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December 3, 2015

It’s Cool Because Steven Seagal Will Be Training Serbia’s Special Forces

Steven Seagal has impressed Serbia with his on-screen Aikido abilities and they're now asking him to train their forces.
U.S. actor Steven Seagal speaks to the media at a news conference in Moscow June 2, 2013. U.S. lawmakers on a mission to Russia said on Sunday they had found no evidence that an American intelligence error enabled the Boston bombings, but that closer cooperation between Washington and Moscow might have helped to thwart the attack, in which three people died and 264 were injured. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov (RUSSIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW ENTERTAINMENT) - RTX109KY

Steven Seagal has skills. He once even saved the world from a nuclear attack and those ruthless oil corporations. Remember? In the Hollywood blockbusters.

Sure, you may think that it’s ‘just the movies’, but the under Siege star has impressed Serbia and might be transferring his in screen abilities into real life by training Serbian special police forces Aikido, the Japanese martial art.

During a three-day visit to the country’s capital, Belgrade, the 63-year-old met with the country’s Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic, as well as the pro-Russian president, Tomislav Nikolic. The mayor of Belgrade had this to say:

When you have such a famous star coming to Serbia, who loves our country and our people, our desire is to have him back again.

Cute.

It is still unclear whether Segal will go ahead with the training or if he will have time to train the forces however, as he has a number of movies set to be released next year.

[source: independent]