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Total 360 Curriculum 26/27

This is the Total 360 Curriculum for 2026/2027.  The style is based off of Chito Ryu Karate.  The principles employed are designed to increase fitness, respect, honor, values, traditions and forward the legacy of Chito Ryu Karate into the future.  

Complete ranks

Non uniforms

Total 360 Karate is a very traditional form of Karate based on Chito Ryu Karate.  This style was created by Dr. Chitose of the Okinawan islands and was brought to Japan as the main form of karate in the 1930’s.  The formalized style was taught to American military personnel during WWII and was brought back to the US with Hanshi Dometrich.  The US federation of Chito Ryu karate is in Kentucky.  This style is recognized as very formal and rare in the US due to standards and testing backgrounds.  Once thought of as the most common karate in America, it has slowly faded, giving way to American Karate.  Sensei Rodgers, a historical appreciator of the art, brought it back into view in 2005 in Savannah, Georgia, and has continued its legacy.  

 

1st day of class: no expectation

Earn white belt and uniform: 

Where does karate come from? 

What does karate mean? 

What is our style of karate? 

Tournament walk-out- assisted

 

Testing as soon as they are ready

Testing fee $40- uniform, certificate, testing fee, and belt- (option of used uniforms or recycle donation based).

 

All belt testing fees are refundable if the student does not pass; this applies to all belt  tests.  Payment can be cash, check, or Zelle to the Sensei administering the test.  If you choose to buy your student’s uniform independently, it must be a solid black uniform with a white belt that can be double-wrapped. 

 

Students should be learning how to bow when they come into class, Bow when they come onto the floor, learn to walk behind the lines , pay attention to the instructions given, Work hard

Learn the dojo basics

 

Students control how fast they move up to green.  A student can reasonably obtain a green belt within a year; after that, the ranks are one year at a time. 

 

Students learn to form a base for fitness, respect, honor, traditions, and community in this rank.  Our students have moved on to high school sports and have been very successful. 

 

Google Classroom 

You will need a Gmail account. This is a place where all of the agendas for the classes, information for tests, upcoming events, conversations for students and parents are housed.  

https://classroom.google.com/?pli=1

The class code is gugczo6

 

You can email Sensei Rodgers at chitoryukarate@yahoo.com with your email address, and he will send you a link. 

 

Social media:  The studio has multiple outlets on social media. The one that is used most often is YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/@total3607

You can type in the name of the kata in the search box, basics, how to tie a uniform, and there should be links for all of them. 

Website:    https://total360gym.wixsite.com/karatestudio

This is our website.  If you click on class review, you will see links for basics near the top, and at the bottom are the belts.  Click on the belt you wish to know about; use the password given in this document to get the information on the rank. 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chito.ryu.96.  We again update information, add research findings here, and have a place for parents and students to learn more about karate. 

Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/total360karate2/?hl=en

 

Registration:  Go to https://www.rec.us/organizations/prescott-valley under Active Adults and find the class you would like to take

 

Classes

Monday’s 630 pm Sensei Whiting 

Friday’s 630 pm Sensei Whiting - both are intermediate classes

Saturdays 8 am Beginner and advanced 

All classes are at the Boys and Girls Club in Prescott Valley

 

Instructors

Sensei Rodgers- Creator and Founder of Total 360 -21 years

Sensei Whiting- Lead instructor - 6 years

Sensei Sidebottom- Instructor - 6 years

Sempai- K. Bidderman- 5 years

Shodans- C. Whiting- 4 years

J. Whiting- 4 years

G. Olvera- 5 years

 

Contact information 

chitoryukarate@yahoo.com

928-707-9637

Messenger Facebook- Total 360 Karate

Google Classroom 

White belt 

Yellow belt

White belt

Katas

27 movements  

Zhin shi kota

 

To move to yellow belt, added questions plus the original questions

Who is our founder? 

What is our signature kata? 

 

The Showa

We who study karate do must always remember the spirit of the samurai: with peace, perseverance, and hard work, we are sure to reach our goals.

 

Tournament walk out

Testing as soon as they are ready 

Testing fee $40- gets uniform, belt, testing fee, and certificate

Fitness: 10 of each exercise as white belt if working toward yellow it’s 20; see below

How to tie a uniform 

Stances

How to punch

Upper block, outside block, inside block, down block

Front stance, fighting stance, switching, turning 

Spearhands

Levels of the body

Yellow belt 

Oral exam 

 

Katas

H form 1 

H form 2

 

All basics 

Hitting in the dojo starts in this rank 

 

Student controls how fast they move to green 

Testing fee: $40 for orange; $45 if skipping orange, you get both tests and belts for one testing fee-Need to get bo staff if going to green  

20 of all fitness exercises as a yellow belt, if working toward orange it’s 30 and 40 for green

Count to 10 in Japanese

 

Expectations

  1. Did they remember to bow coming into the classroom, and did they find me and bow-both

  2. 2. Do they have their uniform on and tied properly 

  3. 3. How do they treat other students?

