What stance is this?

SaiFightsMS · KF VIP

Look at the blue lines showing the placement of the hips, shoulders and arms.

In the first picture the left arm is out - the hips and shoulders are both in alignment with each other.

The second picture as the right hand goes through to break several things happen:
1) the left hand pulls back while the right shoots out in a reciprical action adding power to the punch.
2) the hips twist into the direction of the punch utilizing koshi or the power of the hips to had more power to the punch.
3) the shoulders have also turned into the punch at the last minute thereby adding more power to the punch.

As for the rear foot coming off the ground at the heel there is a lot of debate as to wether or no that adds any power to the puch. A lot of that depends on the flexiblility of the individual karateka.

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