Shaolin Kung Fu Stances

"Now I'm going to talk to you about the different stances. According to the Chinese or the Asian belief, the stance is very important in Martial Arts or any type of Martial Arts training. If you are, if the stance is not strong, if you kick, it doesn't become focus. So you want to have the strength in the legs. Okay. First one we're going to do is the Horse Stance. Horse Stance ensembles somebody riding a horse. So, one, two, three, four, knee bend down. Everyday we probably do this about half an hour standing like this for half an hour. This is a Horse Stance. Okay. Now let me show ou the second type of stance which is called a Bow Stance. Seventy percent of your weight is on the foreleg and thirty on your rear leg. Whatever you do to one side, you want to do to the other, so let me switch. Bow Stance. Now Intercept. Whatever you do to your right, do to your left. Crouch Stance. Okay, so now let me introduce you to the Crouch Stance. Cross Leg Seated. Whatever we do to one side we do to the other. Okay, so stance is very important."