Soldiers take Taekwondo home to South Korea for World Games

 Soldiers on the U.S. Armed Forces Taekwondo team are preparing to compete in the ancestral home of their martial art as they train for the Military World Games in South Korea.

About 7,000 athletes from more than 100 nations are scheduled to participate in the 6th Conseil International du Sport Militaire, or CISM World Games, in Mungyeong, South Korea, Oct. 2-11. The United States will field teams in 16 sports ranging from track and field to soccer, basketball and martial arts.

U.S. Taekwondo coach Staff Sgt. Jonathan Fennel said the host team will have a marked advantage this year in this sport.

"They're going to make it one of their headlined sports, because it's their national pastime," he said.

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