In 2005 I was reunited with my first sensei, Louis Rabouin, who was serving a technical advisor and guest instructor at the United Alliance of Shotokan Karate in Bethlehem, PA. I learned from him that he and I were the only two dan ranked, living members remaining from the original Shuto Karate Club. As I watched him teach class I heard him using phrases that for years I thought were of my conjuring. But, they were not. They were his. I watched him demonstrate and explain techniques in a manner that I thought I had devised. But, I had not. He had. I realized that in all the years that had passed since I left the Shuto Karate Club, it had remained with me in my teaching methods though I had long forgotten their origin.

In 2007 Rabouin, Sensei and I decided not to let the heritage of the Shuto Karate Club fade away. He passed the club charter on to me and named me Chief Instructor of Shuto Karate Club.

The banner of Shuto Karate Club was taken from his hallway and placed where it belonged: in a karate school inspiring new students.