MEGADETH - MUSTAINE HONOURED WITH TAEKWONDO TITLE

MUSTAINE HONOURED WITH TAEKWONDO TITLE

MEGADETH frontman DAVE MUSTAINE has become an unlikely goodwill ambassador for the World Taekwondo Foundation. The heavy rocker, who is an avid fan of the martial art, was given the title at the WTF's annual gala in Seoul, South Korea at the weekend (27Oct07). The thrilled star, who is a taekwondo black belt, says, "I cannot begin to explain what this means to me. Taekwondo is a great discipline. For me, it was one of the things that changed my life. "It helped me to eliminate a bad lifestyle of drug and alcoholism. It helped me to believe inside of myself and find the strength inside of myself that I never knew that I possessed." Mustaine maintains the martial art helped him combat a severe nerve injury to his left arm, which, in turn, led to him reforming Megadeth in 2004. It was a big weekend for Mustaine and Megadeth in Seoul - on Sunday (28Oct07), the band performed at the Olympic Hall in Olympic Park.