Current events, news

Our last test was Friday 5/2. We now have 3 students in the brown belt rank and 2 new green belts. Congratulations on an excellent demonstration of months of hard work.
Jimmy Carter, assistant instructor, is back from volunteer work in Nicaragua and will be entering law school in Seattle in the fall.
Our latest national newsletter (edited by Fara Nizamani) is here.
Seattle Dojo welcomes Julia Thayer and Jackie Krah, senior students from Sensei Valentino's dojo in Pittsburgh. They will be conducting classes on Friday and Saturday.
Shihan Phillip Arnold of Louisville Dojo was recently promoted to 6th Dan. Congratuations! We hope to have him back out to Seattle this summer.

Past news

Take a look at our first national newsletter, edited by Seattle Chito-ryu's Fara Nizamani
The newsletter contains a description of our first Kangeiko (winter training) and an article by Sensei Dipboye on the anatomy of the 'solar plexus'.
Our last test was Friday 5/4/07
On 1/20/2007, Seattle Chito-ryu held a 3 hour kangeiko (winter training). This special class was led by Kyoshi Joseph Hedderman from Pittsburgh, PA and was FANTASTIC. Pictures coming soon.
Our class presented a demonstration of Chito-ryu karate-do on Tuesday 12/5, 6pm at the South Bellevue Community Center as part of the one-year anniversary celebration of the Community Center. Video coming soon.
George R VanHorne was promoted on August 29th to 9th Dan, Chito-ryu karate-do by the Kokusai Shoshin-kan Karate-do Renmei. He passed away surrounded by family and friends on September, 24th, 2006.
- Read an article about Hanshi VanHorne here.
- See some photos of Hanshi VanHorne here.
- Prior to his death, Hanshi VanHorne awarded the following promotions to Koshin-ha Chito-kai:
  - Joe Hedderman - 7th-dan
  - Terry Valentino - 7th-dan
  - Jim Davenport - 8th-dan
- Read more about Hanshi Vanhorne here on chitoryu.com.