How to Do the Horse Stance for Women's Self Defense

Video Transcript

"Okay ladies, so you've learned how to observe and you've learned how to avoid tricky situations. However, let's say you are in a situation where you have to fight, you have to defend yourself, well we're going to get down and dirty I'm going to teach you your first stance called the horse stance. You may have heard this term used in Jackie Chan or Jet Lee movies and all it is a basic stance and posture where you can not be pulled into a van or pushed into a room or a bed, some place where you don't want to go. So this is what I want you to do, follow me. Spread your feet wider than shoulder width apart, make sure that your toes are pointing forward and that your heels are kicked out so that your heels are directly behind your toes. Now, please bend your knees, alright good job. Take your knees that are going to want to cave in and you want to push your knees out. Don't lean forward, you want to make sure that you have nice posture and your back is up. Pull your arms back towards your chest and your elbows back, this is a horse stance. Let me show you what it looks like from the side. Spreading your feet wider than shoulder width apart, bend your knees, make sure your heels are kicked out so they're behind your toes, push your knees out, back is straight, pull your fist into your side, this is the horse stance. Alright, why is the horse stance important? You may be asking yourself. The horse stance gives you absolute side to side stability. So like I was saying you can not be pushed or pulled and it's really important if someone is trying to attack you and assault you, just drop into this basic horse stance and it'll save your life. Watch..."