Budokon: Asian Martial Arts Meet German Engineering

Perhaps it’s just that Geezer hasn’t spent enough time in L.A. Or perhaps Cameron Shayne, creator of the  bizarre and inspirational physical discipline known as Budokon, has spent too much time in L.A. In any case, Geezer finds Shayne’s description of Budokon as “the Porsche of fusion fitness” to be a curious choice of words for a holistic mind/body workout. Whatever. L.A. Times writer Merrill Balassone is totally sold on the workout, which she describes as a combination of meditation, yoga, and the martial arts. Closer inspection of Balassone’s piece reveals that Budokon is a combination of combinations, pulling together all forms of hatha yoga, and throwing in Brazilian jujitsu, tae kwon do and Okinawa karate do. If pressed, Geezer will admit that 75 minutes of any physical activity with an instructor who looks like the woman photographed for this story does sound intriguing, but a small voice from his New England upbringing wants to know why he can’t just wait for it to start snowing and run up a mountain. To learn more about Budokon, click here.