I was never a fan of the way toris posed at the start in sparring, it never bothered me but I didn't like it. Imagine if you could have custom starting positions for both players. It could lead to tons of possibilities for replay makers and mod makers.
I would see this as getting a steady position ingame and then having a savve conmand for the pose to be used later on for a start, the pose may even be able to be differed between players.
Yes I know this idea is a long shot but if it were to work then it could open up tons of possibilities