WHAT IT TAKES... TO BE A MARTIAL ARTS MASTER
Apr 24, 2020
4 minutes
Words Rob Kemp
Born and raised just a few miles from London’s Olympic Stadium, Lutalo Muhammad’s love of taekwondo began aged three. His father, Wayne, passed on his experience in martial arts and the protégé soon showed his own eye-catching ability.
In 2011, Muhammad junior took part in the ‘Fighting Chance’ talent identification programme and was selected to join the GB Academy. Within a year he’d won a European title, and he was on the podium at the London Olympics, having secured a bronze in the under 80kg category. The Walthamstow-born athlete followed that up with another podium place at the European Games in Baku three years later, and
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