Very true about what can happen when keeping my weight on my back foot. Sometimes I find myself feeling like I have to move around too much because of an opponent's pressure. I think having my rear hand up high helps with my balance more mentally than anything because I don't have the greatest head movement in the world and it makes me feel more secure against jabs. I want to learn more from Scrap because I've got the impression that he could answer alot of my questions but he's seems like a pretty mysterious cat and I don't have as much time as I'd like to get on here more often and get to know him. When I let myself go and stop thinking I find myself fighting alot more on the front foot but this tends to lead to me making technical mistakes especially defensively. I'v got a feeling this all has to do with the fact that I have poor forward head posture which can be seen in my walking gait which is something I've read Scrap hinting at when refering to personal styles. According to a chiropractor I had one of the worst spines he'd ever seen. The top was arched forward and there was a curve or something at the bottom of my spine. He compared my xray to a model spine and I could see what he mean't but he was a pretty dodgy character so I'm not sure I could completely trust him. Im sure this has an effect on my style though and is probably one the reasons why I also stand so paralell to my opponent.