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Ronnie James Hughes as "Bishop"

Ronnie is a former PTI (Physical Training Instructor) of Her Majesties Royal Navy PT specialist branch. He passed top of his class with highest honors and served over a decade for his country. During this time he trained personnel ranging from Royal Marines & Commanding Officers through to new recruits & civilians worldwide.

Ronnie is an Instructor of both Gracie Jiu Jitsu & Israeli Krav Maga having trained in Israel (with Yigal Arbriv), Poland (with Krzysztof Sawicki), UK and the United States under the tutelage of some of the world’s top black belts of Krav Maga. He received his Krav Maga instructors diploma from the highest ranking Krav Maga instructor in the world Grandmaster Haim Gidon (10th Dan) of the Israeli Krav Maga Association.

Ronnie regularly trains with his instructors, mentors & some of the top practitioners of Israeli Krav Maga in the world, Mr David Kahn, in NYC and Mr. Rick Blitstein in Miami.He has had the highest honor & privilege of training under members of the Gracie Jiu-jitsu family, Rener & Ryron Gracie at the Gracie Academy HQ in Torrance, California where he gained his certification as a Gracie Jiu Jitsu Instructor in Combatives, Bullyproof (kids self defense) & Gracie Survival Tactics for military & law enforcement personnel.

A keen advocate of psychological motivation he is a certified practitioner of NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) and CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Training).Says Ronnie, "Hugely proud and honored to be working on such a fun and amazing project with a great team and looking forward to the end result.”

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