Is Rock Lee's fighting stance a reference?


Is Rock Lee's stance in this image a reference to some stance from martial
arts, or was it created just for _Naruto_?

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/bAypS.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/bAypS.jpg)




This stance definitely is very similar to Jet Li's Stance from the 1991 movie
"Once Upon a Time in China" and Jackie Chan's stance in the 1994 movie
"Drunken Master II." (See @Fumikage_Tokoyami 's answer) Additionally, in "The
Matrix" (which was released earlier in the year the manga was started) the
"Neo vs Morpheus" fight scene features both sides using the stance. [![Neo and
Morpheus Kung Fu
Fight](https://i.stack.imgur.com/4qsCB.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/4qsCB.png)

Though there is no concrete evidence, this stance (called the "beckoning
stance" in other films) is likely a reference to these movies, additionally
because Rock Lee is supposedly a master of the "Drunken Fist" taijutsu,
supposedly a reference to "Drunken Master II". Because "The Matrix" was
released just a tiny bit earlier than the manga, it could also be the fight
scene that inspired the stance.

All notable "Bushy Brows" seem to use this stance, so the first Bushy Brow,
Might Guy probably created it (in their universe), or perhaps Might Duy. The
official Naruto Wiki does not seem to have information on the stance. The wiki
_does_ say that Rock Lee made a transition to look more like Might Guy. Lee
may have also copied the stance. [![Might Guy and Rock
Lee](https://i.stack.imgur.com/2q4iL.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/2q4iL.png)

[![Metal
Lee](https://i.stack.imgur.com/47BRx.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/47BRx.png)

