# Stance

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**Stance** may refer to:

## Sports

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

## Music

- [*Stance* (EP)](/source/Stance_(EP)), a 1978 record by R. Stevie Moore

## Other uses

- [Stance (brand)](/source/Stance_(brand)), an American sock and underwear brand
- [Stance (vehicle)](/source/Stance_(vehicle)), a characteristic of a motor vehicle
- [Stance (Vranje)](/source/Stance_(Vranje)), a village in the municipality of Vranje, Serbia
- [Stance (linguistics)](/source/Stance_(linguistics)), linguistic expression of judgement or philosophical position
- [Emanuel Stance](/source/Emanuel_Stance) (1843-1887), a Buffalo Soldier in the United States Army
- [Life stance](/source/Life_stance), a person's relation with what they accept as being of ultimate importance
- A philosophical position in a [logical argument](/source/Logical_argument)
- Various [human positions](/source/Human_positions), especially standing positions

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