Week 21: Sitting and Kneeling
Many classic poses start sitting or kneeling. Being on the ground but still holding the balance in restriction is a challenge in itself. By combining the upper and lower body, we can create different sensations and pick how much we want to challenge in the body.
The goal of this week is to explore a variety of sitting and kneeling positions and adapt them to the person being tied.
 Day 141: Meditation – You can start the exploration by sitting on the floor and relaxing. A lot of great lower body position can be used sitting such as crossing the legs, bringing the feet together or keeping the leg straight. This can be combined with any upper body structure or simply tying the arms to the legs.
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 Day 142: Kneeling – Alt. Seiza 正座 – Use rope to maintain a kneeling position, keeping the feet together under the butt for extra restriction. Combine with your favourite upper body tie for a perfect position. Tying an upper body tie kneeling present interesting challenges in how to move the arm of the person in rope and moving around to tie.
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 Day 143: Hero Pose – Alt. petanko-zuwari ぺたんこ座り (flat sitting). Tie the feet on each side in a kneeling position. This position may be difficult depending on flexibility. Sit on a block or a cushion to make it easier.
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 Day 144: Feet to the Side – Alt. broken seiza, onehsanzuwari お姉さん座りor yokozuwari 横座りi (sideways sitting). Create a tie to hold a sitting position with the ankles on the side. An easy way to achieve this is to tie the ankle to an upper-body structure.
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 Day 145: Windmill – Create a position with both legs bent and pointing in the same direction, forming two wings of a windmill.
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 Day 146: Swan – Alt. Pigeon pose – Add some challenge to the body by tying one leg bent in front and pulling the other one in the back as high as you can.
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 Day 147: More Sitting Asymetry – What other positions can we make siting? Explore positionning the legs and upper body in different directions.
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Video References
We compiled a Youtube playlist with various videos on this topic, let us know if you find others we should add to this list. Note that video references may display risky or unstable techniques, viewer discernment is advised.
Gallery
Meditating Pose
Tying the wrist to a crossed-leg tie aka Agura shibari. M: Lumandy R/P: Ebi McKnotty
Wrist to Butterfly Pose
Tying the wrist to a butterfly poser tie. M: Lumandy R/P: Ebi McKnotty
Tying on Calf Binder
Tying the wrists on a Calf Binder. M: Lumandy R/P: Ebi McKnotty
Shoelace Pose
Tying the legs crossed in a shoelace pose, binding the wrists to the lower body. M: FreakyFerret R/P: Ebi McKnotty
Kneeling Seiza
Tying the waist to the feet and the arms. M: Miss Soffia R/P: Ebi McKnotty
Feet to the Side
Alt. Broken Seiza. Tying the ankle to a box tie in a sitting position M: Miss Soffia R/P: Ebi McKnotty
Hero Pose
Tying the feet to the sides. M: Miss Soffia R/P: Ebi McKnotty
Windmill
Tying one leg to the front, and the other toward the back sitting with legs lying on the floor. M: FreakyFerret R/P: Ebi McKnotty
Swan
Tying one leg to the front and raising the back leg to the back. M: Miss Soffia R/P: Ebi McKnotty
Sitting Torsion
Improvisation to create torsion in the body white sitting. M: AlexK7 R/P: Ebi McKnotty
Ankles Crossing on the Side
Improvised tie. M: Hanna R/P: Ebi McKnotty
Crossed-Ankles Tie
Aka Agura. Using figure 8 structure. M: Hanna R/P: Ebi McKnotty
Crossed-Ankles Tie
Alt: Agura. Minimalistic ankle to waist. M: Hanna R/P: Ebi McKnotty
Crossed-Ankles Tie
Alt: Agura. With wraps around feet and legs. M: FreakyFerret R/P: Ebi McKnotty
Booty Basket
Double column tie around tue waist and legs. M: Miss Soffia R/P: Ebi McKnotty
Monoblock tie.
Monoblock tie. M: Hanna R/P: Ebi McKnotty
Monoblock and self-choking tie
Tying the legs together in a monoblock and tying the hands to the neck. M: Miss Soffia R/P: Ebi McKnotty
Arms to knees
Booty basket and tying the arms to the knees. M: Miss Soffia R/P: Ebi McKnotty
Kneeling Torsion
Creation torsion by combining 4 frog ties (futomomo and chicken wings). M: Miss Soffia R/P: Ebi McKnotty
Frog Tie Meditation
Combining four frog ties (2 futomomo, 2 chicken wings) into a sitting position. M: Miss Soffia R/P: Ebi McKnotty
Sitting Torsion
Combining four frog ties (2 futomomo and 2 chicken wings) into a light torsion. M: Miss Soffia R/P: Ebi McKnotty
Kneeling Forward Bend
Combining four frog ties (2 futomomo, 2 chicken wings) to create a forward bend kneeling predicament M: Miss Soffia R/P: Ebi McKnotty
Inspirations and Resources
- Kinbaku Vocabulary 101: Sitting Positions in Japanese by Alice Liddell
- Sitting Seiza: 3 Comfortable Ways to Sit on the Floor by Japan Objects
- 座り方 Quelles sont les positions assises dans le shiatsu ? by Shiatsu France
- 座り方 Suwarihô by Urawaza Bugeikai
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