Dwit Kubi
뒷굽이
Literally: back stance
Taekwondo's L-shaped back stance with 70 % of the weight rearward; the lightly loaded front leg stays ready to kick.
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Dwit kubi (뒷굽이), literally back stance, carries most of the weight on the rear leg. The body is turned sideways, the front foot points forward with a bent knee, and the rear foot is turned outward at a right angle, so the feet form an L. The shoulder, hip, knee and ankle of the rear leg should line up straight. The stance is about three foot lengths long, weight split roughly 30 % front and 70 % rear. Because little weight rests on the front leg, it is easy to kick with it from this stance, and lifting it does not unbalance the practitioner. It is required from green stripe, 7. gup. Against the front stance ap kubi it shifts weight back, and against the walking stance ap seogi it is asymmetric and turned sideways. In ITF taekwondo a similar stance is called the L-stance. Karate knows the same principle as kokutsu dachi, which likewise carries most of the weight rearward, but measures its length in shoulder widths.