Chito Ryu

[Geminias]

I was wondering if anyone had heard of this style?

My university has hired someone to teach traditional martial arts, in addition to my sensei.

I was just curious because after googling the instructors name I saw that she had reached her 5th degree black belt in what would appear to be 5 years. Thats a black belt per year, which I find to be exceedingly fast.

[bushido_man96]

Hmmm, earning a 5th degree within 5 years does sound a bit skeptical to me. You may want to look further into that, to see what it is about.

[DWx]

You'd have to look into the circumstances. It does sound very doubtful, however if that person had trained in a very similar style and had acheived a high rank within in that, then it is possible that they were fasttracked through the ranks. They could also have had a high intensity training programme, something like training all day 5 days, a week could mean a ranking faster but I'm inclined to be skeptical of such a high rank in so little time.

[dineshm]

Some Math.

I trained for 5 years , 6 hours a week to get my shodan.

That's, approximatly 1600 hours.

Now take someone, that trains 4 hours a day, 7 days a week.

They are going to do it in just about a year.

Everyone trains a different amount of time, and progress at different rates.

[bushido_man96]

Everyone trains a different amount of time, and progress at different rates.

Very true. I read an article yesterday that stated that Joe Lewis earned 3 different black belts in a year. Of course, he trained like a mad man, and had Wrestling experience as well.

Each case has to be addressed individually. Addressing it is important, too. I don't believe that any instructor should become defensive if you ask them about their credentials.

[dineshm]

Any instructor, in my opinion, that gets defensive when you ask about , or to see credentials, has something to hide.

Be weary.

[harleyt26]

Her name might help.William Domeitrich trained directly under the founder of Chito Ryu(Chitose)he has a daughter Devorah Domeitrich who is very knowlegeable in several styles.If it is her I would recommend trying to get into her class if at all possible.

Tom Hodges

[nago]

Here is an articla for you: http://www.dragon-tsunami.org/Dtimes/Pages/article33.htm

That should help a little with the history. As far as a 5 dan in five years? Never happen in Okinawa/Japan dont care if you train 24 hrs a day 365 days a year. Even an uchi-deshi who lives in the dojo and trains daily takes around 2 1/2 to 3 years to shodan.

[Shotokan-kez]

Erm i must admit i have never heard of the style, but im with everybody else 5th dan in five years seems really weird. When a student in our dojo reaches 4th dan they have to wait a minimum of 5 years to attempt their 5th dan!

[bushido_man96]

Yeah, Kez, ours goses about the same way, too. Earn 1st dan, wait 1 and half years, test for 2nd; wait 2 and a half years, test for 3rd, etc.