The meaning of Yin Yang

     This Yin Yang Symbol represents the ancient Chinese understanding of how things work. The outer circle represents "everything", while the black and white shapes within the circle represent the interaction of two energies, called "yin" (black) and "yang" (white), which cause everything to happen.

     They are not completely black or white, just as things in life are not completely black or white, and they cannot exist without each other.

     While "yin" would be dark, passive, downward, cold, contracting, and weak, "yang" would be bright, active, upward, hot, expanding, and strong.

     The shape of the yin and yang sections of the symbol, actually gives you a sense of the continual movement of these two energies, yin to yang and yang to yin, causing everything to happen: just as things expand and contract, and temperature changes from hot to cold.

The meaning of the Academy's logo

The lotus raises out of the muddy pond to bloom in natural pure beauty.
The Yin Yang symbol represent balance and changeability.
Together they represent the Living Tao i.e. Living Chi.

Grandmaster Gary Khor