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Martial Arts The Warriors of Stillness trilogy is the record of my experiences and investigat ions into the internal martial arts since 1976. Through happenstance, the chronology of writing/publishing Volume 1 (1995) and V olume 2 (1999) largely occurred in a reverse order to the personal experiences that underlies each book. Qigong of the Center Volume 1 (1995) covers the second period of my development (1987-1997) when I le arned the wuji qigong style of standing meditation from Taiji Master Cai Songfan g, who taught in California in the late eighties and early nineties. I got into the habit of tape recording his teachings in real time and the transcripts of th ose tapes formed the substance of my first book. View More The Tao of Yiquan Volume 2 (1999) published four years later, covers the first period of my develo pment (1976 -1987) when I learned the zhanzhuang style of standing meditation wi th Yiquan Masters Han Xingyuan and Yu Pengxi. But Volume 2 is also a bridge to t he third period of my development and to the present. In 1997 I became a student o f Master Tam Maanyin, known in North America as Master Sam Tam, and the last par t of Volume 2 describes my initial experiences with him. View More Masters of Perception Volume 3 (2013) covers the third period of my development (1997 and beyond) and is based on my studies with Master Sam Tam, who is indeed a "Master of Perceptio n." While the breadth and power of his skills are dazzling, it is their extraord inary depth and subtlety that led to this book. Enlisting the help of modern sci ence, particularly bio-mechanics and neuro-science, Volume 3 attempts to chart t he paradoxical territory that is the internal martial arts and to lay the ground work for further exploration. View More Jan profile About the Author Sifu Jan Diepersloot has been teaching the internal martial arts since 1981. He teaches on-going classes and gives private instruction in Walnut Creek, CA. F or more information, email Jan at jandiep@earthlink.net. box set