Budokon Online

The Budokon Yoga style created by Cameron Shayne in 2001 was originally created as a condition practice for grapplers and mixed martial arts fighters. The style unites the ancient traditions of Zen mediation with a modern movement lexicon comprised of classical yoga with, martial arts, mobility, crawling patterns and life sciences. This physically demanding style reshaped modern yoga postural practice by introducing a number of transitions not commonly found in traditional yoga including spinal undulations, spiral transitions, and martial arts stances. The foundation of this style is the Budokon Yoga Primary Series. This series consists of 7 intelligently assembled sections of slow and controlled movements designed to improve mobility, agility, flexibility and strength. The techniques are learned through repetition and precision, the emphasis being on the transitions from posture to posture, rather than the holding of postures. The purpose of this class is to gain muscular strength, cardiovascular stamina, and joint mobility.

Budokon Yobility is the symbiosis of Budokon Yoga and Budokon Mobility into one seamless flow. This movement language was birthed out of the need for a style of practice that doesn’t require much space, yet which includes more expressive and non-traditional yogic movement patterns.

Budokon Mobility is our most expressive movement language, which incorporates elements of dance, free-form movement, animal locomotion, plyometrics, aerials and acrobatics. It can be understood as shadow-boxing for jiu-jitsu as it was designed with the lens of practical application for combat arts. The focus is less on movement expression, and more on conditioning and longevity through movement patterns which chain together to form unique choreographies.

Budokon Jiu-Jitsu is a synthesis of solo and partner mobility patterns taken directly from practically applied Jiu-Jitsu techniques. Rather than simply being singular patterns repeated the style connects continuous solo pattens to create a movement language in and of itself. The style’s focus is the development of the fighter as both a general movement athlete and practitioner of Jiu-Jitsu. By developing their ability to transition in unbroken solo patterns they inevitably become more proficient at the chained partner patterns required for Jiu-Jitsu.