BIOGRAPHIES

President
Master Joseph Cariati, 8th Dan
Head Instructor and Examiner of the Woodbridge TaeKwon-Do Group

Joe Cariati is presently ranked 8th Degree Black Belt in Taekwon-Do. He began his training in martial arts in 1972 and has been teaching since 1979. In 1982, Mr. Cariati began teaching on his own, thus creating Woodbridge ITF Taekwon-Do.

Mr. Cariati became an International Instructor with the promotion to 4th Degree Black Belt early in 1991. He is also certified as an International Instructor and Examiner. He has travelled to many places around the world with the Founder of Taekwon-Do, Gen Choi Hong Hi, and continues to spread the art of Taekwon-do around the world.

His drive to promote the art of Taekwon-Do has led him to become one of the leaders in Canada's most successful Taekwon-Do schools.

Master Cariati was promoted to the rank of 8th Degree in March, 2007.

Executive Vice President
Master Craig Stanley, 8th Dan

Craig Stanley started his TKD journey in Northern British Columbia, Canada, in 1980. He received his 1st degree black belt in 1985 after moving to Edmonton Alberta. Here, he established the Phoenix Taekwon-Do Clubs and today leads over 1000 students of all ages located in 7 different club locations. During his competitive years Master Stanley managed to maintain dominance in the Alberta Provincial scene by winning double gold in his weight and belt divisions for 5 years in a row. He duplicated this feat in the Western Canadian Championships for the same 5 years.

Master Stanley organized, funded, and participated in the creation of the Legacy series of instructional products over seen by General Choi. The week spent filming the series in Banff, Alberta was definitely a highlight of his journey in TKD. He continues to ensure that the General's Legacy continues even today.

Master Stanley was promoted to the rank of 8th degree in June 2009.

Vice President of Administration
Technical Committee Chairman
Grandmaster Richard Parris, 9th Dan

After emigrating from Barbados in 1970, Richard Parris had the rare opportunity to meet one of the pioneers of Taekwon-Do, Grand Master Park Jong Soo, and was invited to train under his guidance in 1971, thus beginning his lifelong career in martial arts.

In 1982, Master Parris was promoted to the rank of International Instructor when he earned his 4th degree. He was recognized twice by the Province of Ontario to be honoured with the most outstanding achievement award for an athlete. Master Parris is a 5 time Canadian National Champion and a 4 time North American Champion. He competed in the 4th World Taekwon-Do Championships (1984) in Glasgow, Scotland, as a member and Vice Captain of the Canadian Team, earning 1st place and bringing home the Gold medal. He traveled throughout Europe and the Mediterranean with Grand Master Park. He has been inducted into both the North American Martial Arts Hall of Fame and the Taekwon-Do Hall of Fame. Master Parris currently runs a successful Taekwon-Do school in Mississauga, Ontario.

Master Parris was promoted to 9th Degree Grandmaster in June, 2008

Secretary General

Esther Sucre, 6th Dan

Ms. Sucre began training in Taekwon-Do in Venezuela, her native country, at the age of 6 and has been a practitioner ever since.  While in Venezuela, Ms. Sucre competed in many National and International events, and was Venezuelan National Champion for 4 consecutive years. 


After moving to Canada in 1992, Ms. Sucre continued training under Grand Master Park Jong Soo and then under the leadership of Kwan Jang Nim Cariati, VIII Dan.  Ms. Sucre is an Instructor and a member of the Technical Committee for the Woodbridge Taekwon-Do group.  She continues to compete in tournaments regionally, nationally and internationally.


Treasurer

Master Vivian Rocca, 7th Dan

Vivian began her training with Master Cariati in the 1980s and has been active with the Woodbridge Taekwon-Do group ever since. She started teaching at the advancement of her first Dan and has enjoyed promoting the art of Taekwon-Do to numerous students throughout her many years in the field.

Vivian has advanced through many different job positions in her nearly 20 year career at Bruno's Fine Foods. Her current expertise in the Accounts Payable department is a definite asset to her role in our organization.

Breaking Committee Chairman
Mr. Don Stacey, 6th Dan

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Marketing Committee Chairman
Mrs. Mary Caputi

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Ethics Committee Chariman
Sparring Committee Chairman
Master Dan Simard, 8th Dan

Master Simard began training in martial arts at the age of five. He has had a long and successful career with many accomplishments including: 

• "World Champion" (Athens Greece 1987)
• "World Champion" (Barcelona Spain 2003)
• 8 times Canadian Champion
• 2 times Pan-American Champion
• He retired Undefeated North-American Champion in five weight divisions

His hobbies include playing guitar & harmonica and mountain biking. He trains and still races on the World Mountain Bike series

Master Simard teaches comprehensive sparring seminars which cover:

• Preparing your training
• Proper warm-up techniques
• Conditioning
• Kicking and Punching Drills
• Combinations
• Attacking Techniques
• Counter-attacking Techniques
• Strategy
• Traditional and Olympic Styles of Sparring.
• And much more...
  

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Mr. Henry's martial arts career began with Kung-Fu in 1985. After moving to Canada in 1991, he started Taekwon-Do at one of the first community centres run by the Woodbridge Taekwon-Do Group. He has taught for over 14 years at various community schools throughout the city of Toronto. In 2000 he started Swar Taekwon-Do in Caledon, east Ontario. Among his most memorable memories in Taekwon-Do are meeting and performing for General Choi Hon Hi on several occasions.

Mr. Henry is a multi-medal winner in Ontario local tournaments including:

- Silver medal in Sparring bronze medal in pattern 1995 Ontario championship

- 97 Canadian sparring champion

- Silver medalist in IBBC championship, in 2000

- 2003 Ontario championship in Woodstock gold medal winner in pattern and sparring

- Taekwon-do 50th anniversary champion 4th to 6th Dan sparring and pattern 2004

- Chi Taekwon-Do tournament in Florida gold medal winner in pattern and sparring 4th to 6th Dan.

Mr. Henry is currently a technical advisor and the sparring chairman for the Woodbridge Taekwon-do Group.

Wellness Committee Chairman
Master Ryan MacEachern, 7th Dan

Ryan MacEachern began his journey in Taekwon-Do in 1983 under the Instruction of Master Yeong Chol Rhee (ITF), Mr.Philip Hollohan (independent), and furthered his education under Master Joseph Cariati VIII Dan.(ITF, ICTF) He has competed in WTF, ITF and open TKD tournaments, and has been a member of Woodbridge Taekwon Do since 1998. He is part of the Membership and Wellness committee for WBTKDG. Ryan began Tecumseh Taekwon Do in 1998 and is a Supervising Instructor for the Southwestern Ontario Section Of Woodbridge Taekwon Do Group.
He currently works as a Exercise Therapist at Advanced Rehabilitation Centre in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. His training philosophy is to combine Taekwon Do, Anatomy and Physiology, Kinesiology, core stability, and therapeutic Exercises. He also wishes to promote the importance of moral culture, physical fitness, and a strong united group to make a better positive world.