The Crane’s beak is long and pointed, a stabbing weapon useful for defence. Now, learn what the Crane has to teach.

She is calm and poised. When attacked, her fragility prevents her from meeting force with force, but she controls the fight, yielding until an opening is revealed, then countering immediately.

The Crane waits patiently, quiet and unblinking, more a stalker of lakeshores than a true daughter of the air. she stands perfectly still in the shallows, alert for any movement beneath the surface of the water. Overhead, her brothers and sisters call her to join them in the long journey south.