Bladed Boxing Stance. Each stance has their own pros and cons. A bladed stance is better for defending punches as the target is smaller and the lead shoulder gets in the way.
The arms are extended but not locked fully out. The thing with judo is you may be punched. The bladed stance is great for straight boxing where you re primarily working a long range jab and dropping an occasional 2.
Weaver in the arms loose and comfortable courtesy travis pike the weaver stance has your non dominant leg forward like a boxing stance with the rear leg being used for support.
Think of the stereotupical euro olympic boxers like wlad klit using the bladed stance. It can also help with offensive boxing and make it slightly quicker to throw karate tkd spinning kicks. It s worse for throwing round kicks and is poor at defending kicks in general but specifically leg kicks. Swings and roundabouts i think the english say.
