What is the meaning behind the USYBA logo?
The official USYBA Logo: is a variation of the Japanese Yoseikan Budo emblem, which consists of the Japanese character for “Bu” (meaning – “to stop the fight”) above a representation of a mountain and a river. The inspiration for this logo was the view Master Mochizuki observed from his dojo (the Yoseikan) in Shizuoka, Japan. From there, Mt. Fuji is visible in the background and the Abbe river flows nearby. The mountain represents the strong, firm, and unchanging principles on which Yoseikan is based. The river represents the constantly changing – “flowing” – nature of our understanding, interpretation, and expression of these principles. It is this flowing, growing nature of Yoseikan that poses the greatest challenge to Yoseikan practitioners of all levels.
