I get why youd want fist stances gone.
Imo removing them would make the class more boring. Especially if earths reply remained.

To me even tho they have always been flawed from the start, elemental fists have always been part of monks identity.

Tk and sss would probably need some sort of cooldown if you wanted them the way you describe
And anatman would still be server tick/latency dependent if used as you describe.

And my proposition above would jave someone in wind stance effectively 70 out of 90 seconds. Making fire stance a burst phase event rather than just ised for the opener as it is currently.

The idea behind removing form shift was to just free up hotbar space. Pressing one button every gcd is boring and not pleasant. And monk already has enough buttons.
Another alternative would be to allow movement during anatman and just have it fill the same purpose.

Going through the motions warm up like is very stylistically monk as they prepare for combat. To me having extra pointless buttons on the hotbar was the greater sin of form shift. Thus enabling its removal seemed better and everyone is already gonna have the aoe moves on hotbar anyways.

Im not saying my ideas perfect. (Its not anywhere close to) But i definately think removing all 3 elemental stances and other aspects connected to them would make the class boring as hell. It was a thought experiment. Guess no one likes it so oh well.