Last updated on .From the section Taekwondo'I turned having one arm into an advantage' - para taekwondo champion BushMatt Bush's journey to the top of Para-taekwondo has been far from direct. The 32-year-old tried football, rugby, tennis, golf, jiu-jitsu, mixed martial arts, javelin and shot put before he eventually made history in taekwondo. In 2019, he became Britain's first male world Para-taekwondo champion. Pembrokeshire's Matt Bush became Britain's first male taekwondo world champion in February 2019"The first jiu-jitsu academy I went to basically told me not to bother. A long-standing interest in mixed martial arts resulted in him turning to Para-taekwondo, which is to be included in the Paralympics for the first time at Tokyo 2020.

Source: BBC March 29, 2021 11:48 UTC