INSTRUCTOR JENN CAMPO

Coach Jenn came to SPAR at the perfect time just as we were looking to expand our women’s self-defense program. Our women’s program was something we felt was such an important component to add because in reality, women are generally the most likely targets of violence. Coach Jenn has a background training in Krav Maga, Muay Thai, Kali, and Jiu-Jitsu. She has several years of martial arts instructor experience. She is the perfect combo of fun and fierce that the women coming to SPAR need!

Coach Jenn is also a speech therapist. She works at a school that services kids with severe special needs. She can even read lips and knows sign language! Coach Jenn is SCIP (Strategies of Crisis Intervention and Prevention) as well as CPR certified. Jenn knows firsthand how imperative it is to be able to defend yourself at any given moment. She faces these challenges daily in her job. What is unique about her school situation is that she must be vigilant and rely mostly on awareness and perception vs. using her Krav Maga skills. She’s always on her toes anticipating and reading situations depending on her real world sense of disarming situations before they get out of hand. These skills are some of the most critical components to women’s self-defense especially. So many confrontations can be avoided through proper awareness and avoidance of situations. Coach Jenn does an incredible job conveying these skills to our women at SPAR.

Coach Jenn has a true passion for helping others as a teacher at both her jobs as well as in her free time. Jenn is part of The Big Sister Program in Buffalo. She is a great role model for young women. She is smart, strong, independent and beautiful inside and out! She also runs a half marathon for Hospice every year in honor of her mother. One thing we know for sure is that Jenn’s mom would be incredibly proud of her daughter today! We couldn’t be more proud of her as well!