Bujinkan Yearly Themes
Pacific Bujinkan and Willamette Bujinkan Themes
2024 Takagiyoshin Ryu 2023 Gyokko Ryu 2020 Shin Den Fudo Ryu 2016-2018 Ten Chi Jin (Heaven Earth Man) _____________________________ Japan Theme 2019 Muto Dori 2018 Koto Ryu & Mutodori 2017 Kannin Doshi 2016 Katana 2015 Gokō Goshin 「悟光護心」 悟 - go/satori: Enlightenment 光 - kō/hikari: light 護 - go/mamoru: protection 心 - shin/kokoro: heart *(護身 - goshin: personal defense) 2014 (Japan) Shingin (/Shinin) budō 「神韻武導」 神 - shin/kami: God 韻 - in/un/hibiki: rhyme, sound (神韻: Shingin (/Shinin): exceptional artistry of words, poetry, literature) 武 - bu/mu/takedakeshi: martial 導 - dō/michibiku: to guide, to lead (武導: budō - same pronunciation of 武道 budō: martial art) 2013 (Japan) Hōken (宝剣) "Divine/treasured Sword"(劔 tsurugi) + Mutō Dori 無刀捕 2012 (Japan) Shinryū(/ryō)yōgo (神龍要護) 神 - shin/kami: God 龍 - ryū/ryō/tatsu: Dragon 要 - yō/kaname: Main point, pivot 護 - go/mamoru: to protect (護 means "the indirect protection of someone/something that it is considered exactly like a part of oneself", differently by 守る that means "the direct protection of someone/something that is external from oneself") 2011 (Japan) Kihon Happō (季翻初萌) 季 Ki - Season 翻 Hon - turnover,change,wave 初 Ha - first, new 萌 Hō - to sprout |