The Japanese pigeon toed false run

[American Oyaji]

You know how Japanese girls do this?

Korean women do it too. I know cuz I just watched this Korean woman run back and forth.In the computer lab I work in from the back to the front of the room and back

[Mulboyne]

Hadn't really noticed it but there must be something to it...
Mr. Sparkle Thread: Pigeon Toes vs. Camel Toes

I have been noticing that a huge percentage of J-babes (not the men for some reason) walk around pigeon-toed, some quite severely

...several of my orthopedic surgeons told me that when they prescribe leg braces for Japanese women, the leg braces are set pigeon toed.

But if the bitch cant run and work... then when the shit hits the fan and your relying on her... you're in real trouble then.

[GomiGirl]

It is taught when girls learn things like tea ceremony - it is the only way to walk wearing a kimono so you don't flash your legs.

A friend of mine studied tea ceremony for 3 years and the first six months was spent learning how to walk with the pigeon toed shuffle.

But also there seems to be a higher percentage of genetic bow-legged people in Japan. No it is not rickets but a curvature in the pelvis. Walking pigeon toed is the compensation. (Note if you have a child with this condition, get them to ballet classes as soon as they can walk so they develop correctly without the pigeon toes.)

[Taro Toporific]

[Andocrates]

I don't see many women under age 50 and not in a kimono who "try" to walk pigeon toed. They do that little shuffle but it's just a traditional walk.

They just have funky legs, kinda like girls from Minnesota.

[Taro Toporific]

They just have funky legs, kinda like girls from Minnesota.

Yep, believe it or not, posture and gate is as much cultural as it is physical.

[aquamarine]

I always thought (always being a relative term) that they walked/ran like that because of the bajillion numbers of girls that wear back-less high-heeled shoes. They NEED to walk like that in some cases, just to keep their shoes on!

[GomiGirl]

I am the shoe goddess and there is no need to walk like badly that no matter what shoes you are wearing. Just like the fake super high voices, it is a learned behaviour that can be un-learned if so desired.

[Skankster]

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I think they just want to seem demure.

ridiculously impractical... but thats japanese women for ya.

[eneman]

And when they tem their amazing pigeon-toed gait with their coco-pops and their overbite... Well I am awestruck.

[eneman]

Sorry. That should be team, not tem.

[canman]

My friend told me that most high school girls when they sit in class have to turn there toes and feet in so that their teachers can't look up their skirt during class. Then when they walk it just comes naturally.