Graham Kavanagh, of Dale Street, off Nunnery Lane, is a specialist exercise instructor and runs his own business, Graham Fit Personal Training.
As The Press reported at the time, Graham, now 51, was selected last year as the only person from York, to go to Thailand to train at the prestigious Buddhai Swan institute of swordsmanship in Ayutthaya.
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