How to do a horse squat

Every physical activity we carry out in our lives has certain methods and techniques. If the methods and techniques are not mastered accurately, not only will we fail to achieve the desired results, but all our efforts will be in vain. So how do we do the horse stance? Although the horse stance is a well-known sport, not everyone knows the correct way to do it. Let us learn about it together.

Step 1: Turn your feet 15 degrees out to shoulder width, then squat slightly. Why open outwards? 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 when you wear a shirt, make sure 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 armpit, and hanging a 10-gram balance weight or an empty ink bottle from your elbow (dropping elbow). Do not shrug your shoulders (sinking shoulders). Stand like this and breathe slowly through your nose. In this way, you will feel a sense of fullness in your ribs and abdomen (the qi sinks into the dantian, this happens naturally, don't worry about the qi). Put your hands together in front of your chest, palms facing inward, with your fingers pointing toward each other.

Practice this for a while. This is the position that each part of the body should be maintained in when training 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. --What's this? Hunyuan stance of internal martial arts!

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 the center of gravity on Yongquan point and in the middle of the body (I wonder if these two sentences are clear? They are hard to understand), so that the knees and ankles get an upward force to keep yourself 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. --What's this? The Siping Horse stance of external martial arts! Already laid out. After embracing the hands, the hands have been trained to have tense strength. This tense strength is. You can start practicing the force of hugging your hands inward and pushing your armpits outward from the second step. Once you understand this force, straight punch, flip punch, swing punch and hook punch will not be difficult at all. When the hand becomes flat, a pair of forces appears, in which the shoulder wants to push the elbow out, but the elbow also needs to fall down to keep the arm horizontal. This force is used to train the strength of the elbow. Once you feel this force, swinging and pushing the elbow will not be difficult.

Siping Ma is the highest stage of horse stance, where four pairs of main forces appear throughout the body. When you practice to this level, you will have acquired the ability to exert force in almost all martial arts movements, so it can be said that horse stance (ground basin) is the ancestor of boxing. Hunyuan stance is the basic stage of horse stance. There are only two pairs of forces in the whole body, but this is the foundation of the foundation. Practicing horse stance does not require a lot of time, but it does require experience.

The above is an answer to the question of how to do the horse stance. Although it is a bit complicated, it is still worth a try. After all, delicious food is worth our continuous discovery and exploration. The best time to do the horse stance is after a meal. It not only allows us to digest the food we eat, but also helps to lose weight. So it is the best of both worlds.