Karen Patterson

Purple Belt

Coach Karen is the head instructor for Gracie Barra Flagstaff’s Women’s Self-Defense program, which is a  program designed to meet the specific learning needs of women who want to start Jiu-Jitsu.   Coach Karen’s classes combine a comprehensive self-defense curriculum with the sports aspects of jiu-jitsu. Coach Karen started training with Professor Goldberg and Sons in 2016 at the age of 19.  She wrestled in junior high and high school.  In high school, she competed in folk style, freestyle, and Greco- Roman wrestling.  Coach Karen assisted in teaching the kid’s wrestling program.  Coach Karen currently co-teaches the Kids Program and has done so since she was a blue belt in 2019.