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Royal Military College Taekwondo Coach Named To FISU Team Staff

June 2011

Master Joel Ridley, head coach of the RMC Taekwondo team, has been named as an assistant coach with the Canadian FISU Taekwondo team.

The Toronto native will join Master Ashley Castaneda from Montreal, QC and Master Shin Wook Lim from Port Moody, BC on the coaching staff.

He will also be accompanied at this event by Officer-Cadet (OCdt) Jason Song from RMC. Originally from Vancouver, BC, Song will be one of nine Canadian athletes participating at this year's Games. The FISU team will compete at the 2011 World Universiade Games in Shenzhen, China from 12-23 August.

"We are very happy for Joel," said Darren Cates, RMC Director of Athletics. "This is a tremendous professional development opportunity, and it also brings great recognition to the RMC and to our taekwondo program".

Ridley has been the head coach of the RMC taekwondo team since 2006. He also served as head coach of the Canadian FISU team at the 11th World University Taekwondo Championships in Vigo, Spain in 2010.