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I have been participating in the Chito Ryu Kata Facebook group recently. The nature of the posts varies according to the individuals interests and, as in all such groups, less than 10% are active in discussions at any one time.

There is a great cross section of people, spanning location, seniority, experience, and focus.

It is interesting to see the sensitivities of different people and to learn more about them by their posts.
]]> Commentaries http://www.ryusan.com/phpblog/index.php?entry=entry111218-174750 John Shaw Sun, 18 Dec 2011 22:47:50 GMT http://www.ryusan.com/phpblog/comments.php?y=11&m=12&entry=entry111218-174750 http://www.ryusan.com/phpblog/index.php?entry=entry110218-184446 I received this exciting announcement from Rick Rowell, author of Budo Theory: Volume 1

After many requests, I finally bit the bullet and rewrote Budo Theory. The second edition is entitled Budo Theory: Exploring Martial Arts Principles. I have revamped, updated and added lots of new information.

If you are interested in finding out more about the book, I have started a new website www.budotheory.ca that I hope will grow into a resource for many.

You can explore the website and be directed to articles I have excerpted from the book. This will help provide you with an idea of what the book covers. You can also view the Table of Contents and Index.

The book will be available early March, but if you want to reserve copy(s) you can e-mail me and I will put them aside for you.

Rick Rowell http://budotheory.ca]]> News http://www.ryusan.com/phpblog/index.php?entry=entry110218-184446 John Shaw Fri, 18 Feb 2011 23:44:46 GMT http://www.ryusan.com/phpblog/comments.php?y=11&m=02&entry=entry110218-184446 http://www.ryusan.com/phpblog/index.php?entry=entry100816-205442
The Soke Cup weekend was packed full of competition, demonstrations, parties and general bonding.]]> News http://www.ryusan.com/phpblog/index.php?entry=entry100816-205442 John Shaw Tue, 17 Aug 2010 00:54:42 GMT http://www.ryusan.com/phpblog/comments.php?y=10&m=08&entry=entry100816-205442 http://www.ryusan.com/phpblog/index.php?entry=entry100724-152744
Aug 7-8, 2010
Kumamoto, Japan

Chito Ryu Sohonbu Home Page

I'm off to Japan next week to attend the Soke Cup and do some sightseeing around northern Kyushu. I'm looking forward to seeing everyone there from across Canada, Australia, Japan, Europe, etc.

I haven't been to Japan in summer, so I'm not looking forward to the heat.

]]> Events http://www.ryusan.com/phpblog/index.php?entry=entry100724-152744 John Shaw Sat, 24 Jul 2010 19:27:44 GMT http://www.ryusan.com/phpblog/comments.php?y=10&m=07&entry=entry100724-152744 http://www.ryusan.com/phpblog/index.php?entry=entry100425-154839
Steve Gionet - Mitchell German- Michael Colling - John Shaw - San Fung-German
taken at the Halifax Ryuseikan Dojo in Cole Harbour.
While visiting Halifax for the Atlantic Karate Club 40th Anniversary, I had the chance to train with Michael Colling for the first time since our days together at the AKC about 35 years ago. We started just after the AKC was organized (1970), when the 'senior' instructors were Orange belts.

As we swapped old war stories and talked of absent friends, we got to thinking about tracking them down and suggesting an official reunion.

This search has begun and the AKC Reunion Yahoo Group has been started to help.


]]> News http://www.ryusan.com/phpblog/index.php?entry=entry100425-154839 John Shaw Sun, 25 Apr 2010 19:48:39 GMT http://www.ryusan.com/phpblog/comments.php?y=10&m=04&entry=entry100425-154839 http://www.ryusan.com/phpblog/index.php?entry=entry100317-124838 I recently received the announcement for the 40th Anniversary celebration for the Atlantic Karate Club in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

I started at the AKC in January of (ugh) 1971. I was attending university in Halifax and Don McGraham, one of my classmates, was one of the organizers, along with John Dean, Kathy Moser and Dr. Bill Cole.

Most of my fond memories of my time in Halifax are wound up in the AKC. The hard basic training (basic because that's all we knew about); the mental training afterwards at the Lion's Head Tavern; clinics with Higashi Sensei; the 1973 visit by Osensei and Kugizaki Sensei and numerous adventures best left unreported.

