Life Ki-do was founded by Jonathan Hewitt and his wife Lana Hewitt. Life Ki-do was born out of Jonathan’s personal quest to find inner happiness, peace, and fulfillment. As a child, he was an ardent follower of what he now calls the American Happiness Formula: Look Good + Perform Well + Get Approval = Happiness. But this path never added up to the happiness he sought, leaving him feeling frustrated, empty and determined to find answers.

 

With a degree in psychology from Emory University, and 25 years in intensive study and training in meditation, mindfulness and martial arts, Jonathan eventually found within himself everything he was looking for from others. Wanting to share what he had discovered, Jonathan distilled all that he had learned into a concise, simple, and relevant life skill system for today’s world. Lana Hewitt also has many years of study in meditation and mindfulness as well as a background in design and marketing helping to bring the work of Life Ki-do to light.

 

For more than 27 years, Jonathan has taught martial arts and life education to thousands of children ages 3 - Adult at his Life Ki-do Martial Arts Academies in Austin Westlake and Lakeway Texas. While Life Ki-do began as a martial arts program for children, it has always been the life skills that have been the main attraction. Children love Life Ki-do karate classes because they feel so good about themselves; and parents love that they can see real and deep positive transformations in their children.

 

With parents constantly asking for more information about how they could reinforce at home what their children were learning in Life Ki-do classes, Jonathan and Lana have written a parenting book, Life Ki-do Parenting: Tools to Raise Happy, Confident Kids from the Inside Out . Life Ki-do has also expanded into both public and private academic schools.