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Noun: back stance
  1. A basic stance used in martial arts, where the rear leg is strongly bent at the knee and the front leg is straight or slightly bent.
    "There are twenty-one moves in Heian Shodan, beginning with the left downward block in the front stance and ending with the left knife-hand block in the back stance."

Type of: attitude, position, posture

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