About Us

Serving the Community Since 1985

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Our Meaning

Enso is an ancient, international symbol of inner strength, harmony, community, and peace. It symbolizes a commitment to personal growth through body and mind balance, discipline, and practice. Enso comes from the Japanese language and literally means an "open" circle.

Our Mission

Enso Center is a non-profit organization 501(c)(3) with a mission to promote awareness, understanding, and harmony, internally, interpersonally, culturally, ecologically, and ideologically.

Enso Center encourages the growth of strong sustainable communities through the study of martial arts, nature, languages, literacy, communication and fine arts.

In our 20+ years of serving our community, we have given thousands of dollars in free membership to students in need, planted over 500 trees, donated use of our facility to community events, provided free self-defense seminars to youth organizations, donated funds to other non-profits and much, much more.

If you have a similar vision and would like to partner with us, please contact us. We’re happy to help our community

Enso Center

Our Instructors

Master Jason Mix

Jason Mix

Grand Master Jason Mix is a world-renowned teacher who has spent over 30 years teaching martial arts. He is the Program Director and Head Instructor at Enso Center.

Grand Master Jason Mix

Jason has trained over 200 black belts and taught seminars all over the world.

Jason is a senior student of the late Grand Master Kwang Sik Myung of the World Hapkido Federation. He was appointed as an instructor of Enso Center in accordance with the provisions of the World Hapkido Federation by Grand Master Myung in 1999.

Jason has a 9th Degree Black Belt in Hapkido, 8th Degree Black Belt in Shin Shim Do, and Tongji Do, 6th Degree Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do and 2nd Degree Black Belt in Aikido. He has 30+ years of training in the internal arts, including Tai Chi, Qi Gong, and Yoga.

As a founding Director of World Union Hapkido Jason regularly works with other martial arts teachers around the world.

In 1985 Grand Master Jason Mix and his mother, Master Susan Mix opened a school in Seattle with the help and support of his father, Master Bill Mix, and brother, Master Lucas Mix. This small school became the foundation for a network of schools throughout the Seattle Area, Eastern Washington, Oregon, Arizona, Idaho, California, Minnesota, Massachusetts, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Virginia, Maryland, Alaska, and Zimbabwe.

Grand Master Mix has touched the lives of thousands of people and stands out in the martial arts community for his work with a broad range of students, including families, seniors, and people with disabilities. He continues to both teach daily classes at Enso Center and seminars both here and all over the world.

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Susan Mix

Susan Mix

Master Susan Mix is one of the premier women Hapkido masters in the world and has 30 years of teaching experience,

Susan Mix

Susan has trained over 200 black belts and is renowned for her ability to inspire martial artists to become gifted teachers.

Due to a congenital condition, she required muscle transfers to reconstruct both knees. Within a few years of studying martial arts, her doctors were amazed by her newfound abilities. Her practice provided new joy and purpose in her life. She brings a unique insight in how to overcome limitations and continued to be an inspiration to many.

Susan has an 8th Degree Black Belt in Hapkido, Shin Shim Do, and Ki Won Do, 6th Degree Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do and 2nd Degree Black Belt in Aikido. She has 25+ years of training in the internal arts, including Tai Chi and Qi Gong.

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Bill Mix

Bill Mix

Master Bill Mix is a retired Social Worker who has devoted his life to helping others, whether through teaching martial arts or through his work at Child Protective Services.

Bill Mix

Bill has specialized in teaching "at-risk" youth and children with learning disabilities.

Bill's love of life and his boisterous personality, combined with his martial arts expertise have inspired countless others to reach their goals, both in martial arts and in life.

Bill has a 7th Degree Black Belt in Hapkido, 4th Degree Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do, and 1st Degree Black Belt in Aikido. His personal daily training includes Tai Chi and Qi Gong in addition to Hapkido.

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Lucas Mix

Lucas Mix

Master Lucas Mix has been teaching martial arts since 1986. He has studied evolutionary biology (Ph.D. Harvard) and divinity (MDiv, Church Divinity School of the Pacific) and is a priest in the Episcopal Church.

Lucas Mix

Lucas has worked as a pastor, a professor, and a researcher and currently serves as project coordinator for Equipping Christian Leadership in an Age of Science, a program that supports science informed theology for senior leaders and across the church in the UK.

Lucas has written multiple books, most recently an academic volume on the history of definitions of life.

