Ap Kubi
앞굽이
Literally: front stance
A long, deep taekwondo front stance with 70 % of the weight forward; taught from white belt and used in many poomsae.
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Ap kubi (앞굽이), literally front stance, is a long, deep taekwondo stance with a bent front leg. The front foot points straight ahead, and the rear foot is turned out by about thirty degrees. The stance is about four to four and a half foot lengths long, with a gap of one to two fists between the inner edges of the feet. About 70 % of the weight rests on the front leg. The stance shifts the body's weight forward into a strike or kick, giving strong forward power but limiting sideways stability. It is taught as early as white belt, 10. gup, and appears in many poomsae, for example with a strike to the body's centre or a palm-heel strike. Compared with the walking stance ap seogi, which splits the weight evenly, it is longer and deeper. Karate uses the same principle as zenkutsu dachi, though it is measured in shoulder widths and puts about two-thirds of the weight forward. In tang soo do the same stance is called chun gul chase. Who settled the stance in taekwondo, we have not been able to document.