Jonathan has been a Combat Teacher, Fight director and historical consultant since 1993. Teaching at top drama programs in London during that time, Jonathan currently teaches combat at The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art where he has taught for 20 years and The Guildhall School of Music and Drama since 1994 and Rutgers University BA/MA students at The Globe in London since 1998. He also regularly teaches in Italy and Mexico. His work has involved him in television drama, documentary and commercials, for film and for the stage, with over 80 professional credits including work for Cheek By Jowl, The National Theatre, The Chichester Festival Theatre, the English Touring Theatre, Oxford Stage Company/Headlong, The Young Vic, Shakespeare’s Globe, including  Mark Rylance’s Richard III recently on Broadway. Mischief Theatres The Play That Goes Wrong and A Comedy About A Bank Robbery.
 
Jonathan is a researcher of historical cultures, behaviours and combative practices, following in the footsteps of his father, also a researcher and practitioner, as well as a Fight director and teacher. Jonathan is an archer and has ridden and fought with the weapons and armour of many periods and contributing research to the Royal Armouries Museums and the Mary Rose Trust. His skills and knowledge and lead to him working, lecturing and teaching Historical combat styles across Europe, Japan and the USA and has had his research published.