Willem de Thouars exemplifies years of study and hard practice in the martial arts. His birth country, Indonesia, was the training ground for a variety of martial-arts styles, both Chinese and Indonesian. When the island nations of Indonesia regained independence from the Dutch as a colony, de Thouars was forced to leave his country of birth and moved to Holland as a Dutch citizen. His martial training flourished while he studied European fencing in Belgium. Later, his martial studies evolved under guidance of the very best masters in the United States after his arrival in May of 1960, where he has lived since. He is a sought-after teacher at martial-arts seminars throughout the world. A Journey Through Time is the telling of de Thouars' life journey in his own words.