Kick Boxing Stance. A southpaw fights with a left handed fighting stance as opposed to an orthodox fighter who fights right handed. It s a fundamental posture is both karate and in the japanese culture.
The typical boxing stance is more sideways to limit the amount of available space for an opponent to punch. Your stance depends on what sort of fighter you are a fighter like stephen thompson uses a karate style stance for example. A kickboxing stance is generally more square since fighters have to be prepared to defend against incoming kicks and punches.
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In regards to kickboxing as opposed to boxing there are kicks being involved so you want your hands a little higher than your normal conventional boxing stance. This is the basic ready stance in karate. The dutch kickboxing stance tends to favor a more side on stance in comparison to the muay thai stance. However it is not as side on as the traditional western boxing stance but definitely not as square as the muay thai stance.