Report: Symphony Of Destruction - MEGADETH's Dave Mustaine Talks Martial Arts
December 23, 2009, 14 years ago
Fight! Magazine has issued the following report from Bear Frazer:
Playing guitar made Dave Mustaine rich and famous but he credits martial arts with saving his life. Studying different fighting techniques since he was 12-years-old, he climbed up the ranks to earning a first degree black belt in Ukidokan Karate under Benny “The Jet” Urquidez and a black belt in Taekwondo. In 2007, Mustaine became a Goodwill Ambassador to the World Taekwondo Federation in Seoul, South Korea and was awarded honorary 4th Dan certificate in the discipline.
Although the 48-year-old front man for iconic metal band MEGADETH has a stacked fighting and musical resume, he is also an avid MMA enthusiast as he performed at Affliction’s premiere event Banned and attends events like UFC 104: Machida vs. Shogun this past October, where he, like everyone else, thinks Shogun got robbed.
Q: So martial arts saved your life?
A: "It totally did. As corny as this sounds, I get a lot of my strength from what I’ve been taught in my life. I learned it because I was alone in the world and nobody was there to protect me or to take care of me. My Dad was gone and my Mom couldn’t do it, and my brother-in-laws were my brother-in-laws. They weren’t my Dad and I was alone, and it helped me and I draw on that all the time."
Read the full report at this location.
