karate stances - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karate_stances

   This is the stance on one leg, where the other leg is raised and bent so that its foot touches the knee of the base leg. The exact form of contact between the foot and the knee depends on the style or even on the particular version of the kata where this stance is used. For example, different versions of the kata rōhai use different sagi ashi ...

4. List of martial arts - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_martial_arts

   Martial arts can be grouped by type or focus, or alternatively by regional origin. This article focuses on the latter grouping of these unique styles of martial arts. For Hybrid martial arts, as they originated from the late 19th century and especially after 1950, it may be impossible to identify unique or predominant regional origins. It is ...

5. Category:Martial arts stances - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Martial_arts_stances

   Martial arts stances (Japanese) (1 C, 4 P) Pages in category "Martial arts stances" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.

6. Comparison of karate styles - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_karate_styles

   Some later styles of karate have been derived from blending techniques from the four main branches, while others have added techniques from other martial arts. For example Kyokushin , which is an extremely hard style derived from Shotokan and Gōjū-ryū, involves much more breaking and full contact, knockdown sparring as a main part of training.

7. Silat - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silat

   Every style of silat incorporates multi-level fighting stances (sikap pasang), or preset postures meant to provide the foundation for remaining stable while in motion. The horse stance (kekuda) is the most essential posture, common to many Asian martial arts. Beginners once had to practice this stance for long periods of time, sometimes as many ...