The snake is paired with the dragon and also uses coiling movements of waist, legs and upper body. However, where the dragon is extreme yang, all fire and strength, the snake is extreme yin, cold and able to penetrate the strongest and most complicated defence. The snake coils itself around the attacker in many different ways then strikes with extreme speed penetrating muscle, sinew and organ at weak points of the body. At the highest level it is the most instantly lethal of all the animals.
The snake develops yin thus helping with extreme yang health conditions and helping to get around the complexities of a problem and go straight to the most critical matter.

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