if all you had was peoples feet to view is anything you could tell about them (men, woman)

[nickerman]

do people display anything about their character the way they walk. People display certain things about themselves the way they move their hands when they talk. There may be an art to feet watching that I have never heard of. What do you think?

[raggedjim]

I think you have a lot of time on your hands, er, feet...

[ciceropolo]

Well you can tell if they are in toeing versus out toeing, Although out toeing may be a side effect from being a circus clown who wears big oversized feet all the time or perhaps an avid scuba diver.

If they are wearing sandals you may be able to tell if they have any odd foot problems if you were a podiatrist
You also could tell somewhat about their foot hygiene - if they keep their toenails trimmed, or whether they have calluses or blisters etc...

I think you can tell some general characteristics about someone's walk. Supposedly where someone's feet are pointing when you are talking to them is one of a handful of body language cues to pick up on as to whether the individual is interested.

Funny thing I was just thinking today about whether you could tell if someone walks with 'heavy feet' (A clomper) of you are only observing them outside walking on sidewalk (since their is no reverb versus inside a building with flooring that enables you to tell.

Some years back in one work environment we had a very attractive young female graphic designer. She had a pronounced toe out walk like a ballet dancer but the giveaway that she was not was she was heavy on her feet when she walked as if there was no sense of body control (or attempt at) of lower limbs. Always reminded me of that silly kids game we played when very young about guess which animal I am by how I am walking.

Had a school friend with a penguin walk with slight rocking motion. Had another neighborhood kid a few years older with a pronounced bounce to his walk which we referred to as a doily walk.

Penguin and Duck walks tend to indicate balance issues or perhaps other health related physical ailments.

Some men pick up a walking style to convey personality. You can usually spot the guys with excessive swagger, or the walk with a hitch / jaunt etc... People who don't know me often think I was in military because of the way I walk.

Most women I've been attracted too over the years and dated (got a chance to know them) more than half were either athletic or took dance / ballet. I like the kinesthetic aesthetic of woman who carry themselves well. One I dated briefly had a toe heel sequence walk which was different.

Perhaps this is of interest
https://www.livestrong.com/article/5...-heel-walking/

Also you can tell from walk if someone is knock kneed or bowed leg...

Or if they were Monty Python fans?

[JonathanLB]

I have gotten that “were you in the military?” question a lot too, I don’t know why. I don’t think I walk any certain way but I suspect it’s because I am pretty regimented in my stance and somewhat formal and proper in how I carry myself, so maybe that combined with muscularity and short hair makes them jump to conclusions. I have no clue.

[Parnassia]

You could tell how much time they spent going barefoot.

[Matt Marcinkiewicz]

If you're interested in attempting to judge people by the way they walk, I'd suggest focusing somewhere other than the feet.

[Spuggy]

I think in some instances you can feel by how a person is walking that they may be struggling with hip problems, leg or knee or foot problems. However beyond that I don’t see how it’s possible to determine much more in, unless there is some exaggerated movement.

[Matt Marcinkiewicz]

You can tentatively conclude/conjecture some things about people by how they walk. If some dude is swaggering down the street, I'm going to assume relatively high ego as opposed to low ego, for example. Perhaps it's an act in an effort to appear tough, perhaps it's legitimate self-satisfaction--one example. I like to try to judge people on a variety of bases, however speculative they may be, and one's gait while walking is certainly one factor to take into account

[PhyllisDiller'sHair]

I can tell more by hands.

[Joe the Photog]

You could tell a lot about me by my feet. One is prosthetic and the real one has three toes.