Apparently those peace-loving Swedes are more butt-kicking than anyone ever suspected ...
So much so that they actually have a national taekwondo team. And that team is coming to Laguna Niguel this weekend to train at Jimmy Kim's Taekwondo Center Saturday and Sunday, from 8-10 a.m.
The 25-person-strong Swedish squad and its coach, Niklas Andersson, are specifically coming to train for competing in the U.S. Open Taekwondo Championships, set to go off in Las Vegas next week. It's one of the international Taekwondo tournaments where most elite-level athletes, world champs and Olympians compete.
Unfortunately the public isn't invited to watch -- hey, they're busy training -- but if you hang outside afterwards, maybe you can ask them what their favorite ABBA song, meatball flavor, or easy-to-assemble piece of home furnishing is ...
