"Seiza" as this - can you get into this and sit this way for a little while.
I think knee flexion requirement for the pistol can be less; it will depend on how deep you squat for your pistols.Would you say that to have comfortable full knee flexion, as this position shows, is a prerequisite for a full pistol?
It's got a history in martial arts, as you can tell by some of the other responses, and it's great for working on your ankle mobility.Pardon my ignorance, but is there something special about this pose?
I've had a patella tendon graft ACL repair which used to give me a lot of trouble in the kneeling position. Now that knee is almost numb so that's not a problem anymore.
I answered yes but not comfortably or for long. I can hold that position for a long time fairly comfortably but my legs don't work properly for about a minute after I get back up if I'd been in that position for more than about 3 or 4 minutes.
It took me over 10 years before I could put much weight on that knee in the kneeling position. I tore my ACL and pretty much everything else in there a few years after the ACL repair , so I don't know if that made any difference.How long did it take before your patellar tendon graft spot went numb?