Talk:Karate stances

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3 Fair use rationale for Image:Heisoku-dachi.gif
4 Fair use rationale for Image:Hachiji-Dachi.gif

[edit] Illustrations

I wonder what's the proper way to illustrate the stances. Photos of famous masters pulled from the web may not have the proper license. Would drawings be proper? Cubbi 00:02, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bias and poor sources

This article seems to be heavily biased to the Shito-ryu style of karate (e.g., in the description of Nekoashi-dachi: "Shito-ryu is well-known for accenting proper nekoashi-dachi, although it appears in other styles as well." [emphasis mine]). In addition, of the three current sources, one is to order two books on karate and the other two are written in Japanese. Urania3 11:03, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

I agree, I'd love to see a more detailed description by people from the other styles. and yes, I'll take that "proper" line out, doesn't sound too good. --Cubbi 12:39, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

I originally started this article, and I study Shito-ryu; all my information came from that style. Therefore the article does have a strong basis in that style. But it does acknowledge a variety of styles, and if it's biased in favour of Shito-ryu it's because of lack of input from contributors with knowledge of other styles.Macphisto12 04:16, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Heisoku-dachi.gif

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[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Hachiji-Dachi.gif

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