Research Question-Cat Stance???

[aku aku]

Hmmmm. I honestly know nothing about shaolin so I'll take your word for it.

Its just that so many styles these days are throwing shin kicks in the same fashion as taught in muay thai. I've seen and cross trained in a few other arts and I've never seen a thai style kick.

The closest thing I've seen is a round kick thrown with the ball of the foot, but the power is still mostly snap generated vs. rotative hip explosion.

Nice discussion anyhow.

I know choy li fut has a kick that's very much like a thai kick. Full body power, hit with the shin, spin all the way around when practicing in the air, etc.