How to squat in horse stance correctly

Many of my friends can do the horse stance, but not everyone can do it in the correct posture. The horse stance can train people's endurance and fearlessness. I often take a walk in the square and see a lot of people doing the horse stance in all kinds of postures. I was also curious, and later I learned the horse stance posture from a master for some time and benefited a lot from it. Now I will tell you what I have learned about how to squat in horse stance.

Step 1: Turn your feet 15 degrees out to shoulder width, then squat slightly. Why do we need to externally rotate the femur? Because the human femur is externally rotated 15 degrees. This position is the movement that is least contrary to human physiology. Looking from the front, your neck should be against the collar of your clothes (hanging head), and you should wear a shirt so that the clothes lightly stick to your back (body is straight), and the muscles of your shoulder blades should be slightly pulled apart in all directions (pulling back). This way, the thorax will naturally expand and form a very small inner arc (chest contained). Imagine that you are holding a hot steamed bun under your armpits, and hanging a 10-gram balance weight or an empty ink bottle from your elbows (dropping elbows). Do not shrug your shoulders (sinking shoulders). Stand like this and breathe slowly through your nose. You will feel fullness in your ribs and abdomen (the Qi sinks into Dantian, this is done naturally, don't worry about the Qi. Hold your hands in front of your chest, palms facing inward, palms and fingers facing each other. Practice like this for a while. This is the position that should be maintained when training various parts of the body in martial arts.

Step 2: Start turning your toes forward. This is to obtain a twisting force. However, even though the toes are pointing forward, the knees still need to be aligned forward, thus creating a slight twist and thus generating force. This is to first add a little effort on this basis. This force is the force in the legs. Once you feel this force, you will be able to master the footwork and turning.

Step 3: Lower your center of gravity and gradually squat deeper. This is to obtain downward force. At this time, in addition to the forces from the toes and knees, there is also a downward force on the legs, which is the gravity of the body. To overcome this gravity, place your center of gravity on the Yongquan point and in the middle of the body, so that your knees and ankles get an upward force to keep you from sitting on the ground. This is the second force. Once you understand this force, you will be able to do kicking, jumping and heavy lifting.

Step 4. Open your feet wider until they are three feet wide. In this way, another force is obtained, which is an outward force. To overcome this force, the calf and thigh muscles start working, generating a reaction force to achieve body balance. Once you understand this pair of forces, you will be able to perform sideways kicks, split kicks and hook kicks.

Step 5: Change your arms from being hugged to being flat, with your palms facing down.

The above is an introduction to the horse stance that I learned from my master. I hope that friends who want to do the horse stance but don’t know how to do it can follow the above steps to learn. It is best to practice the horse stance in the morning or evening. These two time periods allow people to concentrate on learning and not be distracted. The key points of the horse stance are very important. Everyone must learn each step carefully so that they can practice the horse stance well.