This is NOT a fusion of Yoga and Martial Arts in the same workout--the Yoga is used primarily as a long (20-minute) warm-up for the Martial Arts section (15-minutes).

There is a stand-alone Pose section, where there is good instruction for all the poses used in the workout.

The Yoga section is "sort of" a sun salutation, and I say that because it never goes into a full flowing set--it just seems to insert downward dog every other position, which is not everyone's cup of tea. I was hoping for a sun salutation full sequence repeated over the 20 minutes as a warm-up, but this isn't it.

The Martial Arts section is interesting, and performed slowly and deliberately. If you truly pay attention to your form, instead of mindlessly doing the kicks and punches, you will get a workout. In fact, he proceeds slowly enough that if you want to use another breathing pattern--oh, say BodyFlex, for example--you easily could do so.

I would have preferred a slow stretching-type cooldown, and then have the meditation. He just goes into a standing meditation, without any other type of cooldown.

There are two workouts, but they only differ in length by about 10 minutes. What annoyed me most about this DVD is that it is not chaptered very well. If you wanted to do the Yoga or Martial Arts section twice, for instance, you have to fast forward/backward or skip scenes. In fact, for the full workout, you have to manually bypass the spoken intro by Cameron. There's no excuse these days not to have a properly chaptered DVD.

Bottom line: Good workout, but since the lack of chaptering makes it something of an annoyance to use, look for it used, unless GAIAM decides to fix it. If you're on Netflix, rent it first to see if you like it.

Instructor Comments:
Calm, deliberate in his instructions, pays attention to using proper form.

Amy