Wing tsun uses an upright, relatively high, and mobile stance. We have 3 of what we call 'anchors' to give us stability and rooting with this stance/footwork.
Part of structure of our stance/positions is the linking that binds upper and lower sections of the body.
The muscles in the stomach are used to link the upper body. The tension here is not great, more of an awareness of the muscles. They should not be rigid, or slack. A light tension is what is needed. This also has a function of being able to take a relatively solid strike to the torso area. Too rigid muscles transfer the force in more, and too slack allow the fist/foot whatever to penetrate into the body. Trick is to get a 'springy' feel to the muscles.
Knee pressure is mostly achieved by the inside muscles of the upper thigh. The test for this is if the incoming either lifts the toes and puts the weight back onto the heel area. Or if one or both feet get moved out of their placement on the ground.
The test for too much tension is simply being heavy footed in the sense of not shifting quickly and lightly when needed.
The butt muscles have the most tension of the 3 anchors. In actual use the muscles are not kept locked up with tension, but rather more of a 'on demand' need basis. For practise most try to keep these muscles working during form training, specific drill training etc.
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