Quote:
James Stedman wrote:
Very important to learn to separate yourself from the pain....It is a form of body discipline that will make one better able to deal with any form of aggravation or injury.
...As long as your feet don't turn blue you should be able to tough it out.
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I'm not a doctor, and for all I know you may be, but I'm not so sure "toughing" it out is a good approach. While I agree the ability to control the mind with regard to pain is certainly useful, I can also see how placing an undue amount of strain (on the knees in particular) might be a very dangerous thing in the long run.
At my dojo we do a lot of seiza and I've found that easing into it after long periods of not doing it helps me best. Usually this just means regularly stretching my legs out between the sets of seiza techniques.
Take care,
Matt