Nick Hughes Quick Bio
Author Nick Hughes is a former French Foreign Legionnaire who lived and worked around the world as a bodyguard. His clients included members of the Saudi Royal Family, rock stars, actors, and businessmen.
Martial Arts Background
He is a renowned martial artist who has black belts in just about any art you can get a black belt in. These include but are not limited to Aikido, Judo, Ju-jutsu, Goju, and Shito-Ryu karate. He holds instructor certification in unarmed combat, WWII Combatives, and Violent Patient Management. He also practices Filipino martial arts, has boxed professionally, and kick-boxed at an amateur level.
Taken in the Legion’s internal bureau of security and operations center.
Author
He has written articles for various publications, most notably the amazing “Fighting Arts International” and has been interviewed on various radio and TV shows around the world. He appeared on Spike TVs’ “Deadliest Warrior” in the penultimate episode representing the French Foreign Legion. Finally, he was a featured instructor with the now-defunct Paladin Press, where he had a series on French Foreign Legion unarmed combat.
Experience
As a martial artist, he is most famous for his practical experience. At age 16, he began working on the door of a particularly rough club. It was deemed rough because it was the city’s only strip club. That meant it had an all-male clientele and large groups turned up to celebrate someone getting married. During 6 years on the doors averaging 4 fights a night, it provided him with insights few others have. It was literally a test lab into what really works when it comes to violence and a lot of that experience was against multiple opponents.
Goals
He has a goal to teach half a million people self-defense before casting off his mortal coil through classes, seminars, DVDs, online courses, and books. His personal theory is that if everyone in his community learned self-defense, the crime rate would be almost non-existent.
Currently
He currently teaches Warriors Krav Maga in Huntersville, NC. When not at the school, he travels the US teaching seminars for martial artists, corporations on dealing with Active Shooters, and Executive Travel Security and law enforcement departments Dignitary Protection as well as Defensive Tactics.
