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What is seiza?

What is seiza? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (Japan) A traditional formal way of sitting in Japan, by kneeling with the legs folded underneath the thighs and the buttocks resting on the heels, with ankles turned outward.
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At the dojo, every session starts and ends with seiza mokuso, sitting meditation.
I couldn't do seiza but I could sit with my legs crossed and I trained from there, in that way.
Doshu sat down in seiza in front of him and with a big smile returned the bow.
We were sitting in seiza and he walked past us and then retraced his steps.
All of the Omori ryu kata save one begin from the kneeling position of seiza.
When the Sensei and the students lined up sitting in seiza, Ted was surprised and became upset.

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