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The meditation posture used by martial artists—known as full lotus—was something quite different from the cross-legged style commonly referred to as “sitting like a noble” in Qing’s homeland. In lotus position, each foot rests atop the opposite thigh, which is more like a circus act than a comfortable way to sit.
To put it bluntly, it was a pain in the ass. And the reason martial artists used this posture wasn’t anything noble—it was actually a form of asceticism to keep ...
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