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B- The “Four-Six” Stance (*)

* This form, commonly used as defensive stance, is
the opposite of the previous one, the Climbing Mountain
Stance. Now, the back leg support 60% of your weight, and
thus, 40% of your weight exerts pressure on the front leg.
* Following is the transition from the Climbing
Mountain Stance into the “Four-Six” Stance:

5- You are keeping the front foot’s heel, as an axis,
sticking to the ground in order to rise up its toes, while
bending the back knee for stretching the front leg? In this (6) (7)
form, you are seemingly sitting on the back bent knee,
which sustains 60% of your weight, while the front leg
supports only 40% of your weight. This stance is helpful for
the joints of knees and the hips.

Remember that, in this stance, the spinal column
must be straightly and because the back knee is bent while
the front leg is still adhering to the ground, the vertical plan
of your body, therefore, is automatically facing towards the
North.

The transition between those two stances must be
regular and continuous to have your motion being
rhythmical.
(8) (9)
(*) Master Yang Jwing Ming named these forms as
“Dang San Bu”, the Mountain Climbing Stance and “Ssu Lieu
Bu”, Fouth-Six Stance (Yang Style TaiChi Chuan, Unique
Publications, Inc., 1982)

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