Aragaki was also a famous weapons master, leaving behind several bo and sai kata including Aragaki-no-kun, Aragaki-no-sai and Sesoku-no-kun. Also attributed to his training with Aragaki Seishō are the kata Unshu, Seisan, Niseishi, and possibly Shihōhai. While there is some discrepancy as to whether Chitose's first kata was Sanchin or Seisan, his book ' Kenpō Karate-dō' states that he learned Sanchin from Aragaki for seven years before being taught another. He was seven years old and continued to train with Seisho until 1913/1914. Teachers Ĭhitose began his training in Tote, under Aragaki Seishō in 1905. The influence of Tomari-te is present but less than the other foundation styles. Ĭhitose created Chitō-ryū by combining the strength techniques from Shuri-te (see also Shōrin-ryū and Shōrei-ryū), with those of Naha-te. Chitose developed Chitō-ryū using his understanding of physiology to adjust traditional techniques to make them both more effective and less detrimental to the bodies of long-term practitioners. In 1921, he moved to mainland Japan to study medicine. While in Okinawa, Chitose grew up studying the art of karate ( 唐手, Tang hand ), now written 空手 ( empty hand), as well as kobudō. He came from a martial arts lineage-his maternal grandfather was Matsumura Sōkon ( 松村宗棍).

Tsuyoshi Chitose ( 千歳剛直, Chitose Tsuyoshi ) ( Okinawan: Chinen Gua) was born on October 18, 1898, in the town of Kumochi, Naha City, Okinawa Prefecture. This belief is warranted since the style's founder, Tsuyoshi Chitose, received first the rank of Judan, in 1958, and then the rank of Hanshi, in 1968, from the Zen Okinawa Karate Kobudo Rengo Kai (All Okinawa Union of Karate-do and Kobu-do). However, some modern practitioners feel it is better categorized as an Okinawan style given that its roots and techniques are firmly grounded in and derived from traditional Okinawan Tōde (唐手). Ĭhitō-ryū is generally classified as a Japanese style because Chitose formulated and founded Chitō-ryū principally while living in Kumamoto, Japan. The style was officially founded in 1946. The name of the style translates as: chi (千) - 1,000 tō (唐) - China ryū (流) - style, school, '1,000 year old Chinese style.' The character tō (唐) refers to the Tang dynasty of China. Indigenous martial arts of the Ryūkyū Islands ( Naha-te, Shuri-te, Tomari-te)Ĭhitō-ryū ( 千唐流) is a style of karate founded by Dr. Tsuyoshi Chitose in Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia

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