Stance of the week: kailìbù (parallel stance)

This week's stance is kailìbù, or parallel stance. As the name implies, you stand with feet parallel, toes pointing forward. Your weight is centered, as for feet-together stance. Legs are straight (but not locked). Kailìbù appears near the beginning of all the standard hand forms at the beginning of Qǐshì (Start the Form), before you bend your knees. It also appears in cross hands at the end of all the standard hand forms.