Chito Ryu

[Grego]

Sorry if I'm bringing up an old topic, but I am a Chito-ryu Karateka.

I call Bull on the 5th degree in 5 years thing. I stopped doing Karate awhile back when I was a green belt (I joined the military). That was about six years ago. When I started again earlier this year, my sensei started me out as a yellow belt. (in our style, Green is three ranks away from shodon, so quite a drop)

Anyways, my sensei is only a Sandan. He's been doing Martial Arts for 25 years. He's very skilled.

Chito-ryu is a very traditional style in my experience...so i don't know where that person is coming from.

Its a small style too, so most of the black belts know each other...I don't see how this would have happened.