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Bai Mei Quan Basic Horse Stance 5: Hovering Step

Bai Mei Quan Basic Horse Stance 5: Hovering Step

Cultural Footnote

The name 吊脚 evokes traditional Southern Chinese lion dance's "teetering on stilts" technique. When teaching, demonstrate its application in Lop Sao (arm-trapping) sequences to show how the suspended leg enables lightning-fast Deng Tui (side kicks). For Western students, relate it to Savate's fouetté with Chinese weight-masking principles.

Bai Mei Quan Basic Horse Stance : Triangle Horse Stance

Triangle Horse Stance



 Four-Point Horse Stance

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Qilin Stance / Kirin Stance


Hovering Step



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English Translation:

"Finally we'll master Diao Jiao (Hovering Step) - the signature footwork in Bak Mei Kung Fu for solid-void transitions . This precursor to weight-bearing stances sharpens your kicking game with deceptive unpredictability. Demonstration protocol:

Advance left foot half-step (establish base )

Right foot initiates forward motion with hovering toe-tip pressure

Biomechanical setup :Sink horse stance 15% lower (activate gluteal chain )

Load 70% weight on lead leg (kinetic potential )

Rear foot suspends with metatarsal engagement

Dynamic stabilization :"Coil-spring tension": Contract interossei muscles in both feet

Thighs brace laterally against knee torsion

Maintain zero sway tolerance through pelvic floor control

Hovering Step

Coaching cues :

"Left advances - Right ghosts forward -

Toes drill the earth - Weight 70/30 split -

Muscles coil into spring-loaded tension -

Be water suspended yet rooted!"


Cultural Footnote

The name 吊脚 evokes traditional Southern Chinese lion dance's "teetering on stilts" technique. When teaching, demonstrate its application in Lop Sao (arm-trapping) sequences to show how the suspended leg enables lightning-fast Deng Tui (side kicks). For Western students, relate it to Savate's fouetté with Chinese weight-masking principles.






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