We are going to file this one under the category of things that we never expected to happen, ever. It appears that Country Music legend, Willie Nelson, celebrated his 81st birthday by being bestowed the honor of a fifth-degree black belt. You read that correctly, THAT Willie Nelson is a fifth-degree black belt.
According to ABC News:
The country music icon who turns 81 this week received his fifth-degree black belt in the martial art of Gong Kwon Yu Sul on Monday night, parking his tour bus outside the Austin studio of his instructor who began teaching him two decades ago.
“I’m pretty healthy at 81. I think a lot of it has to do with the exercise that you do,” Nelson said. “I think martial arts is one of the best exercises you can do. Mentally, spiritually, physically, everything. I’m sure that’s helped.”
If anyone needed a reason to love Willie even more, we are happy to have been of service. Enjoy a few of the pictures from the event courtesy of the USA Today.
Willie getting his black belt pic.twitter.com/hVkdRytonE
— Willie Nelson (@willienelson) April 29, 2014
Master pic.twitter.com/LHghf7MIjR
— Willie Nelson (@willienelson) April 29, 2014
