Jon Taylor is the owner of Republic Warrior Sports(RWS) and was a competitor on Season 8 of American Ninja Warrior as well as a 2-time UNAA WNAG world champion!! He is a NASM certified Personal Trainer, UNAA certified ninja coach, P90X certified trainer, Insanity certified trainer, NASM Youth Fitness Specialist, NASM Golf Fitness Specialist, plus a Level 2 WFPF Freerunning/Parkour Trainer. Jon is very passionate about our sport of Ninja Warrior/OCR and overall fitness and strives to inspire youth and adults to get active and healthy while having fun! His goal with Republic Warrior Sports is to provide a positive, clean and fun gym that will help to train and build the next generation of Ninja Warrior and OCR athletes! RWS also provides an outstanding venue for Ninja Birthday Parties and Group Events!

Jon was born and raised in Springfield, and now resides with his wife Hilary, and two daughters Ashlyn and Isabella here in Republic. He is a Drury business school graduate and fitness fanatic, as you can tell from all his certifications. Jon has a background in bodybuilding but prefers now to focus on functional and dynamic fitness like Ninja Warrior and Obstacle Course Racing. When he is not competing in Ninja Warrior and OCR events, he also enjoys spending his limited free time with his family, playing golf and going snow skiing annually. His athletic background includes high school cross-country, golf and basketball plus baseball, football, track and skateboarding growing up.