Jan 15, 2018
A short and simple Sanchin foot placement analysis.
I’ve been digging into Sanchin stance a lot lately, including talking to practitioners I know from other styles, reading recommendations on the web, experimenting with different concepts/methods, and reading The Way of Sanchin Kata by Kris Wilder.
I tend to agree with Mr. Gambrell in this video: I find it much better to keep the back foot straight. In testing both methods, as well as the degree of turn of the front foot (I prefer 45 degrees, but have been told both no more than and no less than), I find myself able to be much more stable with the back foot straight.
That said, I haven’t trained with it that way from the beginning, so your mileage may vary.