Basic Kyokushin Stances:
- Fudo dachi – Immobile stance
- Yoi daichi (Shizen tai) – Ready stance
- Musubi dachi – Formal attention stance
- Heiko dachi – Parallel stance
- Soto hachiji dachi – Outside figure 8 stance
- Uchi hachiji dachi – Inside figure 8 stance
- Sanchin dachi – Three battles stance, three point stance, hour glass stance, etc.
- Moro ashi dachi – One foot forward stance
- Kokutsu dachi – Back stance
- Neko ashi dachi – Cat foot stance
- Kake ashi dachi – Crossed leg stance
- Zenkutsu dachi – Front stance, forward stance, etc.
- Kiba dachi – Horse riding stance
- Shiko dachi – Sumo stance
- Tsuru ashi dachi – Crane stance
- Heisoku dachi – Closed foot or blocked foot stance
- Shizen tai (Yoi daichi) – Ready stance