wrestling stance
Ready to engage
A wrestling stance is the ready position a wrestler assumes before engaging an opponent—feet apart, knees bent, weight forward, hands up to defend or attack.
The stance allows quick movement in any direction.
Figuratively, taking a wrestling stance suggests preparing for confrontation: The company adopted a wrestling stance toward regulators.
- crouchLow bent-knee stance
- squatCrouching on bent legs
- grappleSeize and fight closely
- head positionSkull's orientation in space
- takedownForced grounding maneuver
mat · low · balanced · ready · defensive · offensive · tie up · hand fighting · shoot · double leg · single leg · sprawl · hips · knees · bent · athletic · weight distribution · neutral
- fighting stancesorthodox, southpaw, on guard, en garde, peek-a-boo
- stancesready position, en garde, crouch, squat, lunge
wrestling stancestanding upright
erect posture · standing tall · upright position · upright posture · standing at attention
wrestling stanceat ease
Relaxed, not tense
relaxed posture · open stance · neutral position · fetal position
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