Jesse Ohliger -
Head Instructor
Head instructor Jesse Ohliger started his training in Jeet Kune Do (JKD) under Sifu Richard Torres of The Jeet Kune Do Martial Arts Institute in 1995 at age 13. He has over 20 years experience and became a fully certified instructor in 2010. Jesse is a third generation Bruce Lee student. The lineage goes as follows; Bruce Lee, Ted Wong, Richard Torres, Jesse Ohliger. Jesse has had the honor to travel around the United States and receive supplemental training by many of Bruce Lees’ original students including; Ted Wong, Taky Kimura, Steve Golden, Greglon Lee, Jesse Glover, Jerry Poteet, Leo Fong and Danny Inosanto.
Jesse holds a bachelor’s degree in nursing and works as a registered nurse in mental health for military veterans. He has extensive experience in acute psychiatric settings under high stress crisis situations where using developed skills in verbal de-escalation and personal safety is required. Jesse provides workplace violence prevention and management training to federal employees and serves as part of the code team for behavioral crisis situations in the hospital setting.
Jesse believes in a holistic approach to martial arts that include elements of mind, body and spirit. He enjoys his free time with his son Logan, exercising and training, and doing organic gardening. Jesse brings his martial arts, life and professional experience together to provide the best martial arts program to students of the NIRVANA JKD Society.