BUGO 武号

(MARTIAL NAME)

Master Alex Esteve (Bujinkan Dai Shihan, Kugyo Happo Hiken, 15th Dan), received directly from the hands of his master Soke Masaaki Hatsumi the Bugo, or martial name of "Kiryu or Koryu". The Kanji that the Soke used for this Bugo are [ 輝:KI ] (bright or radiant) and [ 龍RYU ] (dragon), which can be translated as "Bright Dragon".

In the writing that the Soke gave to Alex Esteve with the Bugo granted, he also indicates a set of possible readings in the concrete pronunciation depending on the moment of its use, for which he changed the most common pronunciation of KI for that of KOU, leaving the two pronunciations of "Koryu or Kiryu".

DOJO 道場

(TRADITIONAL SCHOOL FOR THE PRACTICE AND TRANSMISSION OF THE MARTIAL TRADITION).

Dojo (道場) is the term used in Japan to designate a space intended for the practice and teaching of traditional martial arts. The Japanese term dojo can be literally translated as "the place of the way", this expression refers to the pursuit of physical, moral, mental and spiritual perfection.