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Gokenkan Dojo

442 Asato, Naha-shi, Okinawa-ken 902-0067, Japan

e-mail: GOKENKAN@aol.com

Chito-ryu

This ryu (like all others, no doubt) demonstrates the fission and fusion of different styles that characterize the history of the majority of Japanese martial arts, ancient and modern. An Okinawan karatedo master, Dr. Chitose Tsuyoshi (1898-1984), created Chito-ryu by combining the elements he liked from Okinawan Shorei-ryu and Shorin-ryu karatedo. His goal was to rationally consider the medical implications of traditional karatedo practice and to find a system which would have maximum martial and health effects and minimal detrimental elements, such as long-term injury from the practice of certain joint techniques, chronic lower back pain from incorrect stance and movement instruction, and tendonitis in the elbow from snapping the elbow while punching. Chito-ryu, like all traditionally based forms of karatedo, focuses on the three main pillars of karate practice: kihon waza (basic techniques), kata (form), and kumite (sparring). Chitose Shihan called his style Chito-ryu karatedo to honor the Chinese roots of Okinawan karate: chi is a character meaning one thousand years old; to is the character for T’ang China.