Dr. Dupré was born in March 29th, 1954, and is into the Martial Arts
since 1962 when, at the age of 8 years old,
he started Judo with Master Taruo Shinzawa, graduating
as1st Dan in 1969. In 1967, he started
Shotokan Karate (JKA), graduating as 1st Dan with
Master Hidetaka Nishiyama in 1970.
In 1968 he started Taekwon-Do, and in 1969
he started training with Master Lee Kwan Young,
discíple
of General Choi Hong Hi and ITF Representative for
France at that time, graduating as 1st Dan
in 1972. When Master Lee migrated to the WTF,
Dr. Dupré stayed in the ITF.
Since then, he trained with several ITF Masters and
participated in numeorus Seminars ministered
by General
Choi, graduating as 6th Dan in 1997.
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In 1975 Dr. Dupré
started Hapkido training, graduating in 1979 with Grand
Master Myung Jae Nam. Actually,
he is a Hapkido 6th Dan,
graduated in Korea, in 2005.
As a competitor, Sa Bom Nim Dupré participated
in numerous Judo, Karate, Full-contact and Taekwon-Do
competitions, from 1966 to 1982, capturing the Junior
Judo National Championship in 1967, a Junior
Karate Regional Championship in 1969, several
Regional Taekwon-Do Championships (French and European), and was ranked among the 5 feather weigth contenders in the French AFFC (pre-ISKA Full Contact organisation) in
1978-80'.
As an Instructor, he teaches since 1972, having
disciples in 9 countries, and was the ITF Oficial Representative for
France and Luxembourg (1986-1991), among other responsibilities.
At the end of 1991, Dr. Dupré moved permanently
to Brazil, where he is being dedicating his time
to his scientific research and business activities, and to Martial Arts teaching.
Today, Dr. Dupré is working in the TechGate
Project to standardize, make public and teach traditional aspects
of the Korean Martial heritage, from which Taekwon-Do
and Hapkido were developed, or were complementary to those ancient Martial Arts form Korea and the Orient (as Keupso Chirigui, Hanbang for body conditioning, for example).
This site is part of his strategy, and is the consequence
of more than 40 years of uninterrupted,
physical and intellectual dedication to the Martial
Arts study.
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Dr.
Dupré has degrees
in Agronomical Engineering (1977) and Biology, with a Major in Genetics & Plant Biology (1978),
a Master of Science in Quantitative Genetics and
Forest Dynamics (1981), a Master of Science in Agroecology
(1984), and a Doctorate degree in Natural Resources
Management (1989).
He specialized in Genetic and Population Dynamics, Bioinformatics and Mathematics applied to Systems Modeling, and Geographic Information Systems software development applied to Ecosystems Modelling, Monitoring, Management and Conservation.
He worked as a consultant for international scientific and development
cooperation projects (World Bank, European Commission,
German KfW/GTZ, and other European and Canadian cooperation
institutions) in several Latin American, African and
Southeast Asian countries.
Today, he owns a company in Luxembourg (since 1985), specialized in environmental
hydrology and ecosystems conservation, and
a company in Brazil (since 1995), working on natural resources research, management and conservation, with braches in Brazil, Peru, Luxembourg and Angola
(http://www.ecosconsult.com.br).
He is also the founder of Instituto Ecos,
a Brazilian institution working on Research & Development
of critical geospatial technology and
software, for Government (natural resources monitoring) and Defense (remote surveillance and information spatial intelligence) sectors (http://www.institutoecos.org.br). |
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