Seiza Problems

[bushido_man96]

On the battlefield, no. But, according to Ratti and Westbrook in Secrets of the Samurai, since this was a common sitting posture back in the old days one had to be proficient from defending from here.

You could be eating away at a state function and some pesky assassin would try and off you right over your rice. Since it was used in all sorts of formal and informal settings, it made sense to do iai forms from there ans such.

Yeah, I have a friend in Aikido who pratices moves from seiza as well.

[ShawnMiller]

I can only sit in a sorta half seiza or my knee dislocates but all my students sit in it as I did for many years befor the knee issue.

[swadoryu2000]

Hmm..the only suggestion I can give is that you do some stretching exersizes before you attempt seiza. It can help loosen the knees and ankles since seiza position puts pressure on these two points. Of course, all students in some way, shape, or form has this problem, or had had this problem. I hope you get better at it!