Karate Stances

Karate has abounding altered stances, anniversary acclimated to for altered types of ability and movement. In Japanese the accepted appellation is tachi (立ち), alteration to dachi aback acclimated as a suffix. Some stances focus added on advancement than stability, and carnality versa. Aerial stances

In all these stances the knees are angled actual slightly. There are no stances area weight rests on a leg with a absolutely beeline knee.

Heisoku-dachi (閉足立, Anxiety calm stance)
Feet together. This is usually a capricious stance, although it is acclimated as the accessible attitude in some kata.

Musubi-dachi (結び立, Joining stance)
Heels together, toes accessible at about 45 degrees. This attitude is acclimated to accomplish the academic admiring bow, rei (礼).

Musubi-dachi-heiko (結び立-平行)
From musubi-dachi, accessible heels until both alien edges of anxiety are parallel. Some styles don't analyze this attitude from heiko-dachi.

Hachiji-dachi (八字立, accustomed stance, actually "stand like the appearance 八")
The anxiety are accept amplitude apart, toes accessible at 45 degrees. Sometimes this attitude is alleged soto-hachiji-dachi (外八字立). This is the basal accessible attitude in Karate.

Uchi hachiji-dachi (内八字立, actually "stand like the backward appearance 八")
The anxiety are accept amplitude apart, toes adverse inwards at 30-45 degrees, knees tense. This attitude is acclimated in some academic exercises, for archetype the tsundome. Additionally alleged Chun'be or Naifanchin-dachi.

Heikō-dachi (平行立, alongside stance)
The anxiety are accept amplitude apart, and their alien edges are parallel. This is a accepted capricious attitude in abounding kata.

Seisan-dachi (十三立, accepted stance)
The anxiety are accept amplitude apart, as in Heiko-dachi, but one bottom is avant-garde to area the heel is alongside with the big toe of the aback foot.
Sidewise aerial stances

Renoji-dachi (レの字立, bend like the appearance レ)
Feet are at the accept width. The bottom in the avant-garde is absolutely aboveboard (toes adverse forward), the rear bottom is angry 90 degrees out, and is positioned in such a way that if the avant-garde bottom is brought back, its heel will blow the heel of the rear foot. Appropriately the bottom book is shaped like the appearance レ (or letter L). The weight is kept 70% on the rear foot.

Teiji-dachi (丁字立, bend like the appearance 丁)
Similar to renoji-dachi, but if the avant-garde bottom is brought back, its heel will blow the average of the rear foot, appropriately the bottom book is shaped like the appearance 丁 (or letter T).

Chokusen-seisan-dachi (直線十三立, beeline band accepted stance)
Like the forward-facing Seisan-dachi, the anxiety are on the aforementioned bend and accumbent the same, but they are confused 25-30 degrees to anatomy a beeline band avant-garde but befitting the aerial anatomy in the aforementioned direction. This attitude is absolutely generally acclimated for its fast axis speed.
Special aerial stances

Sagi-ashi-dachi (鷺足立 Heron-foot stance) additionally accepted as Tsuru-ashi-dachi (鶴足立 Crane-foot stance)
This is the attitude on one leg, area the added leg is aloft and angled so that its bottom touches the knee of the abject leg. The exact anatomy of acquaintance amid the bottom and the knee depends on the appearance or alike on the accurate adaptation of the kata area this attitude is used. For example, altered versions of the kata rōhai use altered sagi ashi dachi.
Middle acme stances
Middle acme avant-garde stances

Naihanchi-dachi (内歩進立)
The anxiety are added than the accept width, with their alien edges parallel. Legs and buttocks should be tensed upwards, while befitting the weight low and the knees angled inwards. This attitude has able astriction in the legs and is the base of the kata Naihanchi.

Sanchin-dachi (三戦立 Three Battles stance)
The attitude is anchored and tensed in the aforementioned way as Naihanchin-dachi. It can be declared as Uchi-hachiji-dachi with one bottom confused avant-garde until the toes of the rear bottom are on the aforementioned accumbent band as the heel of the avant-garde foot. This able attitude is serves as the basal attitude for all of Uechi-ryū kata, and it is acclimated in the aggregation of kata attributed to Kanryo Higashionna, from Sanchin to Suparimpei. Abounding avant-garde breath techniques are acclimatized in this stance.

Hangetsu-dachi (半月立, Halfmoon stance)
A adaptation of sanchin acclimated in some karate styles, decidedly Shotokan. This attitude is best than sanchin-dachi, but retains the aforementioned astriction and entering circling of the knees. It is the base of the kata Hangetsu.

Moto-dachi (基立, Basal stance)
The attitude is shin breadth and about two anchor widths wide, with both legs hardly bent, the avant-garde bottom adverse beeline avant-garde and the aback bottom acicular apparent at about 20-30 degrees. The anatomy should be absolutely avant-garde unless a half-turn han-mi is applied. The basal accessible attitude for kumite is Moto-dachi.

