?Mabu? and ?comfortable? are not words I often hear together lol! Then again, that?s just the difference between a low mabu and a high mabu.
Panta, you have your opinion about stance training, I have mine. Meathead asked about proper mabu form, not about how to do mabu with bad knees, even though I did add that stuff about Wushu Knee lol.
Please understand that I am careful when giving advice, which is why I consulted Shaolin Longfist Kung Fu by Dr. Yang Jing Ming, Kung Fu Elements by Shou-Yu Liang and Wen-Ching Wu, and an article on Wushu Knee Syndrome from Inside Kung Fu Magazine by Nick Gracenin and Shane Kachur before posting a reply. According to the article on Wushu Knee Syndrome, knee problems are more likely to occur when a Wushu practitioner does not hold his stance properly, for instance letting the feet drift out of a parallel position in fu hu bu and mabu, or pointing the foot and knee in different directions as in sheun gi bu and tun bu.
I believe that a person is more likely to develop knee problems by NOT holding his/her feet parallel.  |