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I trained in Kenpo for 5 years (The Tracy System), and yes, some of the old school instructors (from before Ed Parker) did advocate a more wider stance, with hands down lower, and chin up. But, for the most part todays instructors (myself included) in Kenpo do not advocate this, alot of your fighting style in Kenpo is dictated by your instructor, fortunately, my instructors had backgrounds in the "Sweet Science" and Kickboxing (Western), so of course I and all the other students at our school were taught to keep the hands up and chin down. Thank God for this.

Actually, our stance looked alot like "C" in the diagram above, fortunately for myself our school was very flexible and our Chief Instructor had rankings in other systems other than Kenpo.

The Tracy System used to be very rigid back in the 70's and 80's but in order to keep students they have had to be much more flexible with the curriculum they teach. Schools are now allowed to have seminars from any other style they wish (BJJ, Sambo, Muay Thai, Kali/Silat etc.), this was unheard of 20 years ago.

Nowadays you either have to adapt to the times or close up shop.