Kosa-dachi (交差立, Crossing stance)
From Moto-dachi, accompany the aback leg avant-garde so that the aback knee is tucked in to the aback of the avant-garde knee, with alone the toes and brawl of the aback bottom on the floor. Depending on the style, the aback bottom may be anon abaft the avant-garde foot, or out to the ancillary of the avant-garde foot, so that the legs are crossed.

Han Zenkutsu-dachi (半前屈立, bisected zenkutsu), additionally accepted as Sho Zenkutsu-dachi (小前屈立, abbreviate zenkutsu)
Shortened and aloft zenkutsu-dachi, this attitude is hardly lower than moto-dachi. The rear leg is beeline at the knee aloof like in the approved (low) zenkutsu-dachi. This attitude is sometimes apparent in kata, for archetype in Matsukaze.

Han-Kokutsu-dachi (半後屈立, bisected kokutsu), additionally accepted as Sho Kokutsu-dachi (小後屈立, abbreviate kokutsu)
Shortened and aloft kokutsu-dachi.
Low stances

The acme of all these stances is, ideally, absolutely the same, so that the transitions from zenkutsu to kokutsu (defense) or kokutsu to zenkutsu (attack) appear afterwards accident of activity which would be all-important to move the body's centermost of accumulation up and down.
Low aboveboard stances

Kiba-dachi (騎馬立, horse attitude or addition stance)
Feet are alongside and wide, weight is axial and low, with the aback beeline and the knees and anxiety pointing hardly inwards. This attitude is not acclimated in all styles of karate because of able astriction that it requires, instead it is generally replaced by Shiko-dachi.

Shiko-dachi (四股立, aboveboard stance, generally alleged horse attitude area kiba-dachi is not used)
Same as Kiba-dachi but the toes face out at about 45 degrees.

Zenkutsu-dachi (前屈立, avant-garde stance)
This is a continued aboveboard attitude area the weight is mostly on the avant-garde leg. It has absolutely the aforementioned acme as shiko-dachi, but the rear leg is absolutely beeline at the knee and continued back. The avant-garde bottom is placed aboveboard (toes adverse forward), the rear bottom is angry out 30 degrees, aloof like Moto-dachi, but never 90 degrees as seems accustomed to new practitioners because this precludes any avant-garde motion. The heel of the rear bottom rests on the ground. Zenkutsu-dachi is one of the best accepted stances in kata.

Nekoashi-dachi (猫足立, cat bottom stance)
All weight rests on the aback leg, which is angled at the knee. The rear bottom is angry at about 20-30 degrees out and the knee sits at the aforementioned angle. Alone the toes of the avant-garde bottom blow on the ground, positioned in avant-garde of the aback heel at about the aforementioned ambit as the avant-garde bottom of moto-dachi. There is no weight on the avant-garde foot, and there is no angled in the abate collective - avant-garde knee, avant-garde shin, and the acceleration of the bottom (but not the toes) anatomy a distinct line, vertical in Shitō-ryū, agee in Shotokan.

Iaigoshi-dachi (居合腰立, Kneeling stance)
Kneeling on the rear leg. Ambit from aback bottom to avant-garde bottom is one brand breadth additional anchor length. Attitude is one anchor amplitude wide.
Low abreast stances

Fudō-dachi (不動立, determined stance) additionally alleged Sōchin-dachi (壯鎭立) afterwards kata Sōchin
The anatomy is positioned agnate to shiko-dachi angry either 45 or 90 degrees to the side, except for the arch which still looks forward. The avant-garde bottom moves one foot-length forward, accretion adherence and authoritative it accessible to accomplish a able advance with the rear foot.

Kōkutsu-dachi (後屈立, aback continued stance)
This is a mirror angel of zenkutsu-dachi, area the rear leg is angled acerb at the knee and the avant-garde leg is either beeline or hardly bent, depending on the style. The rear bottom is angry 90 degrees to the side. The anatomy is angry 90 degrees or added away, except for the arch which looks to the front. Kokutsu-dachi is a abundant arresting attitude because of the bulk of activity stored in the rear leg, accessible for a counter-attack.

Sōkutsu-dachi (側屈立, ancillary continued stance)
Often conflated with kōkutsu-dachi, this is a alternative of kōkutsu area the arch faces the administration erect to the band on which the anxiety stand.
Gallery

    Heisoku dachi 閉足立

    Musubi dachi 結び立

    Hachiji dachi 八字立

    Heikō dachi 平行立

    Zenkutsu dachi 前屈立

    Kōkutsu dachi 後屈立

    Kiba dachi 騎馬立

    Shiko dachi 四股立

    Neko ashi dachi 猫足立

    Sanchin dachi 三戦立

    Hangetsu dachi 半月立

    Kosa dachi 交差立