Tsuyoshi Chitose

Chito-Ryu: The Next Generation

Chito-Ryu: The Next Generation

ByPeter

Senior practitioners of Chito-ryu karate live under long shadows. First there is enormous shadow cast by founder Tsuyoshi Chitose, a martial arts virtuoso who studied under many masters and synthesized what he learned into his remarkable art. Then there are the shadows cast by the pioneers who introduced Chito-ryu to their countries and amassed impressive…

An Early Form of Henshuho

ByPeter

Here’s an interesting video circa 1970, showing U.S. karateka demonstrating “the 30 moves of Chito-ryu.” Many of these correspond to what we practise today in Chito-ryu and Ryusei karate as Henshuho, which contains 28 techniques. Henshuho is the sequence of self-defence moves created by Tsuyoshi Chitose, the founder of Chito-ryu, containing strikes to vital points,…