Unless the floor is very frictionless, it may be best to open your stance in 2 parts as follows.
Pictured is MJ doing the V-Variation from the Crip Walk dance, which involves the same moves as the opening of a neutral stance (Yi Ji Kim Yeung Ma) in Wing Chun Kung Fu
Don’t compromise your structure by bending your back in order to block with your hands. Just turn your knees in to close the gap.
MJ in neutral stance & closing gap between knees as if blocking a kick
People often associate karate with the stance where the majority of weight is on the front leg, with front leg bent and back leg straight; and people often asociate kung fu with the stance where most or all of the weight is on the rear leg. People often even say that karate and kung fu are a world apart.
In reality, both karate and kung fu use all types of stances.
