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THE FORWARD STANCE

To learn the Forward Stance, stand with your feet together, knees slightly bent. Slide your left foot to the left one and one-half shoulder widths, and then straight back one and one-half shoulder widths. Now bend your right (or front) leg at the knee (your right knee ending up over the center of your right foot) and keep your left leg straight with your knee locked. The final position (fig. ssss1), feet pointing forward, fists over thighs, is a left-rear Forward Stance. A right-rear Forward Stance is just the opposite (a mirror image) and is illustrated in fig. ssss1.

If you picture yourself standing in the center of the face of a large clock (fig. ssss1), the Horse Stance will have your right foot in the middle and your left foot at 9:00. The left-rear Forward Stance has your right foot in the middle and your left foot at about 7:30. The right-rear Forward Stance has your right foot at about 4:30.

This "clock" will be used throughout the lessons to describe where to place your feet. The starting position will always be in the center, and the movement always to a certain time on the dial.