New kinds of fitness appear every week and many of them come from America and if there is a quality symbol “checked up by Hollywood” on it the success guaranteed in advance. Budokon – the new kind of fitness and, according to founder, the whole philosophy of a life and movement. Budokon was born actually at Dream Factory.
Budokon unites thousand-year traditions of yoga, east fighting arts and meditation. Modern fitness evolved on higher level of development, The aspiration of achievement of spiritual balance, harmony with surrounding and private world has joined to the aspiration of possession of ideal body. Many stars of Hollywood suffer of actual shortage of this: the life under a steadfast sight of fans and the paparazzi quite often leads to nervous breakdowns and a mental exhaustion. No wonder, that Budokon has appeared in Hollywood.
The biggest fan of a new technique is Jennifer Aniston. According to many successful actors, models and sportsmen, Budokon has changed their life. Budokon is not religion, and purpose is not an enlightenment, it is art of a life or art to live, easier speaking – the integrated form of fitness.
Method has been based in 2000 by Cameron Shane who has worked long time as a personal trainer and the bodyguard of many stars of Hollywood. He has come to Budokon through his own experience. In translate from Japanese Bu-Do-Kon means “a way of the spiritual soldier”. At the age of 12 years Камерон has seriously taken a great interest in the Korean single combats, at first it was Mu Duk Kvan, then Takevando at Olympic level, then it was Karate (Shane have got a black belt) and the Ju-jitsu. Fighting arts have helped him learn his body and seize movement techniques. Yoga opening (at the age of 21 years) became the present revolution in his life – hatha-yoga exercises have helped to comprehend an essence of internal energy. The idea to unite the saved up knowledge in the field of fighting arts and yoga has arisen late. Shane have worked in close contact to stars of Hollywood more then 10 years. He was the bodyguard of Charlie Sheene and Sean Penn, and also the personal fitness trainer and the teacher of hatha-yoga for Courtney Cox, Jennifer Aniston and Meg Ryan. Besides, he helped with statement of choreography and tricks for a Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker in both parts of a film “Rush hour”.
Budokon has been based in 2000, today it has thousand of followers in America, the Great Britain and Japan and gradually makes the way to continental Europe. Unlike usual fitness, the followers of Budokon do not aspire to any definite purpose (to lose some pounds, to raise a muscular tone, etc.), they learn life art through movement. As “father” Budokon says, “Our movements reflect our thinking. Our thinking reflects our way of life. Our way of life reflects the world which was created by us. So, our movements’ influences and will always influence on our way of life”. Our essence consists of four “bodies”: emotional, physical, intellectual and spiritual and it is possible to create a sound body and spirit only addressing to all the aspects.
Budokon exercises consist of two parts – a physical part and meditation Zen. Physical exercises are constructed on a combination of ancient and modern kinds of yoga and fighting arts. All the Budokon system are directed to research of body movement in various aspects. Attention on the lessons is equal for speed, power, balance, ease and smoothness of movements. Exercises share on two series: Yoga and Budo which smoothly pass one in another and depend from each other. In yoga part there is influence of yoga Ashtanga and Aengara, which focus attention on the control, calmness, force and accuracy of movement. The Budo part is carried out standing, individually or in group, and combines elements of Karate, the Ju-jitsu and Takevondo. This part is directed to development of speed, force, dexterity, smoothness and concentration. The lesson comes to end by sedentary meditation Zen.
It is impossible to make something correctly or incorrectly in Budokon. The teacher only directs and shows technical aspects of exercises. The follower decides is better for himself. As Cameron Shane says: “Trust yourself! You know your body better than somebody else. Do not search for the answers around – look in yourself”. In other words: do not try to surpass somebody else, but only yourself. Budokon has a philosophy which includes elements of the Zen-Buddhism and Chinese Daoism (concept of Yin Yang). Besides, Budokon recommends vegetarian diet which based on vegetables with the limited use of grain and fruit, also to replace usual sugar natural sweeteners: honey and a maple syrup.
Despite the fact that Budokon has appeared in Hollywood, the founder asserts, that it is much easier for usual people to be engaged in it because real people have clearer picture of world around, and for celebrities is more difficult to get rid of the ego. The true followers of Cameron Shane are Jennifer Aniston, Ren Russo, David Arkett, Amber Valetta and many other celebrities. It is hardly believed, that Hollywood “stars” has refused the ambitions, but they have physical improvements, and, according to many of them, they never felt so well.
