Stance may refer to:

Sports

Stance (American football) Stance is the position an American football player adopts when a play begins. There are three common stances used by linemen: two-point, three-point, and four-point. The stance names reference the number of points where a player's body is touching ...

, the position an American football player adopts when a play begins *

Stance (martial arts) In martial arts, stances are the distribution, foot orientation and body positions (particularly the legs and torso) adopted when attacking, defending, advancing, or retreating. In many Asian martial arts, the most widely used stance is a shallow ...

, 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 The horse stance (sometimes called horse riding stance) is a common posture in Asian martial arts and takes its name from the position assumed when riding a horse. It is called ''mǎbù'' (馬步) in Chinese, in Japanese, and ''juchum seogi'' ( ...

, a posture in Asian martial arts **

Karate stances Karate has many different Stance (martial arts), stances, each used for different types of power and movement. In Japanese the general term is changing to dachi when used as a suffix. Some stances focus more on mobility than stability, and vice v ...

, body positions used to create power, flexibility and movement **

Wushu stances Stances are a highly fundamental part of all Chinese Martial Arts. Wushu is characterized by low, wide stances designed for mobility and protection. Stability is another key concern of Chinese martial arts, and the wushu stances reflect this sens ...

, 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) Stance is an American sock, underwear and T-Shirt brand founded in December 2009. Stance is headquartered in San Clemente, California. As of March 2015, the company had sold over 36 million pairs of socks and raised over $115 million from investo ...

, an American sock and underwear brand * ''Stance'' (journal), an academic journal of philosophy *

Stance (vehicle) The stance of a vehicle is determined by its suspension height and the fitment of the wheels in the fender arches. It may refer to any vehicle, including sports cars, pickup trucks and off-road vehicles, however it is mostly associated with lowere ...

, a characteristic of a motor vehicle *

Stance (Vranje) Stance is a village in the municipality of Vranje, Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe, Southeastern and Cen ...

, a village in the municipality of Vranje, Serbia *

Stance (linguistics) In linguistics, stance is the way in which speakers position themselves in relation to the ongoing interaction, in terms of evaluation, intentionality, epistemology or social relations. When a speaker describes an object in a way that expresses the ...

, linguistic expression of judgement or philosophical position *

Emanuel Stance Emanuel Stance (1843 – December 25, 1887), also known as Edmund Stance, was a Buffalo Soldier in the United States Army and a recipient of America's highest military decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the Indian Wars of the west ...

(1843-1887), a Buffalo Soldier in the United States Army *

Life stance A person's life stance, or lifestance, is their relation with what they accept as being of ultimate importance. It involves the presuppositions and theories upon which such a stance could be made, a belief system, and a commitment to potentials wo ...

, a person's relation with what they accept as being of ultimate importance *A philosophical position in a

logical argument An argument is a statement or group of statements called premises intended to determine the degree of truth or acceptability of another statement called conclusion. Arguments can be studied from three main perspectives: the logical, the dialectic ...

*Various

human positions Human positions refer to the different physical configurations that the human body can take. There are several synonyms that refer to human positioning, often used interchangeably, but having specific nuances of meaning. *''Position'' is a gen ...

, especially standing positions {{disambiguation, surname