Okay, in the next video of our series we want to look at some very, very basic information regarding footwork and basic body position. What it would be commonly referred to in martial arts circles as your basic stance. So, fighting with weapons, fighting empty handed, fighting an armor, all of these things have a lot of characteristics. One of them being it's a human being standing on the ground. And how do you create and manifest a good stable base so that you can transmit energy from your body into the weapons in your hands. All of that comes from the ground. So, we have to look at our very basic position is going to be our feet a little bit wider or about equal to shoulder width apart. The balance of the weight is mostly on the balls of the feet. Now, if I was to take a basic step forward, take a small step, you'll see that the trailing foot down here turns a little bit to the outside and I have this ability to move my weight forward and back from one leg to another. Again, the balance is mostly on the balls of the feet. The heels are in the presence of the ground but they're not weighted. The weight is on the ball of the feet. The rest of my body is wrecked. My posture is strong. Shoulders back from the chest head up so that everything is stacked on the skeleton rather than on the muscles. This type of body position should be effortless. You shouldn't feel any tension at all. When we go to start making steps and movements, all we need to do is naturally move as a human being would. There's a little bit of difference with respect to how we transfer our weight. That's different than normal walking stance. To move, I'm going to wait the forward leg, the leg that is not moving, that leads to the the trailing leg to become lighter and then I can shift and move and come to my basic position on the other side. I want to maintain that same distance between the heels. Whenever I'm moving because that gives me my basic ability to support and move my body. So again, we're back to neutral. I take a step forward. My trailing foot turns to the outside. I've got this ability to shift my weight if I want to step. Again, I'm going to try to maintain that distance between my heels. We're going to look at some different footwork or additional footwork in our next video.