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ARE YOU CONSIDERING MAKING
YOURSELF OR YOUR CHILD A MEMBER
OF THE MKTC TEAM?
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"My
daughter was aggressive and I
had some reserves about her
taking karate but she has
channeled this aggression and is
more confident with herself and
is comfortable walking away from
a confrontation. The instructors
have helped her to improve and
to be the best she can be. I
also have a son who is more of a
quiet person. Karate has given
him more confidence and he now
is more able to express himself.
He loves karate and the
instructors."
Kim
Villars - R.N. |
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JOE
DUPAQUIER
Head
Instructor
7th
degree Black
Belt
Tae Kwon Do
4th degree
Black Belt
(Yondan)
Okinawan
Kobudo |
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Joe Dupaquier grew
up in Mandeville,
LA. He graduated
from
Mandeville High
School in 1980,
and began training
in Tae Kwon Do in
1981 while attending
Louisiana Tech
University. He
received his 1st
degree black belt
from
Dr David Jordan
while attending
Louisiana Tech
University in
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December of 1983. He
graduated from Tech in May
of 1984 and returned home to
Mandeville to pursue his
dream of becoming an
architect.
After three months of
working for an architectural
firm and searching the area
for a new place to practice
his karate, he followed the
advice of his instructor,
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contacted Mandeville
High School and
began teaching
karate through the
Continuing Education
Department in
September of 1984.
And so was born, the
Mandeville Karate
Training Center.
Mr. Dupaquier is a
certified United
States Karate
Alliance (USKA)
instructor. He
received his 2nd
degree black belt in
1985, 3rd degree in
1987, 4th degree in
1990 after winning
both the National
Point and World
Light Weight
Sparring titles, 5th
degree on a Saturday
in July and on
Sunday won the most
prestigious title in
the world by winning
the World Black Belt
Grand Champion Title
where he fought
other black belt
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class winners who outweighed
him by as much as 80lbs! At
the 1999 National
Championships, in
Albuquerque, New Mexico, he
was promoted to 6th degree,
after 5 of his 13 students
in attendance won National
Titles.
He is currently the Regional
Representative for the
United States Karate |
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Alliance and
oversees all
tournaments,
activities, and
promotions in a 5
state area.
Although Mr.
Dupaquier has an
impressive
competition record
which includes:
22 individual
World titles; 9
sparring, 9 forms, 4
weapons, as well as
winning 5 team
titles while on the
US team
12 National
titles; 7
sparring, 3 forms, 2
weapons, 3 grand
championships
(sparring)
11 National Point
titles; 3
sparring, 4 forms, 4
weapons
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24 Louisiana State
titles; 5 sparring, 10
forms, 9 weapons, 5 grand
championships (sparring), 2
grand championships (forms)
23 Individual Louisiana
State Point titles; 11
sparring, 6 forms, 6 weapons
...he has, in recent years,
been concentrating on his
teaching abilities as well
as the growth of the
Mandeville Karate team. In
1995, Mandeville Karate won
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its first ever
National Team
Championship. In
1997-1999,
Mandeville Karate
was again named
National Team
Champions, and Mr.
Dupaquier was named
1997's "Instructor
of the Year".
Mandeville Karate
and Mr. Dupaquier
both repeated in
1998 and 1999.
In 1997, Mr.
Dupaquier began
expanding his weapons
knowledge by
training at various
IKKF seminars and
events as well as
spending time at
IKKF Headquarters
training with 9th
degree black belt,
C. Bruce Heilman a
student of
Master Seikichi Odo
of Okinawa, Japan, a 10th degree
black belt in
Karate & Kobudo
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On
January 26th, 2002
Mr. Dupaquier
received his weapons
certification (Shodan in
Kobudo) by completing
testing on bo, sai, tunfa,
and nunchaku. In 2004 He
tested for and recieved his
2nd degee (Nidan) in weapons
and in July in
2006 earned his Sandan, 3rd
degree weapons black belt.
In June of 2009, he
accomplished his 4th
degree in weapons as
well as his Renshi,
Weapons Teaching
License, which
included in-depth
knowledge of kama,
nunte-bo, and
tekkos. He has recently aded
the study of eiku
(Okinawan oar).
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QUESTIONS?
We'd love the
opportunity to answer
them. Please give us a
call at:
985-626-7608
or click
HERE to contact
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upcoming
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TRAINING AIDS |
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All techniques,
forms, and
one-steps
necessary for
advancement to
each belt rank.
Many of the
requirements
have an
accompanying
movie file. |
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TAE KWON DO
LINKS |
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Links to the
United States
Karate Alliance,
national
rankings, Tae
Kwon Do friends
and affiliates,
and Tae Kwon Do
humor. |
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