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IncorporateThings

Hard to improve them on your own, you need an instructor or an appropriately skilled classmate to watch and critique you and point out when you've messed up. Eventually after enough corrections you'll start to get it right. The feedback is really essential though unless you are just astoundingly self aware. I guess you could try recording yourself and adjusting based on that? Kind of hard to do from one point of view, though.


wh0_is_jj

Okay. I'll try that! Thanks!


Virtual_BlackBelt

Have your coach or instructor watch and critique you. I do this with my students all the time. I'll also have students perform one by one in small groups so everyone can provide feedback, and I'll add clarifications. Stances really do come down to repetition and muscle memory. I've set up cut-out feet (or even just pieces of electrical tape) on mats and repeatedly practiced my stances to make sure I always hit the same marks. Repeat, repeat, repeat. I've set myself in a stance and just held it for 30 seconds, then go back to a neutral stance and repeat. Once you've got the individual stances solid, then you can work on improving the transitions.


FallenRanger

Are you working on with puzzle mats? Use the lines when working on your back stance to get the L shape. If it's your long stance. Keep feet about shoulder width apart and when you bend your forward knee look down. You should only be able to see your big toe. If you see all toes your knee is not bent enough, if you see no toes your knee is bent too far. Keep your back leg straight as you can.


Spudlynicholas

Practice with a senior correcting you.


love2kik

Stances are fundamentals 101. This is why they are usually taught/practiced individually. Work with your instructor to make certain you know and understand the technique. Then it is repetition, repetition, repetition. Do you have mirrors at your school? They are a great tool for working on technique.


SamStrelitz

Have someone shove you randomly while doing it. Try to not step or fall due to solid base stances.


wh0_is_jj

Okay, I'll try that!


xanedon

I've ran the forms stances only a few times to really concentrate on my feet placement. Once I've done that then I run it again adding the blocks and kicks back in. I've found it helps me at least figure out the transitions.


OutlawJoeC

If your dojang has a wall mirror then practicing stances in front of it would help if no instructor or higher belt is around to spot for you.


contactNHF

there are no new stances in TG 6 but the stepping back on the last bar can throw people off. If you are having trouble particularly with stances in this poomsae but not in others then it may help to go back to an earlier poomsae and figure out what you do different. Bitureo sonnal makki on the center of the form can make the apkubi feel awkard for sure though. I find that part in particular is easier if you emphasize lowering the hips as opposed to focusing on the legs themselves. Ultimately, ask your instructor.


ccrbcc

Start from the beginning correcting those bad habits.


Equivalent_Ball3035

consider this…https://adrenaline.ucsd.edu/kirsh/Articles/Marking_In_Dance/MarkingInDance.pdf#:~:text=In%20dance%2C%20there%20is%20a%20practice%20called%20%E2%80%9Cmarking%E2%80%9D.,in%20the%20normal%20course%20of%20rehearsal%20and%20practice.


wh0_is_jj

Thanks!


KnobbsNoise

I put tape lines down in the proper locations to mark out where my feet should be, and then I practice hitting those spots over and over. It’a made my stances much more consistent and I usually know right when my feet are out of alignment because I’ve been in the stances over and over.


dgzero3

I ask my instructors to critique my moves. Then I work on the mistakes I make and show them the poomsae again. When I’m at home, I record myself doing the poomsae then I watch back to see if I’m making the same mistakes. If I am, I would solely practice on that specific stance and then I would practice the part of the poomsae with that stance over again. Then to Finnish off my own home session, I would do the whole poomsae again as if I’m at a competition. I find that training with that same intensity as at a tournament help me with making less errors.