![]() I trained the stance for over a year before I achieved the five minute hold. As with the cold showers, I learned to manage my breath, and noticed that when the breath got away from me the stance got away from me. I steadily increased the length of the holds over months. I could feel unmanageable stress, physical and mental, from the moment I lowered into the position. In the beginning, one minute was unbearable. I once read an article by a kung fu grandmaster who said the stance develops "internal force". But, more importantly, it challenges your power of will. The position strengthens the legs and back, and mobilizes the hips. ![]() In Kung Fu, five minutes is the minimum requirement. If you've never done a horse stance, you may not understand that 5 minutes in horse stance time feels like 10 years of human time. Matt had me flirting with the position, but it wasn't until I began online coaching with Ido Portal in 2015 that I was instructed to train the stance daily, in pursuit of a five minute stance. ![]() My introduction to the horse stance was in 2013 while I was studying movement with Matt Bernstein. If you're familiar with the Horse stance, the crown jewel of extremely uncomfortable positions, your legs are already burning just reading these words. ![]()
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