When not obsessing about aviation either for work or fun, I'm a keen martial artist with a 3rd Dan black belt in Jiu Jitsu and often travel around the UK and occasionally abroad to train or teach. Occasionally I fly myself there. When I'm working abroad I quite often take a gi and grab an opportunity to train in a local dojo.
I first had a flying lesson at 19, but first walked into a dojo at 18.
The first book I published was on flying, the second will probably be on Jiu Jitsu.
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