  4. 4. On the basics, are they sharp and crisp or just going through the motions 

  5. 5. Stances: Are they able to get into the proper stance and auto-correct themselves if they need to

  6. 6. Have them show the difference between a front stance and a fighting stance

  7. 7. Can they turn properly? This is the one that gets most students in the beginning. If they can get this, then they have the turns for most of the katas

  8. 8. Kicks: Do I see four distinct parts

  9. 9. Are they reaching with the correct part of the foot for kicking

  10. 10. Effort how hard are they trying

  11. 11. If they make a mistake, do you then work past it

  12. 12. Can they answer the required questions? -both white and yellow questions

  13. 13. Expect to perform the test in a group but know the katas to where you can do it without seeing another person.

 

https://total360gym.wixsite.com/karatestudio/yellow-belt

Password: 9th Kyu

Orange belts

Orange belt 

* Only belt rank that can be skipped

Written exam 

All previous questions plus

  1. What are the common mistakes in 27 movements? 

  2. What are common mistakes in Zhin Shi Kota? 

 

  1. 10. What is kata mean?

  2. 11. What are common mistakes in 27 movements? 

  3. 12. What are common mistakes in Zhin Shi Kota?

 

Katas

H form 3

H form 4 

 

30 of all fitness exercises

 

Expectations

  1. Did they remember to bow coming into the classroom, and did they find me and bow- both

  2. Do they have their uniform on and tied properly 

  3. How do they treat other students?

  4. On the basics, are they sharp and crisp or just going through the motions? 

  5. Stances: are they able to get into the proper stance and auto-correct themselves if they need to

  6. Have them show the difference between a front stance and a fighting stance

  7. Can they turn properly? This is the one that gets most students in the beginning. If they can get this, then they have the turns for most of the katas

  8. Kicks: do I see four distinct parts

  9. Are they reaching with the correct part of the foot for kicking

  10. Effort: how hard are they trying

  11. If they make a mistake, do you then work past it?

  12. Can they answer the required questions? -both white and yellow questions

  13. Expect to perform the test in a group, but know the katas to where you can do it without seeing another person. 

  14. Be disciplined during warm-up; no unnecessary talking, jumping, wiggling, or moving. 

  15. Hold onto your key chains during class.  

  16. Your KIAI’s should be decisive and powerful 

  17. You will be expected at some point to do your best kata for me without me counting. 

  18. Fitness is 30 across the board

  19. Each student will be expected to teach at least one section of the class. You come up with the exercises and keep going until Sensei relieves you. 

  20. Must have taught all 4 of the katas at least once to someone 

  21. Pass the written test

  22. Know 27 movements, zhinshi kata, H form 1 and H form 2 

 

$45- weapon- need to get bo staff

Student controls how fast they move to green 

 

https://total360gym.wixsite.com/karatestudio/copy-of-yellow-belt

Password:  8th Kyu

Green belts

Green belt 

Written exam 

 

Katas

Shiho hai 

Seisan

 

$45 need to get Tonfa’s

 

Testing only two times a year

 

Need to pass blue belt pre test to be invited

 

40 of all exercises

 

Point sparring starts 

 

1.        Be disciplined during warm-up, no unnecessary talking, jumping, wiggling, or moving. 

2.        Holding onto your key chains during class.  

3.        Your KIAI’s should be decisive and powerful 

4.        You will be expected at some point to do your best kata for me without me counting. 

5.        Fitness is 40 across the board

6.        You should be able to hold a move in kata for up to 60 seconds and pick up where you left off when the Sensei starts counting again. 

7.        Each student will be expected to teach at least one section of the class. You come up with the exercises and keep going until Sensei relieves you. 

8.        Must have taught all six of katas at least once to someone 

9.        Pass the written test

Questions for written test plus all the prevoius

What does kata mean?

What is the transmission of knowledge, and how does it happen? 

What are the common mistakes in 27 movements? 

What are common mistakes in Zhin Shi kota? 

 

What are common mistakes in the H form katas? 

 

Why do we have H Forms? 

 

The next two questions are open-ended. This means you have to think of an answer and write a few paragraphs explaining your answer. This can not be a one-word answer. There is no word count for these questions, but I expect to see thought in these questions.  

