The Asian Squat The Asian Squat 　Have you ever heard of Asian squat? It refers to the sitting position by your soles totally sticked to the ground and putting your ass on the back of your legs. Most Asians easily can do this but Westerners including Americans are not. Some people say this is because Asians use their own toilet that reqires the squat, but this is not the case. Nowdays, many Asian countries like Japan, Korea, and China don't use the toilet, they just use the same as western countries. Then, why the position is so comfortable to many Asians? It is because of their sitting culture: Asians, especially East Asians have sedentary culture, so they can practice sitting on the floor unconciously from very young age even before they walk, this made them very used to the Asian squat.