On the 8th October 2016 Stuart Dubois was initiated into the Shotokan Karate lodge, was passed on 11th February 2017, raised on 14th October 2018 and Installed as Worshipful Master on 14th December 2024. Stuart enjoys the challenge of presenting some of the longer sections of the ceremonies.
On the 25th April 2024 Stuart was Exalted into the Royal Arch at Cecil Chapter No. 449 in Hertfordshire.
Stuart has trained in Shotokan Karate on and off (mainly off) since 1992 when he started at Wolverhampton University Karate Club. He worked his way up through four gradings under the Karate Union of Great Britain to Green Belt (6th Kyu) in 1994, and can be seen here competing against London University.
After a break of a few years, Stuart re-started training at Strathclyde University Karate Club in 1998 where he re-took his Green Belt grading under the UK Traditional Karate Federation, and then progressed up to Brown Belt (3rd Kyu) in 2000 under Seijinkai Karate-Do Association.
After another longer break, Stuart re-started at Kings Cross Shotokan Karate Club in 2011, where he started right back at White Belt again, before progressing quickly back up to his third Green Belt (6th Kyu) (again!) under Seishinkai Shotokan Karate International.
Stuart has recently re-started training with his two daughters at Kamaete Schools of Traditional Shotokan Karate, where he has passed six gradings so far, and has now finally reached that elusive Black Belt!
Stuart has a Japanese wife and two young daughters. Stuart is learning Japanese language in an attempt to discover what his family is really saying about him.
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