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From Figure 16, you’ll see that there is a slight bend at the waist (but remember to keep your center of gravity low), and the back is slightly hunched. The point here is that you want be slightly curled up—to protect yourself by making yourself a smaller target, but also to give yourself more room from which to uncoil. You’re storing more potential energy from which to unleash that lead punch.

T H E P O W E R L I N E

When we think of stances, we usually think of a static position, an at-rest position. But we’ve already established that the JKD stance is designed to maximize mobility and force production. We stand in the on-guard position so that when we do hit, we’ll be in the most favorable position to relay force. With this in mind, we need to consider what proper alignment will look like at the point of impact, and one of the most important elements of the stance at impact is the power line.

Figure 16: The slightly coiled JKD stance. The back is slightly hunched, and the right hand is completely relaxed.