I'm looking forward to attending the anniversary party and hope to see some old (old) friends, and make some new ones.

The details of the event are on the AKC web site http://www.atlantickarateclub.ca/


]]> Events http://www.ryusan.com/phpblog/index.php?entry=entry100317-124838 John Shaw Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:48:38 GMT http://www.ryusan.com/phpblog/comments.php?y=10&m=03&entry=entry100317-124838 http://www.ryusan.com/phpblog/index.php?entry=entry100209-001042 Canadian dojo webpage.

By scrounging basic dojo information from various web sites, I've built up a database of all the ICKF dojo I could find listed. It is displayed at http://ryusan.com/maps/.

I welcome any corrections that would make this more accurate.]]> News http://www.ryusan.com/phpblog/index.php?entry=entry100209-001042 John Shaw Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:10:42 GMT http://www.ryusan.com/phpblog/comments.php?y=10&m=02&entry=entry100209-001042 http://www.ryusan.com/phpblog/index.php?entry=entry091124-111134
The town of Portlaoise (Portleesh) is compact and it was interesting to walk around and explore the high street. What made the trip was the friendly and cheerful hosts we had. As well as myself, there were other 'foreigners' in attandance from Scotland, Norway and Finland, so the "Irish" clinic turned into an international get together.

Training ranged from the basic Soke Sensei workout at the start to interesting exposure to some advanced applications and concepts. As always it was over all too soon and we left our hosts talking about when to have the next seminar.

On my way home I spent a few days in and around Dublin for some sightseeing, culminating with a tour of the Guiness Storehouse :)
]]> Events http://www.ryusan.com/phpblog/index.php?entry=entry091124-111134 John Shaw Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:34 GMT http://www.ryusan.com/phpblog/comments.php?y=09&m=11&entry=entry091124-111134 http://www.ryusan.com/phpblog/index.php?entry=entry090830-153709
Eighteen months later, when I review Canadian internet sites related to Chito Ryu, I find them to be at best ambiguous and at worst misleading on the current situation. Many dojo don't seem to realize that they no longer should claim membership or affiliation with their former parent organization. If you regard the various web sites as a form of ad, it relates to the concept of 'truth in advertising'

Here is a short list of Canadian websites of groups no longer affiliated with the International Chito Ryu Karate Do (ICKF) Soke. I leave their degree of ambiguity up to you.

sabeankarate.com/
eyoseikan.ca
nbchitoryu.com/
calgarychitoryu.com
karatebc.org/associations/chito/
newmarylandkarate.com

Personally, the presumption of sites such as http://canadianchitoryu.ca/about irritates me. It states "The CCRKA is the national association of Chito-Ryu Karate-do in Canada... ". The CCRA is not "the" national association but rather, "a" national association. I suppose if you repeat a statement enough you start to believe it.

Also in my personal opinion, the presumption of retaining an un-changed style name is rather unique. Most of the previous groups that went independant, and there have been lots, revised their organizational name to reflect their new situation. We saw this with Yoshukai, Tsuruoka Karate, Renshikan, Ryusei Karate, Koshin-ha Chito Ryu, etc. The United States Chito Ryu Federation is the only notable exception.

Gradually this confusion will resolve into a more accurate representation of the current situation. In many cases I think that the web sites are just lagging behind since 90% of all web pages on the internet are stale and not updated.


]]> Commentaries http://www.ryusan.com/phpblog/index.php?entry=entry090830-153709 John Shaw Sun, 30 Aug 2009 20:37:09 GMT http://www.ryusan.com/phpblog/comments.php?y=09&m=08&entry=entry090830-153709 http://www.ryusan.com/phpblog/index.php?entry=entry090810-122206 The ICKF Chito Ryu Network (chitoryu.ning.com) has been created to test the use of this "social networking" platform as a multi-aspect communication tool for Chito Ryu members around the world. All ICKF members are invited to join.


]]> News http://www.ryusan.com/phpblog/index.php?entry=entry090810-122206 John Shaw Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:22:06 GMT http://www.ryusan.com/phpblog/comments.php?y=09&m=08&entry=entry090810-122206