Company Publications

The Wudang Research Association is a registered US publisher. Our books are included in the Books in Print directories published by Bowker. As a company, our first publication was our web site in 1996, It continues to develop and grow. We have published three print books with more planned. Our books are available through major distributors and retail outlets around the world.

As individuals, the company founders have a combined list of over 300 publications. Together, we have written and published several articles in English on martial arts practice and martial arts research.

Books

Wudang Taiji: China's Wudang Mountain Taiji Exercises

• Complete traditional form
• Individual movement instructions
• Fully illustrated
• Commentary and discussion
• Chinese only (Simplified)

Going East or West? A Handbook for American and Chinese Business Travelers

• Two-way culture comparisons
• Business travel perspective (not sightseeing)
• Extensive links to useful business sites
• Business and negotiation strategies
• Real-world illustrations and stories
• English

Wudang Qigong:China's Wudang Mountain Daoist Breath Exercises

• All 18 traditional exercises
• Individual movement instructions
• Fully illustrated
• Internal practice notes
• Chinese and English

Contributions to Other Publications

The Clinician's Complete Guide to Complimentary and Alternative Medicine

Edited by Dr. Donald M. Novey, MD., 2000 ISBN 0323007554 (855pp.) Illustrated

Dr. Novey has complied the first definitive reference on complimentary and alternative medicine for health care practitioners and researchers. This book includes alternative health care modalities, therapeutic analysis, interactions, and a unique ranking for each modality as relates to health care considerations. We contributed the section on taiji (T'ai Chi), including practice methods and their relationships to western medical concepts along with Prof. Liu's original clinical research on the health benefits of taiji practice.

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Selected Articles

Ground Rules for Taking off on International Travels

Published in the Kansas City Small Business Monthly in 2001, this article was adapted from material used in our book highlighted above, Going East or West? A Handbook for American and Chinese Business Travelers.

On the Psychology of Self Defense

Published in the Kansas City Small Business Monthly in 2002, this article addresses the issue of self defense in practical terms and illustrates a "self defense mindset" which can be applied by anyone.

A Case Study in Multilingual Site Design: China 2002

Documents a project in Zhengzhou in 2002 to start building a website and to teach multilanguage site design for the Henan Branch of the CCPIT (China Council for the Promotion of International Trade) under a UN Development Programme grant. The goal was to build a prototype and develop requirements for a multiple-language martial arts travel and tourism web site.

A World View of Good Technical Publications: Perspective on China

Presentation at the STC Society for Technical Communication 47th Annual Conference on the applicability of the STC Publications Judging Criteria to technical publications from around the world.

Designing Multilingual Web Sites: Applied Authoring Techniques

The abstract for a workshop on Designing and Authoring Multilingual Websites. The workshop was part of the Association for Computing Machinery SIG DOC conference in October 2001.