Lucas has a 7th Degree Black Belt in Hapkido, a 5th Degree Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do and a 1st Degree Black Belt in Aikido. His personal daily training includes Tai Chi and Qi Gong.

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Matthew Amaral

Matthew Amaral

Matthew Amaral has been practicing martial arts for well over a decade, beginning at age 11. Matthew currently teaches the first of two daily Hapkido classes where his dynamic style of teaching resonates particularly well with our younger students.

Matthew Amaral

Matthew has been part of the summer camp program since 2008, first as a camper and now as a head instructor.

Matthew has a 4th Degree Black Belt in Hapkido and studies Tai Chi, Qi Gong, and Yoga as well.

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Chuck Daniel, Galina Lemke, and Robyn Christenson

Chuck Daniel, Galina Lemke and Robyn Christenson

Collectively Chuck, Galina, and Robyn teach our Adaptive Hapkido program, serving our special needs community for over 10 years and have brought several students to black belt.

Chuck Daniel, Galina Lemke, and Robyn Christenson

Chuck Daniel has over 20 years of martial arts experience. and has a 5th Degree Black Belt in Hapkido. Galina Lemke has been practicing martial arts since 2002 and has a 5th Degree Black Belt in Hapkido, 3rd Degree Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do, and a 1st Degree Black Belt in Aikido. Robyn Christenson has studied martial arts for well over a decade has a 3rd Degree Black Belt in Hapkido. All three have an additional 1st Degree Black Belt in Weapons.

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Max Livshetz

Max Livshetz

Max Livshetz currently teaches yoga at Enso Center. He has been studying yoga for over twenty years.




Max Livshetz

Max also has been practicing martial arts for decades and has a 3rd Degree Black Belt in Hapkido and a 1st Degree Black Belt in Tang Soo Do.

Max is a psychologist and has used his proficiency with languages to help Master Jason Mix in teaching seminars throughout the world and in hosting international seminars here.

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Tim Lemke

Tim Lemke

Tim Lemke began with archery as a child and has always loved the bow.




Tim Lemke

Since 2008 Tim has been working with and learning from Jay St. Charles, a friend and amazing bowyer and archer. Tim is a Level 2 Certified Archery instructor through USA Archery and the head archery instructor at Enso Center.

Tim has been a martial artist with Enso Center since 2000 and has a 5th Degree Black Belt in Hapkido, a 3rd Degree Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do and a 1st Degree Black Belt in Weapons. He has also been practicing Tai Chi and Qi Gong for over a decade. He also teaches our gun defense and safety seminars.

His dedication to martial arts often shows through in his classes, where intuitive archery is treated as a martial art and meditation.

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Beth, Dan and Rachel Lovitt

Beth, Dan and Rachel Lovitt

Beth and Dan Lovitt have been part of Enso Center since its inception and have been practicing martial arts for over 30 years. Rachel Lovitt has been practicing martial arts since before she could walk and has now practiced for over 20 years. Together, they currently teach martial arts and mindfulness for the Lake Washington School District.

Beth, Dan and Rachel Lovitt

Dan has a Ph.D. in Education for the University of Washington and has taught many instructor's seminars at Enso Center. He has a 4th Degree Black Belt in Hapkido, a 4th Degree Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do and has studied Tai Chi, and Qi Gong since 1995.

Beth is a certified Washington state teacher and teaches seminars on mindfulness to all ages. Beth has a 5th Degree Black Belt in Hapkido, 4th Degree Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do and is a practitioner of Tai Chi, and Qi Gong.

Rachel Lovitt graduated from Willamette University with a degree in Exercise Science and a minor in Psychology. She currently works as a personal Trainer and completes her 180-hour physical therapy internship, where she learned about injury prevention and rehabilitation. Rachel was a 3 year varsity gymnast at Redmond High School and now works as a volunteer coach there in addition to teaching gymnastics privately. She has a 4th Degree Black Belt in Hapkido and been the lead instructor at our Hapkido program in Willamette.

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Aria Mix & Isa Luanava

Aria Mix & Isa Luanava

Aria Mix has over ten years of experience in Gymnastics and Yoga. She has been an assistant instructor at Enso Center for over 3 years. Isa Luanava has many years of experience in Soccer and Yoga. She has been an assistant instructor at Enso Center for several years.

Aria Mix & Isa Luanava

Aria Mix has a 3rd Degree Black Belt in Hapkido.

Isa Luanava has a 1st Degree Black Belt in Hapkido.

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