Heiko dachi

feet side by side stance

Musubi dachi

heels together, feet facing outwards 45 degrees (knot stance)

Heiko dachi

feet shoulder width and parallel

Hachiji dachi

same as above with feet turned out 45 degrees (hachi = 8, ji character, so 8 character as in Japanese Kanjii or Chinese text)

Soto hachi
dachi/uchi hachi
dachi

same as above widthwise, only feet are turned inwards

 

Shiko dachi

feet turned out from soto hachi dachi, twice shoulder width.  Like Kiba dachi in Shotokan and Wado Ryu but with feet truned out. Also known as sumo stance

Zenkutsu dachi

long front stance, 2.5 foot lengths.  Slightly shorter than some styles at 3 foot lengths but with the weight pushed forward to achieve the same striking distance with the weight behind the technique

Han zenkutsu

half = han, so half zenkutsu dachi. one foot’s length between toe and heel

heiko sanchin
dachi

feet parallel, shoulder width and with the heel of the front foot inline with the toe of the back foot

Sanchin dachi

the same as heiko sanchin dachi but with the front foot turned in slightly

Kosa dachi/juji dachi

(cross stance or ten character stance) sometimes called bensoku dachi which is a tree with a vine growing round it.  Found in Sepai kata

Saga ashi dachi

crane foot (as in the bird, not construction industry!) stance as in saifa kata

Neko dachi or
Neko ashi dachi

Cat stance or cat foot stance

Kokutsu dachi

back stance. A reversed zenkutsu dachi looking back towards your rear foot. (Different to Shotokan’s kokutsu dachi)