Editing Once more with feeling/Custom Martial Arts (section)

===Theft-of-Essence Method===
*'''Cost:''' 4m, 1wp; '''Mins:''' Martial Arts 5, Essence 3; '''Type:''' Supplemental
*'''Keywords:''' Combo-OK
*'''Duration:''' Instant
*'''Prerequisite Charms:''' Water Dragon Form
*This Charm supplements a Martial Arts-based attack. If the attack succeeds, the Immaculate's player rolls (Essence + Martial Arts) against a difficulty of the target's (Essence)/2, rounded up, stealing 2m for each threshold success from his target and adding them to his own pools – Personal first, then Peripheral, as normal. If used against a target that lacks an Essence pool, or whose Essence pools are empty, this Charm has no effect.
(Paperback)      Dipersloot has been practicing vairous forms of the  soft' martial arts for quite a long time.  This volume covers his discovery of the importance of Qigong standing meditation from three masters.  He then discusses some finer points of Taiqi's  Grasp Bird Tail' which is the only moving form now practiced by the senior master he trained under.Dipersloot has quite a lot of good tips for standing meditation which is great since too many authors seem to imply there is nothing to it.  It is true that, like sitting, you just need to stand _but_ it does help to have some pointers.  That is, if you start standing meditation then eventually your body will find the correct Qi position but this could take a long long time for many.His points about the correct posture and breathing from the Dantien are communicated quite clearly.  So are the guidelines from Master Cai about the energy points and general alignment.  There is a great section, taken from one of Master Cai's discussions, that very succinctly covers the important aspects of meditation in general and standing meditation in particular.The real weakness here are the very crude computer-modified  photos .  Diepersloot apologizes at the beginning about the quality of the photos (he was busy writing down everything the masters said) but that is not an excuse for what is used in the book.  Spending some extra time with some volunteers to get quality photos would help the give the book the image of quality it requires; they would also help make some points much more clearly.A good reference for anyone with some questions about standing meditation.  Should go up on the shelf with Mantak Chia,  Qigong Empowerment  and  The Roots of Qigong .  better yet, find out when WISH is holding a class near you and go meet a real master for proper instruction.