The 82-year-old grandmother with a taekwondo black belt - BBC World Service

Eighty-two-year-old Salme Nummela from Finland started practicing taekwondo in her 70s after accompanying her grandchildren to lessons. Click here to subscribe to our channel 👉🏽 https://bbc.in/3VyyriM Salme says taking up the martial art has improved her fitness and memory. The grandmother has now gone onto become the oldest known person in the world to earn a black belt in the sport. For her next challenge she wants to take up parachuting... Go Salme! Video by Erika Benke. Check out more awesome women creating change here:    • Awesome women creating change   ---------------- This is the official BBC World Service YouTube channel. If you like what we do, you can also find us here: Instagram 👉🏽   / bbcworldservice   Twitter 👉🏽   / bbcworldservice   Facebook 👉🏽   / bbcworldservice   BBC World Service website 👉🏽 https://www.bbc.co.uk/worldserviceradio Thanks for watching and subscribing! #BBCWorldService #WorldService