I'm big on perfecting stances.I try to do the movements in kata exactly the way I was taught to get a better feel of the aplications.Stances are transitional not static so "modern stances" are wasting the true movements.
"First perfect your stances,then rely on your own posture."
I believe what Funakoshi meant by that is adapting to your own style ONLY after being able to do the movements and stances perfect everytime.Can you?
When you change the movements and sances you lose the true applications.Try to keep them as close to perfect as possible.
