Personal Trainer and Judo Martial Artist

Founder Jon Paul is a Guinness World Record Holder, filmmaker, martial artist, and two-time U.S. Judo National Champion. He is the owner of Body and Way of Life Fitness and is a Certified Personal Trainer (CPT), a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) with the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA), and a Judo 4th degree black belt in Judo. He has been training clients for over 16 years now in both fitness and martial arts training. He is also the creator and lead actor of his martial arts action/drama short film Dojo, which holds the world-record for the most awards won by a live-action fictional short film.

Jon’s trainings consist of a combination of fitness and self-defense/martial arts training. He utilizes his background in boxing, kickboxing, judo, and jiujitsu to have the client experience a unique style of training. He has experience in strength training, toning, hypertrophy, muscle building, circuit training, weight loss, aerobic and anaerobic training. As part of his international competition and training, he has traveled to various international countries such as Japan, Korea, Germany, Brazil, Italy, and Morocco, among many others. Traveling to Japan many times for training has been one of the many places where he has improved his self as a spiritual being through self-discovery and to connect the mind, body, and soul together as one.

Through Judo, he has gone through many journeys where he has learned the true principals about the philosophy behind the martial art and has challenged himself to grow. As of now, Jon’s accomplishments include being a two-time judo national champion, a two-time world team member with USA judo, a multi-world cup medalist, and 9th place at the Judo World Championships. 

He is very passionate about training clients, building relationships with them, and helping everyone I train to be the best version of themselves. He trains with purpose and uses creativity in his craft to not only better himself, but to better assist his clients to reach their full maximum capacity.