Chito Ryu

[seersin]

^^^ yeah you aint lying.I wish it were like tha old day's one leader,and no MA politics.Now days everyone wants to toss their name in a hat just to be labeled head of a organization.Money and fame can be an awful thing.

[searcher]

Anybody with five to ten dollars can buy a black belt and self promote.

 

Capitalism, who would have thought it?

[seersin]

yeah it's a shame too,Who do ya really blame for tha blackbelts though.Any joe on tha street can order up all tha black belts he wants have em' embroided and everything with any style he wants,I dunno maybe MA equipment shops should quit selling belts and only let certified instructors buy them.I know that would be hard.

[Chito]

Chito Ryu is alive and well.

 

The US Chito Kai broke away from the International Chito Kai in the mid-90's. Politics I think. So, really, Chito Ryu is still alive and well under Dometrich who remains committed to the ways of Chitose Sensei. They're just not attached to the main governing body in Japan. The political issue was with Chitose's son, current Soke.

 

Now, there have been several "divorces" similar to Dometrich's. David Akutagawa of Canada left Chito Ryu in 1996 and formed Renshikan. Again, politics. Both these men though are of high calibre and and their organizations credible.

 

Also, one of the main concepts in the creation of Chito Ryu was medical anatomy. O'Sensei was a doctor who felt certain parts of karate were detrimental to the body. So, he combined the best of the two old styles of Shorei and Shorin, applied his medical knowledge, and Chito Ryu was born.