Lame
Some mildly interesting new age story interleaved with really lame martial arts moves borrowed badly from Chinese kung fu.
As for the hype - a 10,000 year old art ! Really ! Archeological evidence points to Tibetan having stone age culture 4000-5000 years ago. Unlikely that "Boabom" or "Seamm Jasani" were created then let alone earlier - equally unlikely that any such art would survive to this day. More likely someone thought it better marketing to link what they're selling to "ancient Tibet". Too bad - if it was really worthwhile, such a marketing ploy would be unnecessary.

A complete ancient system. Harmony in motion...
This book has meant a great discovery for me from the perspective of my own personal development. In a world where separation is everywhere, in a world where everything tends to being so specific, I am forever grateful for finding this ancient and complete system that joins the physical, the mental and the emotional, making me feel complete, balanced and in harmony with myself. I feel more connected to myself and with my emotions.

After practicing in a constant way the exercises from this book, which are expressed through movements, breathing and coordinations, I can truly recommend them to everyone wishing to feel great! I have finally integrated my mind and my body as one. I have increased my physical endurance, flexibility, stretching, coordination, balance, and the abilities with my left side (I am right-handed). The control over my breathing is astonishing, and I feel more agile, lighter. My state of
mind has definitely improved. Whenever I finish any session I have this overwhelming sensation of happiness, of being full and complete.

This is an exercise that stimulates concentration and causes one to forget about worries and daily problems... I get disconnected from all my troubles, and when practicing this movements I mentally depart from my daily place and find myself again. The breathing forms give me order and calm. They soothe me. Now, when I face and adverse or unpleasant situation I am capable of overcoming it and seeing it in a positive way.

What I have liked the most is what I have experienced with energy; I feel confident, strong, positive and happy. It's a source of vitality, I feel alive and awake!!!

I widely recommend this book to anyone wanting to awake his or her inner powers and discover that the strongest force is within ourselves.

Thoroughly engaging book... a great read and a helpful study tool
As a person studying Boabom and Seamm-Jasani (or Gentle Boabom) at the Boston School of Boabom, I have found this book to be one that I return to often for many reasons.

The book is engaging, entertaining and helpful. The story that the reader follows is filled with interesting and thought-provoking ideas to ponder. The story, which took hold of my imagination with it's very first sentence (try the Search Inside feature to get a taste of this), is both easy to follow, while at the same time somewhat mysterious. I feel compelled to re-read parts or all of it often.

As one begins to delve into the part of the book covering the physical movements of the art, there are many helpful tips to aid the reader in learning the movements. These movements are the tip of the iceberg, really, but are covered in great detail, allowing for a very good foundation with the Art. As the student advances through the movements, once again, it's always helpful to re-read and study the finer details.

After studying Boabom for a number of years now, I still find myself going to this book, along with Asanaro's other book, to polish and study the details and finer aspects of this Art.

I would highly recommend this book to anyone wishing to try a system of movement that is unique, always interesting and thoroughly invigorating. There is not enough space in this review for me to get into the health benefits I have experienced from studying the Arts. As well, it would be hard to describe in so few words the general overall positive shift in attitude that has come along with this. I am grateful for the discovery of these Arts, and am very happy that these books are available so that others far and wide may benefit from studying the Art as well.

Really good book-highly recommended.
Picked this book after a friend of mine kept on incessantly talking about it. A few pages on it and I realized why he liked it so much: the book starts with a nice story that introduces one in the 'lost teachings of this Art' in a simple yet very straight-forward way.

I kept on reading. I started liking it more and more.

Then you have the second section, which explains and clears how to work with this book, how to follow the chart in time (a very useful chart, I must add!!!). A very concise section, that explained all I would have asked a teacher.

I continued reading, and started doing the exercises.

The exercises themselves are simple and easy to follow. Nothing I couldn't follow (I have to say that my friend didn't have any problems himself following them either). The drawings are very good, and even though the author says he drew all of them himself, they have that 'je ne sais quoi'... they go with the book!

The book finishes explaining how the Boabom Schools work and with a scientific study. Also, and I think the author did the same in his previous book, there are comments from real students, people like me and my friend that take the classes or read the book and continue doing the exercises. Real people.

I will not debate on whether these teachings are ten billion years old or a modern creation: they work, and that is what matters. They make me feel great, renewed and refreshed, and they clear my mind of the habitual problems I worry about: work, money, daily stress, bills, being a 'professional procrastinator' and... well... my daily life.

Very good book. Especially considering that it is a book that tries to teach exercises, breathing techniques and coordinations, which is already hard with a teacher in front of you. I have to add that the author managed to do it flawlessly!

Everyone should read it.

a student's perspective
I am a student at the Boston School of Boabom, and have been studying the Boabom arts for a good while now under many teachers, including Asanaro himself. It's particularly interesting to me to look at this book as another method of expression for these teachings.

Perhaps most intriguing for me, as a student, is the "story" portion of the book, wherein a theoretical and philosophical underpinning for these arts is laid out in monologue and metaphor. Assertive and instructive without being preachy, this section is rich in meaning and provides much food for thought--for current students and newcomers alike.

The "technical" portion of the book lays out a sequence of basic movements from the beginnings of the art. Transmitting an art based on movement through the media of text and images is no mean feat; there's no substitute for teaching in the flesh. That said, I believe that Asanaro succeeds in conveying the essential elements of the movements with his thorough descriptions and detailed illustrations, expressing clearly the many details involved in each. The attention paid to common mistakes (and how to correct them) should be particularly useful for beginning students.

Boabom is an art that develops only over time, and is not for everyone. This book provides the newcomer with a glimpse of all the art has to offer. Some may find a resonance, and see here a hint of something both familiar and strange; others may find a curiosity, an old way carried carefully through the ages to the modern world. All will find something new, unique, and rewarding in equal measure to the energy invested in it.