The School Emblem that you sew onto the left breast of your Gi (uniform) has a special meaning. The name “Wong’s Ji Do Kwan” refers to me as Sensei or Life Teacher and “Ji Do Kwan” meaning “way of knowledge”.

The red circles represent everything whole, as in the body, earth and the universe. The characters inside the red circles have several meanings. The first of the top characters represents my surname “Wong” and the other is “king”. The character below that means “heart”. Together, these characters may be interpreted as “The king of your own heart or controller of your life destiny”.

The red, white and blue colors signify that you are receiving your training here in the United States.

The large black background represents emptiness or lack of knowledge.
Whereas, moving to the center is the smaller white background that represents how purity, clarity and focused one becomes through training. It totality it represents the ability to clear the mind and focus on whatever the needs of the moment are.

The triangle is an equilateral triangle representing the balance of the mind, body, and spirit in equal proportion. These should be the goals of anyone that seriously trains in the martial arts.

The use of the color gold in the writing of “Mind, Body and Spirit” represents the attainment of enlightenment when you reach this balance.

The use of the green leaves represents the continued growth, learning, and the evolution of the self. It is also symbolic of the teachings of the School never dying but always flourishing and changing.

I hope that when you wear this emblem that you wear it with pride and that it will empower you to attain everything that this emblem represents.