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CHITO-RYU KARATE-DO NEWSLETTER SUMMER 2008FOUNDERS FORUMO-Sensei Chitose, who?One of the main goals of the United States Chito-ryu karate federation is to notlet O-Sensei Chitose’s name fade into history. Then disappear and forgotten.This goal should be the goal of every student ranked Yon-Dan and higher. Forthose who are Go-Dan and higher it should be part of everyday living. It shouldbe part of us until our death. I feel very seriously about this. This is anobligation, which we ranking belts must aspire to.Recently I received an e-mail from Ken Sakamoto , he informed me about aJapanese book on Okinawan karate which did not include O-Sensei. This is veryunderstandable. I have spoken to Nagaminie Shoshin sensei about such a thinghappening and also to Miyazato Eiichi sensei of Okinawan Goju-ryu, Chitoseleft Okinawa when he was a young man. His mature years were spent in Japanproper and not Okinawa. His style of karate Chito-ryu was developed in Japanon the southern most of the four main islands, Kyushu, The other karate peopleon Okinawa knew of him, but most of them have now passed away. The youngerpeople now living on Okinawa do not know him. His history is a part of Japanproper, and not Okinawa.THE KARATE-DOSTAFFBarbara DometrichOkusan@fuse.netCyna Khalily, MDEditor-in-ChiefYoseikan HombuCovington, KYCyna.Khalily@chito-ryu.comAssistant EditorYoseikan Taka no koLouisville, KYO-Sensei in 1971 at Northern Kentucky UniversityU.S. Chito-ryu kata- on filmThe U.S. Chito-kai is planning to have all of the kata taught by the organizationfilmed and placed on DVD this winter. They should be on sale by the middle ofnext year. Kyoshi Hawkins has consented for us to utilize his new dojo - theChito-kai Kan in Ohio for filming. Yamazato productions Inc. said they wouldassist us with the finished product. I know several variations of each kata. Theestablished method of performing and teaching each kata will be set in the films.NOTE: During all the years I was with O-Sensei the kata as taught evolved andsmall changes would occur from time to time, and from instructor to instructorwithin the kata. I inquired about this to O-Sensei. His answer was as follows.The only thing that will never change is change it self. A slight change now andthen is not all bad. It teaches you that you have to adopt and to adjust, and hownot to get set in your ways. No two opponents are exactly the same, nor will theyfight in exactly the same way. A small change now and then in the kata willprepare you better for the world of real combat where nothing is set and changeoccurs instantaneously.By: Wi!iam J. Dometrich, HanshiCONTRIBUTORSWilliam J. DometrichLawrence C Hawkins, Jr. EsqDon SchmidtSherry KembreLaura Stith Deck, PhDRoy Moser, MDGordn LevinJames MathewsEric FordJamie BinkleyLinda GageAdrian BanksBarb Tarczynsiand special contributor:Rony Kluger, IsraelThe United StatesChito-ryu Karate-doFederation22 Martin StreetCovington, KY 41011859-291-7232www.chito-ryu.comUNITED STATES CHITO-RYU KARATE-DO FEDERATION PAGE 2
CHITO-RYU KARATE-DO NEWSLETTER SUMMER 2008Japan Highlights & MemoriesAfter nearly a year and a half of planning, we were on ourway, 35 members and three companions from the Midwestdivision of the DNBK met in Detroit for the long flightto Japan. Everyone was excited and unaware of what wasexpected when we arrived at our destination. The DNBKInternational had a bus waiting at the Osaka airport totake us to our hotel in Kyoto, which would be home forthe most of us for the next two weeks. After checkinginto our rooms, it was late at night; a few members wentto seek food and drink, while others fell into bed, to beready for the long day aheadKen Sakamoto, Dometrich Hanshi andOkusan DometrichWe were given breakfast vouchers and all members werestanding tall at 6:30am. Breakfast at the Miyako was thebest meal of the day; it included Japanese, and westernstyle cuisine. Directly after breakfast it was time to walkthe two miles to the famed Butokuden for orientation. Atour hotel Kyoshi Bloom from San Francisco was assignedto coordinate our group, along with Renshi Kembre andin Hanshi’s absence Kyoshi Hawkins.Each day leading up to the World Butokusai was spentenjoying breakfast, walking to the Butokuden,orientation, pre-training, and seminars. Finally the bigday arrived. The day started with a ceremony at the HeianShrine. The first day of demonstrations was the JapaneseButokusai. There were demonstrations of Karate-do,Iaido, Kendo, Jujitsu, Aikido, and more. It was a verylong day, but very enlightening as each group walked ontothe floor of the Butokuden, where many past masters ofMartial Arts had performed. It was an honor to beallowed to sit in the Butokuden and observe theseperformers. The Midwest team performed theirdemonstration with traditional elegance. The closingceremony Osami no Gi was demonstrated by HanshiDometrich, Hanshi Kazuhiko Kumi, Iaido from Japanand Hanshi Allan Tattersall Jujitsu, from England. HanshiDometrich had been very ill through out the previousdays leading up to the demonstration. He had walkingpneumonia and the medications were not working withhis Parkinson’s meds. He walked out on the floor with acane and gave it to Sherry, his daughter, and proceeded todemonstrate his favorite kata Seisan. When it was overthere was a standing ovation, cheers and tears. Hanshiwas bewildered, didn’t know why they were standing forhim. You had to be there; it was very emotional.The following day was the International Butokusai. Therewere approximately 650 International membersdemonstrating. Each demonstration built up theexcitement for the next. The Midwest division once againdemonstrated with grace and precision. The Midwestdivision was divided into two waves. One was all Chitoryuparticipants and the other consisted of Shotokan,Goju-ryu and Shito-ryu. Considering most of ourparticipants came from different locations and had nottrained together until rehearsals in Japan, they all pulledtogether and did an excellent presentation.The last evening was the final banquet; an eight-coursemeal followed by speeches, award, gift giving, and manyphotos being taken to solidify new and old friendships.Afterwards Hanshi Hamada asked Hanshi and I, (ourdaughter Sherry went with us) to wait and meet inanother meeting room. The rest of the Midwest Divisioncontinued back to the Miyako. It had been a very longday for Hanshi, and he was not feeling well. We went tothe room set up for the meeting, actually what took placewas certifications for promotions, Hanshi Dometrich wascalled up first and Hanshi Hamada announced that theDai Nippon Butokukai was promoting him to Kyu Dan(9 th degree black belt). He is the first non-Japanesemartial artist to ever receive this promotion. Hanshi wasas stunned as Sherry and I with this announcement. Thatwas a very memorable part of the trip for us. As Hanshiand I realized because of his health issues and our agethat this would most likely be the last Butokusai that wewould attend in Japan. We do look forward to otherfunctions in the future closer to home.The last three days in Kyoto were spent sightseeing,shopping, and seeking out local restaurants to get theflavor of Japanese culture. While there we were able tovisit with our ex-son in-law Ken Sakamoto and AkinoriKuzuhara very good friend who lived with Hanshi and mefor six months in the late 70’s.There are many things to write about regarding thismemorable trip, so I have asked all the participants in theMidwest group to write something that was the mostmemorable to them with a couple pictures. Who knowsit may turn into a book!By: Barabara E. Dometrich, KyoshiYoseikan HombuUNITED STATES CHITO-RYU KARATE-DO FEDERATION PAGE 3
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