Stance

Stance may refer to:

Sports

• Stance (American football), the position an American football player adopts when a play begins
• Stance (martial arts), the distribution, foot orientation and body positions adopted when attacking, defending, advancing or retreating
  • Stances (tae kwon do), several stances used for different activities
  • Horse stance, a posture in Asian martial arts
  • Karate stances, body positions used to create power, flexibility and movement
  • Wushu stances, a fundamental part of all Chinese martial arts
• Stance (yoga), also known as a posture or asana, a body position

Music

• Stance (EP), a 1978 record by R. Stevie Moore
• Stance Punks, a Japanese punk rock band, formed in 1999

Other uses

• Stance (brand), an American sock and underwear brand
• Stance (journal), an academic journal of philosophy
• Stance (Vranje), a village in the municipality of Vranje, Serbia
• Stance (linguistics), linguistic expression of judgement or philosophical position
• Emanuel Stance (1843 – 1887), a Buffalo Soldier in the United States Army
• Life stance, a person's relation with what they accept as being of ultimate importance
• A philosophical position in a logical argument
• Various human positions, especially standing positions