A lot of kung fu systems try to imitate the movement or spirit of different living things. Most popular ones are tiger, monkey, praying mantis, dragon, eagle, white crane (personally, I don’t know why it has to be white but nonetheless), etc. Some of these ‘animals’ are abstract. I dare anyone to find a grandmaster that has actually saw a real dragon and studied its movements. Regardless, there are lots of interesting facts in the world of nature.
Click to read an article that suggests dragonflies are the most effective predators in the animal world with over 90 percent success rate. It is crazy that nobody ever bother to study them up close or create a dragonfly style. In reality, human drive bears and tigers almost to extinction, maybe we should forget about the animal systems, the ultimate system should be human. 😉
Kidding aside, there really isn’t any perfect system. With the right setup and environment, results can easily flip.
Exercise
Each of the article and/or video have something unique in our context. What is it?