This makes a lot of sense to me and articulates something I’ve been trying to explain on the days I can’t avoid teaching. I hadn’t got as far as the balls of the feet, but the fact that the rest can’t be right if the underlying structure is off… the problem you’re looking at in a technique is always a minimum of three steps earlier or three joints further back in the chain.
There’s no reason there shouldn’t be. Are you thinking of seiza, anza, or chair sitting? For any of them, I would say start by taking in as big a breath as you can, pushing your diaphragm down into your belly and letting the air expand your lungs to fill your chest and straighten your back. Bring your shoulder blades down and together, and let your head float to the sky like it’s being pulled by a string. When you exhale, don’t let your upper body collapse. Maintain an open chest and upright head as has you let the air out slowly. As you’re breathing, move your upper body gently back and forth, side to side, and find the place where you have to use the least effort to stay upright. That’s will be close to the posture you want when sitting.
This makes a lot of sense to me and articulates something I’ve been trying to explain on the days I can’t avoid teaching. I hadn’t got as far as the balls of the feet, but the fact that the rest can’t be right if the underlying structure is off… the problem you’re looking at in a technique is always a minimum of three steps earlier or three joints further back in the chain.
Exactly. Whatever the visible problem is, it’s really only visible symptom of something else.
I was wondering, is there a kihon set for sitting?
There’s no reason there shouldn’t be. Are you thinking of seiza, anza, or chair sitting? For any of them, I would say start by taking in as big a breath as you can, pushing your diaphragm down into your belly and letting the air expand your lungs to fill your chest and straighten your back. Bring your shoulder blades down and together, and let your head float to the sky like it’s being pulled by a string. When you exhale, don’t let your upper body collapse. Maintain an open chest and upright head as has you let the air out slowly. As you’re breathing, move your upper body gently back and forth, side to side, and find the place where you have to use the least effort to stay upright. That’s will be close to the posture you want when sitting.
Is this the sort of thing you are thinking of?
Yes, that is it exactly!