An idiom describing a general method of sinking the body weight into a stance.

Inflected Forms(s):

Settling (adjective), Settles (plural), Settled (past tense)

Comments:

Settling is a vertical form of Body English.

Settling is commonly enacted with shifting and other forms of Body English, but that is not a requirement.

Setting is most commonly enacted to increasing the power of a strike through enhanced downward Body Momentum or Solidifying your Base.

To visualize this term in relation to a spectrum of degree of flying (e.g. strictly vertical Body English):

Settle (Drop)

Stationary (none)

Buoyancy

Float

Fly (Jump)

Reverse(s):

Buoyancy

Related Definition(s):

Airborne, Bounce, Buoyancy, Breathe, Drop, Dip, Float, Fly, Jump, Shift

Related Term(s):

Back-up Mass, Body Alignment, Body English, Body Harmony, Body Momentum, Body Settle, Directional Harmony, Gravitational Marriage, Total Physical Harmony

Related Basic(s):

Body Maneuver, Foot Maneuver