Seiza (正座 or 正坐; せいざ SAY-(ee)-zah; lit. 'proper sitting') is the formal, traditional way of sitting in Japan. It involves a specific positioning and posture...
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Musō Jikiden Eishin-ryū (section Seiza no bu (Shoden))
taught. Seiza no Bu waza are performed from seiza, a formal kneeling position, with the general exception of Oikaze, which often begins standing. Seiza no...
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Genju no Seiza (幻獣の星座, Genjū no Seiza, lit. Constellation of the Imaginary Beast) is a Japanese supernatural manga created by Matsuri Akino. The series...
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Otaku no Seiza: An Adventure in the Otaku Galaxy (おたくの星座, lit. "Constellation of the Geeks") is a role-playing video game developed by Advance Communications...
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"IroMegane: Is Seiza really the traditional way to sit for Japanese people?". iromegane.com. "正座は日本の文化,でも明治の文化。". blog.livedoor.jp. "IroMegane: Is Seiza really...
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leg. In Japan, this posture is considered an informal alternative to the seiza (proper sitting) position, though it is generally considered unfeminine...
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kneeling where the buttocks sit back on the heels, for example as in the Seiza and Vajrasana postures, is also often interpreted as sitting. The British...
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professional bout. She moved to Japan in 2017 for a year to compete in SEIZA competitions, before moving to America to focus on mixed martial arts. Right...
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sit back on the heels with the upper body vertical - for example as in Seiza, Virasana, and Vajrasana (yoga) Taking a knee: where the upper body is vertical...
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good luck in Japan. A Fukusuke doll is the depiction of a man kneeling seiza style, with a large head and a topknot. It was originally a doll enshrined...
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kneeling postures Virasana (sitting between the heels) and Vajrasana or Seiza (sitting on the heels). Another sitting posture, Baddha Konasana (Cobbler's...
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a sitting position such as the lotus position, half-lotus, Burmese, or seiza. Their hands often placed in a specific gesture or mudrā. Often, a square...
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During rituals, people visiting the shrine are expected to sit in the seiza style, with their legs tucked beneath their bottom. To avoid cramps, individuals...
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unique to East Asia, which involves bending one's upper body at kneeling, or seiza, position on traditional Japanese style tatami floors. With the Westernization...
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NMB48 (redirect from Tokonoma Seiza Musume)
2019 On February 20, 2019, the group released their 20th single Tokonoma Seiza Musume. Miru Shiroma is the center for this single. On August 14, 2019,...
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performed by the kaishakunin: First, the kaishakunin sits down in the upright (seiza) position, or remains standing, at the left side of the person about to...
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disadvantage: The seated posture, tate-hiza, does not permit all-around mobility. Seiza, the formal kneeling-sitting posture, is a "dead" posture which is regarded...
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a small cloth (手拭, tenugui) as props, and without standing up from the seiza sitting position, the rakugo artist depicts a long and complicated comical...
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formal way of sitting for both sexes is a kneeling style known as seiza. To sit in a seiza position, one kneels on the floor with legs folded under the thighs...
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Minky Momo: Hitomi no Seiza Minky Momo Song Special (魔法のプリンセスミンキーモモ 瞳の星座ミンキーモモSONGスペシャル, Mahō no Purinsesu Minkī Momo: Hitomi no Seiza Minkī Momo Song Supesharu)...
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Chi. This is because in the past, Kakemono were viewed from a kneeling (seiza) position and provided perspective to the "Honshi" main work. This tradition...
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Bandai December 8, 1989JP December 8, 1989 Unreleased Unreleased Otaku no Seiza M&M July 31, 1991JP July 31, 1991 Unreleased Unreleased Othello Family Computer...
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Yoru (Yazid) Wagamama Daiou ni Ki wo Tsukero (Yoshifumi Ikoma) Yume Miru Seiza (Yaginuma) 12 Years a Slave (Samuel Bass (Brad Pitt)) 28 Days (Jasper (Dominic...
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Gift-giving Gimu [ja] Giri Giri choco Ninjō Kamiza Sitting positions Agura Seiza Other positions Types of people Work culture Black company Business card...
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Michi (art: Takao Yaguchi) Otoko no Jōken (art: Noboru Kawasaki) Otoko no Seiza (art: Kunichika Harada) Pro Wrestling Superstar Retsuden (art: Kunichika...
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Gift-giving Gimu [ja] Giri Giri choco Ninjō Kamiza Sitting positions Agura Seiza Other positions Types of people Work culture Black company Business card...
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ground. From sitting, the individual should be seated on their knees (正座 seiza) with their hands forming a triangle on the floor in front of them, and...
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seated posture (seiza). Techniques where both uke and tori are standing are called tachi-waza, techniques where both start off in seiza are called suwari-waza...
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posture in which the ankles are placed together in front of the sitter) Seiza (a kneeling posture using a bench or zafu) It is not uncommon for modern...
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this context, one doctor has called it "yoga foot drop". List of asanas Seiza – Japanese traditional formal sitting posture Virasana – another kneeling...
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