Scott Meredith has trained in a large variety of Asian and Western martial arts including Western boxing, Shaolin fighting systems, Russian Systema, Yiquan, Taikiken, and Taijiquan for more than forty years. He speaks fluent Mandarin Chinese and Japanese. He holds a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and has worked for over 25 years as a Senior Researcher in speech technology, natural language processing, and artificial intelligence in user interface design at leading high-tech companies including IBM, Apple Computer, and Microsoft.