Most of the years from 1975 onwards, I escaped the energetically weak and unpleasant winters in The Netherlands to train in South East Asia, Japan, Taiwan or China. During these journeys, I studied various styles of Wushu and widened my awareness by experiencing different ways of living and the philosophical ideas behind it. Taikiken served as the motivator for my personal development and since Kenichi Sawai always talked about his teacher Wang Xiangzhai and Yiquan with so much fire, I traveled several times to China to research the origins and philosophical ideas of Yiquan. The clarity and practicable use of Yiquan as combat science and philosophy made me an adept of Taoism. I talked to all kinds of people involved in Taoism, from lay persons to priests and in 1978 I had the rare opportunity as a non Chinese to be initiated in the Wong Loo Sen See Chee Choong Temple, in Kuala Lumpur. This initiation into the realm of the wuji (the supreme void) fill in the mystical, supernatural part of Taoism. Integration of wuji into Taikiken (yiquan) is the reason I changed the name of what I am practicing into Wuyiquan ‘intuitive boxing’. Intuitive boxing is also where Taikiken is all about. Over the years the focus of  practicing and teaching martial art, moved forwards and backwards between many different aspects like: fighting, health, philosophy, fighting, healing, spirituality, living and working. Today most of my mentors passed away, but they are still alive within me.
Since 1997, I more and more integrate my martial art skills into a high-performance management and leadership development concept, the main ingredients of this concept are: utilizing inborn natural talents, reducing interference and tuning compatibility within management teams.  
The end of 1999 I traveled together with Nadja Kotrchova to Southeast Asia and China to train and research martial arts, and stayed on several famous Taoist Mountains and in Shaolin (China). We experienced the special atmosphere of Taoism and Buddhism in the monasteries were we stayed during our research. We realized that ancient ideas can bring you straight to an inner-awareness of how life can be lived in the present-days. Surrounded by the monks we enjoyed the wisdom of the oldest children, or the youngest of the aged we came across.
Thirty years ago I started to train people in martial arts, This lengthy teaching experience produced a comprehensive expertise in practicable use of martial art. Nowadays, together with Nadja, I teach Wuyiquan, Taikiken and Taijiquan for different purposes and different participants. We teach all the way, from playful schoolchildren to middle aged captains of industry. We guaranty that from family tuning to leadership and management development, it is all the same important to us, we do it with the same integrity and the same mesmerizing power.