In the practice of martial arts, studying animal movement can provide deep insights into your own training.

For example:

Look at how this bird is just chilling on one leg

I actually have no idea what kind of bird this is. Some kind of Dinosaur Flamingo.

I’ve seen geese and flamingo in that same posture.

They often sleep in that pose.

I find this super interesting.

Because I struggle like hell to hold that pose.

I certainly can’t sleep on one leg.

Here’s the thing: it’s a pose I do all the time.

I do a variation of that exact posture every time I do a kick.

There might be a lesson Crane can teach me.

<aside> 🦉

I am anthropomorphizing “Crane” here as stand-in for all birds, due to the cranes long history in eastern martial art systems.

</aside>