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If you haven’t done so already, please read Rick Tew’s Intro to Martial Art Stances by following the link below:
Martial Art Stances
Designed for moving away from an attack, overlooking a fallen opponent, defense from a rear choke and confronting the possibility of unknown assailants.
 Step back with the rear leg.
Turn the rear foot at an angle and bend the knee.
Lower your weight and lean into the rear leg keeping the back straight.
The lead foot is angled with the knee bent slightly.
The left lead hand is held above the lead knee.
The rear hand is next to the neck, elbow down with radial artery turned inward
This stance is good when pedaling away from attacks to the lead leg or stepping back while blocking with the lead hand. This stance concerns the feelings of adaptability and flow and is a defensive posture.
 Element
Water
- Attitude
Adaptability
- State
Defensive
- Keyword
Retreat
Stationary
This stance is used when for overlooking a fallen opponent or when you have finished a self-defense technique with your partner in class. Once the technique or finished (annihilate, control or escape), you will stand in Defensive stance.
Note: when you have been taken down in class, do not get up until your opponent is in a defensive stance.
Mobile Defensive
Again, you are moving back so it is defensive posture. The idea is that you are moving away from an opponents punch and using the lead arm to deflect any strikes while bringing up the rear hand to protect against a rear choke from behind. You step back to remove your body from the area of attack and prepare a defense.
Designed for:
 Moving away from an attack
Overlooking a fallen opponent
Defense from a rear choke
Confronting the possibility of unknown assailants.
Applications:
Looking over a fallen opponent with open focus scanning while hand protects neck from surprise attacks
Better peripheral vision
Stepping at an angle so you are less likely to fall backwards
Flow back into the stance and flow forward into a punch
Easy to go into a forward or reverse roll - while stepping back, you turn towards that rear leg and side / forward roll away from the attacker
Defensive Stance Training Videos:
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