Our Mission: All members of the United States Chito-ryu Karate Federation shall be guided by the insight of Doctor Tsuyoshi Chitose (O-Sensei) whose dedication established our past, whose genius determines our present, and whose vision shapes our future. We …

The United States Chito-ryu Karate Federation is an independent non-profit organization dedicated to the scientific training, practice, improvement, and spread of Chito-ryu karate-do.

The history of Chito-ryu karate begins with our founder, Tsuyoshi Chitose (1898-1984). He was born in the Kumochi area of Naha City on the island of Okinawa on October 18, 1898. It was the 29th year of the Meiji era in Japan.

The United States Chito-ryu Karate Federation is an independent non-profit organization dedicated to the scientific training, practice, improvement, and spread of Chito-ryu karate-do.

Who is to say who is Chito-ryu? And who is not? Do you go by a style's name or do you look at the teaching hierarchy—who taught whom? Where does the knowledge base we are discussing come from? Who brought the kata into what we call Chito-ryu?

The Showa is a poem authored by O'Sensei and spoken in unison at the conclusion of each class. Originally written in Japanese, it is impossible to accurately translate into English as many Japanese words and phrases do not have a direct translation.

The Yoseikan is the official headquarters for the United States Chito-Ryu style of Karate, inside are offices, meeting rooms, a kitchen and a main and secondary training deck. The Yoseikan was a dream of William J. Dometrich since 1954, when he first went to Japan and studied Chito-Ryu Karate while stationed there with the U.S. Army.

In 1966 she won the first Women's National Karate Championship held in Washington, D.C. In addition to being a Chito-Ryu Go Dan, she studies Okinawan Ti with Onaga Yoshimitsu Sensei, as well as studying and teaching the Okinawan weapons system …

Mike Foster studied Chito-Ryu karate when he was stationed in Japan in the late 1960’s with the Air Force. Foster became a very good tournament kumite competitor. About the 1970’s Warren closed his Chito-Ryu dojo and his student Dave Berkshier …

The kata and techniques that we use in the U.S. Chito-kai today are very similar to what Inamoto Sensei is teaching with his style and reflects both Hanshi Dometrich’s and Inamoto Sensei’s deep roots and understanding of Chito-ryu karate as originally taught to them by O-Sensei.