All the best adventures start with a simple walk and end up in exhilaration. Join me on Akita’s forest walk to see how a natural hunter stays fit in the wild.
The Forest Walk
Forest is Akita’s natural habitat. It grew strong and bold hunting beasts in the forests of Japan. Stalking the prey in a pack, its instincts were honed to perfection. Humans brought it out of the woods, tamed its feral side and showed it how to live a domestic life. Sitting still makes Akita’s instincts stir and it becomes restless, snapping and lunging. Going back to the wild brings forth ancient memories and makes it calm again.
A natural hunter
In a forest, Akita’s natural hunter instincts bubble to the surface. Scents invite it for a hunt and it leads the human forward, to unexplored pastures brimming with barely noticeable tracks. Those who follow are guests in Akita’s realm filled with memories of fangs, teeth and fluttering hearts. The Akita will find the target — the humans only has to let it lead and keep up the pace.
The entirety of Akita’s body is shaped to give it grace, poise and power in the wild. From head to paw, every fiber of its body contains terrifying energy that explodes at a moment’s notice. It can plow through a forest with ease and surprising tempo, bursting on the scene. It can also walk gingerly down a forest path, listening and watching for signs of the prey.
Staying fit in the wild
Only the fit can survive and conquer the forest environment; everyone else falls behind. By moving together, the pair inspires one another to push through nature and conquer it, step by step. The wild puts up obstacles, but we plow through them and go against inertia and resistance. It’s a setting where Akita excels and everyone who follows along can thrive. It’s how evolution has shaped its instincts, which tell it — the pack survives if it moves and acts together.
Living in a fit body is an experience of sheer excitement and expectation of a chase. Every move is effortless and there’s no tension in the body or the mind. Every fiber of Akita’s being is bristling with energy and the yearning to go out, to stay fit in the wild and return home for a well-deserved nap.
Fearless, peerless explorer
Discovering your wild side takes tremendous effort, one that drains you completely but also makes you content. Through that effort, all doubt disappears, leaving only the thrill of exploration and the hunt. That’s the experience of entering a wild forest and raw nature washing over you. Those who put themselves to such a test can become fearless, peerless explorers, just like Akita.
Honing the body and the mind so they become one takes practice and the guidance of a wise teacher. Not a single word needs to be said, yet the understanding is mutual. A bond is groomed and strengthened through joint exercise, creating a pack of fit hunters that track through the wild.
Still, it’s when it gets cold and snow blankets the vista that Akita shows its true power. Plowing through untouched snow, an Akita revels in cold and winter adventures. If we follow along, Akita will be our teacher in the grand snow escapade.
