The Bushido Martial Arts Badge

The Phoenix

The Phoenix represents the rebirth of our style rising from other styles. The Phoenix is looking upwards and to the right, symbolizing looking ahead to the future. Our style is constantly looking to evolve and adapt to better suit the needs of our students. The red to yellow colour of the Phoenix represents a flame. Fire is a powerful thing. It is true that it can be a deadly thing, however from ashes arises new life and new opportunities. Bushido Martial Arts is a new style, tempered in the flames of previous experience.

The External Ring

The external ring represents the cyclic nature of martial arts. A ring has no beginning or end. It is continuous, much like a martial artist’s journey. The martial artist is always learning, and constantly revisiting techniques and ideas to improve upon them.
The ring is blue to represent the sky. The sky is all-encompassing ether that surrounds our world. Similarly, the martial arts embrace us, not only in a physical way but also in every facet of life. Martial arts should not be thought of as learning to fight. Rather, it provides the opportunity to improve the student as a person - their knowledge, attitude, confidence, and fitness.

The Characters

The 3 characters, or kanji, are the Japanese representation of the word Bushido. Bushido means “Way of the Warrior”, which was the code of conduct of the Japanese samurai. The seven virtues of Bushido are loyalty, honour, respect, honesty, rectitude, benevolence and courage. Our style embraces these virtues in all aspects of our martial arts training, and as a result assists in the complete development of our students.

The Background

The background of the logo is a plain white space, representing a blank canvas on which to paint new ideas and values. It symbolizes that every person has the potential to learn new things, no matter how much knowledge or experience they already have.

The Overall Colours

The colours red, blue and yellow were chosen as the main colours for the badge for numerous reasons. They are the Primary colours, from which all other colours are formed. This is symbolic of the fact that very complex movements can be broken down into simple components, and learnt in that way.

These three colours are also the colours used by the Hudson Martial Arts group, at which all of the founding dojo instructors trained.