Sensei Erika Beintrexler, COO

COO at Steve Sohn’s Jujitsu Concepts, Erika Beintrexler was born in Houston, Texas in 1982. Early on in life she moved around quite a bit before her family settled down in Eastchester, New York. Erika began taking Martial Arts when she was 14 years old and she began teaching Martial Arts at 15 years old when she became a certified Martial Arts Instructor. At 18 she became the youngest certified Krav Maga Instructor with only one other female in her Training class.

Throughout many of the various certification levels Erika would often be the only female in the training class being tested against men twice her size.

In addition to her physical accomplishments, Erika is well known in the International Martial Arts community for her administrative accomplishments. In 2002 Erika was the winner of the Administrative Excellence Award from the Martial Arts Association of America. In 2006 and 2008 she won the Outstanding Program Director Award from the Educational Funding Company, the world’s largest International Martial Arts billing company. In 2007 she won the Program Director of the Year Award from Krav Maga Worldwide – the International governing body of Krav Maga.

In 2009 Erika had the honor of having the unique distinction of being the only Program Director in the nation to receive Program Director awards four consecutive years when she was again awarded the 2009 Outstanding Program Director Award by the Educational Funding Company. For all awards Erika was chosen after a careful review of thousands of other Martial Arts schools’ Program Directors. Erika has also helped conduct business seminars with Sensei Steve Sohn at the International Martial Arts Summit in Nashville, Tennessee and Key Biscayne, Florida that were attended by thousands of Martial Artists from around the world.

In 2009 Erika Beintrexler became the 10th female Krav Maga Black Belt in the country at a time when there were less than 100 people, male and female who earned the distinguished honor of having earned the rank of Black Belt. She is honored to have been tested by Krav Maga Chief Instructor Darren Levine and Krav Maga Japan’s Chief Instructor Kokushi Matsumoto.

Certifications and Awards

• 2001 Earned Black Belt in Jujitsu
• 2001 Beacame a Krav Maga Certified Instructor
• 2002 Administrative Excellence Award – Martial Arts Association of America
• 2006 Outstanding Program Director Award – Educational Funding Company
• 2007 Program Director of the Year Award – Krav Maga Worldwide
• 2008 Outstanding Program Director Award – Educational Funding Company
• 2009 Outstanding Program Director Award – Educational Funding Company
• 2009 Earned Black Belt in Krav Maga – Tenth female to earn in the United States
• 2009 Earned Second Degree Black Belt in Jujitsu
• 2010 Outstanding Program Director Award – Educational Funding Company