Keith Harry, from Northamptonshire, only took up the martial art about 10 years ago.
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Keith Harry, from Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, took on the challenge involving about 350 different moves at his local village hall."It is sometimes a bit of an effort to come out to do Taekwondo, but it's always worth it," he said.The 80-year-old was raising money for Alzheimer's Research UK and made about £800 through online sponsorship.
He said: "I love the exercise. It keeps me relatively fit, it helps me in all sorts of ways - it's cleared arthritis out of my knees for one thing.
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