Jud & Taygan Klinger

Hi there! We are Jud and Taygan Klinger, your head coaches at Patronus Jiu Jitsu. We met on the mats in 2016 and have shared a love of jiu jitsu ever since. Now we are living our wildest jiu jitsu dreams, getting to bring our love and passion for the sport to the members of our community. Stick around, get to know us better, and we’ll see you on the mats!

Jud has been a lifelong martial artist and competitor who started training at the age of 12 in Taekwon-Do, and holds a Third-Degree Black Belt with the International Taekwon-Do Federation. However, Jiu Jitsu has become his true passion, having now trained for over 10yrs. Jud is currently a brown belt under Professor Ryan Clark at Clark’s University of Martial Arts in Bend, OR. He is an active competitor and attends seminars regularly.

Taygan’s martial arts experience began in 2016 when she tried Brazilian Jiu Jitsu for the first time. She quickly fell in love with the sport and has been actively training ever since, with 8 years total training and over 5 years of experience coaching kids jiu jitsu classes. She is currently a purple belt under Professor Ryan Clark at Clark’s University of Martial Arts in Bend, OR. Taygan is an active competitor and attends seminars regularly.