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New Year's Message

January 1, 2021

Dear Friends:

Happy New Year Buyῡ – welcome to the Year of the Ox!

2021 Year of the Ox

We can agree that 2020, the Year of the Metal Rat, was chaotic with many unexpected twists and turns...

I think we can agree that 2020, the Year of the Metal Rat, was chaotic with many unexpected twists and turns. Once every sixty years the same year comes around, and they tend to have similar themes. Metal Rat years have never been easy, and they often brought great upheaval and change. The Ox follows the Rat in the Chinese Zodiac making 2021 the Year of the Metal Ox. Does that mean we will be experiencing more shock, chaos, and sudden change as we have in the Rat year?

Maybe!

The Metal Ox year will present its own challenges and just like the Ox itself, it will be a year of hard work, determination, and building – or rather, rebuilding things to make way for something better...

Ninja mask The 2020 Ninja mask
Josh and Bobby social distancing Josh and Bobby social distancing with a couple of bokken
Buyῡ Dojo Wesley Hall – home of our Buyῡ Dojo
Mariko Sensei with Soke Mariko Sensei with Soke
Murray Taylor Murray – gone too soon.
Joe and the boys of Hawai'i Bujinkan Joe and the boys of Hawai'i Bujinkan – Shaka no Kamae
Waikiki Biathlon Check out the "Dad Bod," ha ha ha. It's gone now, don't worry.
With Joe 'Marine' Shusko at the Waikiki Biathlon With Joe "Marine" Shusko at the Waikiki Biathlon