To Encircle - our logo's meaning.

The enso ('circle') is one of the deepest symbols in Japanese Zen. The enso is the revelation of a world of the spirit without beginning and end. Once you complete a revolution around the circle, you start again.

The enso is often drawn in one fluid brushstroke using an ink brush on washi, a thin Japanese paper. The circle can be open or closed, with an open circle representing imperfection and a closed circle representing perfection, enlightenment, the universe, emptiness, unity infinity, strength, elegance and the circle of life. 

When we start CrossFit Encircle, our first attempt at a name was CrossFit Enso however there was one already in the world and in CrossFit you can only have 1 with such an unusual name. We had to become creative and the meaning of enso, ​Encircle - to form a circle around, to surround was fitting  hence we became CrossFit Encircle. ​