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Chito-ryu

After spending years studying Shuri-no-Te (now known as Shorin-ryu) and Naha-no-Te (now known as Shorei-ryu), Dr. Tsuyoshi Chitose, also known as as Chinen Gua in Okinawa, created Chito-ryu by combining the merits of each these styles with his medical knowledge to come up with a healthier alternative. Upon his death in 1984, his son, Yasuhiro Chitose, assumed the name of his father and responsibilities as the new Soke.

Daito Ryu Aiki-Jujustu

A prominent sub-style of Jujutsu, Daitoryu AikiJujutsu is an old Jujutsu style presumably founded by Yoshimitsu Minamoto, in the eleventh century. Originally, it was only practiced by the highest ranking Samurais in the Takeda family in the Kai fiefdom in northern Japan. Feudal overlord Shingen Takeda died in 1573, and his kinsman, Kunitsugu Takeda  moved to the Aizu fiefdom, where he became Jito, overseer of the fief. Kunitsugu introduced Daitoryu AikiJujutsu to the Aizu fiefdom, where the secret fighting art only was taught to the feudal lords and the highest ranking Samurais and ladies in waiting.

The feudal system was broken down by 1868 when the Meiji restoration begun. Tanomo  Saigo (1829-1905), the heir to daito-ryu, gave the system to Sogaku Takeda (1859-1943) and instructed him to pass it on to future generations. Sogaku first used the term "Daitoryu AikiJujutsu" in the beginning of the twentieth century. Two of his best known students were Morihei Ueshiba, founder of Aikido, and Yong Sul Choi, founder of Hapkido.

Daito-ryu AikiJujutsu has four levels of techniques: shoden (Lowest), chuden (advanced), okuden (highest), and hiden (secret techniques).

• Shoden. Training starts with shoden where the student learns ukemi (falling and rolling), taisabaki (moving the body), tesabaki and ashisabaki (movements of the hands and feet and legs), defenses against grappling, and defenses against punches, kicks and weapons, such as short and long staffs (tanbo, jo, and chobo) and knives and swords (tanto and katana). Techniques are taught to be used from standing, sitting, or lying positions. In the first transmission scroll, fiden mokuroku, describes the first 118 Jujutsu techniques from the shoden level.
• Chuden. Advanced Jujutsu techniques with large, soft movements, as in Aikido. The actual aiki training consists of a combination of these techniques and those from shoden. At this level of training ,some amount of force is used.
• Okuden. Movements are performed as small as possible. Breathing, reflexes, circles, and timing are used instead of muscles. The techniques are small and fast, and it is not necessary to hold an attacker to throw him or her since the reactions of the attacker are used against him or her. It is believed that the attacker gets a soft shock, similar to an electric shock, that activates the reflexes, making it easy to manipulate the attacker.
• Hiden. The secret techniques. Soft techniques that only work properly when the whole body and proper breathing is used. The attacker is touched easily and the techniques are so small that even experienced martial artists cannot see what is happening.

Hakuda

"Haku" means white (the color symbolizing purity) and "da" means to strike or hit. In Japanese the term is used to refer to Chinese Ch'uan fa systems (Kempo in Japanese), meaning to "beat by hand." Another term with the same meaning is shuhaku. In Okinawa, the term hakuda was used more specifically to refer to the art of striking the vital points (atemi) of another person in self-defense without making the self impure. Hakuda in this context means "white strike," or "striking without impurity," which is an ancient Buddhist poetic description of the art. Hakuda is often combined with grabbing techniques (hakushu) found within many Japanese and Okinawan kata. and Korean hyung.

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