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is a style of karate founded by , (1898 - 1984). 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. The style was officially founded in 1946.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 What is Chito-Ryu karate? History .. )〕 Chitō-ryū is generally classified as a Japanese style because Chitose formulated and founded Chitō-ryū principally while living in Kumamoto, Japan. 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). 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). ==Founder== (Okinawan: ''Chinen'') was born on October 18, 1898 in the town of Kumochi, Naha City, Okinawa Prefecture.〔 He came from a martial arts lineage—his maternal grandfather was . While in Okinawa, Chitose grew up studying the art of , now written , as well as kobudō.〔 In 1921, he moved to mainland Japan to study medicine.〔 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 The History Of Chitokai, Dr. Tsuyoshi Chitose )〕 Chitose died in 1984 at the age of 86.〔 Chitose created Chitō-ryū by combining the strength techniques from Shuri-te (see also Shōrin-ryū and Shōrei-ryū), with those of Naha-te.〔 While present, the influence of Tomari-te is less than that of the two previously mentioned foundation styles. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chitō-ryū」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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