 

Explain karate as a ground fighting system- open-ended question

 

What does becoming a green belt mean to you?- open-ended question

 

1.  Reading -The Endless Quest by William Dometrich- Questions from the book

- How did Chito Ryu get to the US

- Why did W. Dometrich created the US Chito Ryu federation? 

-  Where is the US Federation housed or located? 

-  What was Hanshi Dometrich's first kata? 

 

2.  Where was Dr. Chitose born? 

 

3.  Explain the bunkai for Shi ho Hai 

 

4.  Who is the current head of the International Chito Ryu from Japan? 

 

5.  Trace the linage from O’ Sensei to Sensei Rodgers

 

Save your written exam

https://total360gym.wixsite.com/karatestudio/copy-of-green-belt

Password:  6th Kyu

Blue Belt

Kata

Nesis

 

Testing fee- $40 

 

Testing only once a year unless there are enough to split

 

Community event

 

50 of all exercises 

 

Expectations and additional test questions

 

Spar with sensei for 5 minutes

Blue belt warm ups

Community event

Read:

Art of War

Peaceful Warrior 

Karate do My way of life

Japanese commands

Synchronized karate

Historical genealogy of karate

Who created each kata and when

Weapons testing 

How has karate changed you?

Henshuho

Plus all previous questions

 

https://total360gym.wixsite.com/karatestudio/blue-belt

Passworld:  4th Kyu

Brown belt

 Katas

Rohai Sho

Rohai Dai 

 

Teach an entire class

Complete black belt checklist 

 

$100 testing fee

Weapon, certification, two black belts, and if hit five-year mark, white uniform

100 of all exercises

 

Spar with sensei for 15 minutes

 

Black belt checklist:

 

Daily class check: each class brown belts need to point north, determine where the first aide kicks are, and give the address of our class.

 

Study the Chito Ryu Japanese terminology provided on Google Classroom for the 1st dan black belt.

 

Learn the Showa in Japanese, and in each class, one of the brown belts will give it, and then they will pick a student to do the English Showa.

 

Belt tests- Students will come to the brown belts before requesting a belt test. This includes new students. Brown belts need to make sure students are ready.

 

Explain Rohai sho and Rohai Dai. Sensei will only demonstrate the katas to you, but will not explain the katas. You may use any method to get the information necessary to explain.

 

Complete a mock scenario-

Sensei will create a scenario for you. You will not only have to defend yourself, but you will need to mock call 911, explain what happened and defend your actions.

 

Contribute something meaningful to the studio, examples include writing down all the katas with explanations, recording all the katas, drawing basic movements, etc.

 

Sponsor a student: Each black belt applicant must have a blue belt student who must pass a brown belt test before you can take your black belt test. You must pick a student who you believe can pass the test, and work with them to get them to the point of passing a brown belt test.

 

Design and execute an entire class. Sensei will take the class to evaluate. You will need to validate your decisions and submit the lesson plan before the execution. Sensei will provide you with the lesson plan format.

 

Required reading: For each of these books, you will need to explain 5 concepts and why Sensei picked it as a black belt reading material

 

1. Book of Five rings

2. Karate-do: My Way of Life

3. Tao of Jeet Kune Do

4. Anatomy of martial arts

5. The Way to Black Belt: A comprehensive guide to rapid (Sensei will be reading as well)

6. Two books of your choice.

These explanations can be given to Sensei orally, in writing, or in any other manner that demonstrates the requirements.

 

Build a page for the website:

 

Oral presentation - each of these discussions will be 15 minutes each

What is mindfulness?

Discuss methods of correction

Discuss open-mindedness

Using the Ying and Yang, how does yoga or yoga principles help karate?

 

You must pick a time that works for you and Sensei. You may pick the location, coffee house, studio, etc.

 

The checklist must be completed before the written test. Once any black belt applicant has finished the checklist, Sensei will open up the written test.  Once any black belt applicant has submitted and passed the written portion of the black belt test, Sensei will open up the practical portion of the test and then set a date.

 

Plus all previous questions

https://total360gym.wixsite.com/karatestudio/brown-belt

Password:  2nd kyu

Black belt

1st Dan Black 

Rohai 

Bassai 

Chinto 

Need to take a student from white all the way through black to get 2nd degree

Silent katas 

 

Read 15 books on martial arts in various styles and arts

  • Students no longer pay for classes.

 

 

 

2nd dan black 

Tenshin 

Sochin 

Sanshi ryu

Need to take top two students to Kentucky to perform in of Hanshi

 

 

3rd dan 

Ryusan 

Kansuku

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