Originally Posted by
GOP
Belt, you are being pretty annoying here to be honest.
I said that I use a pretty aggressive stance like what I use in MT. I did not assert that it was "hunched forward", I also realize by your quotations that while sparring or fighting, your "stance" is going to be much less "stance-like" because you are moving, throwing strikes, blocking, checking, and possibly adding in head movement (depending on your style). My MT instructor was ranked in the top 10 in the world in kickboxing before he switched to focusing almost purely on MMA, so I feel that I have a pretty solid understanding of what an "MT stance" looks like. I never competed in MT like I did in BJJ, but I think I understand the basics somewhat well. I think the difference in terms is massive between an aggressive stance shooting (generally hunched very far forward, head somewhat low, etc) and an "aggressive" Muay Thai "stance" (feet roughly shoulder width apart, weight distributed on balls of feet, feet placement so that you have a solid, steady base when punched/kicked/elbowed, etc). I was not Buakaw unfortunately, so I wasn't quite as natural and comfortable bouncing around during a fight. Although no one would question that whatever his technique is, it works extremely well. No one here (I don't think) is implying that a fighting stance is hunched forward, you can very much be standing upright as long as you can take a punch without falling on your butt.