When Jerry Marshall, 50, of Mauriceville made an agreement with his three sons that he would join the Vidor Taekwondo academy if all three boys earned their black belts, his sons never thought he would actually go through with it.
“I thought he was just talking,” Nathan Marshall said.
Nathan, Justin and Luke Marshall started Taekwondo training in 2006 and were black belts within two years.
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