The International Wudang Internal Martial Arts Research Association (Wudang Research Association) was registered as a regular corporation in the United States in August 1996. We are registered in good standing in Kansas and Florida. We are a boutique publisher, consultancy, and audio production company. We operate internationally from the United States.
Born Digital
Born Digital means something special for us. The company was founded online in Kansas City in 1996 by Prof. Liu and Terri Morgan using Compuserve. Over the next twenty-five years (1996-2021), we traveled a bit, made some friends, took more than a few pictures, and collected quite a few stories.
In 1996, Prof. Liu was visiting the US. He had created a local organization in Zhengzhou for his students in the 1980’s that he called the Wudang Research Association. He wanted to create something new, something with international in the name. He also wanted to clearly distinguish what we were researching. It was a long name.
In November 1996, we brought the first edition of our web site online. It had just five sections: Welcome, Wudang Mountain, Wudang Martial Arts, Wudang History, Wudang Philosophy. At the time, there weren’t many web sites at all. And there wasn’t anything much in English about Wudang arts. Lots of books on Shaolin Arts and many, many titles on Korean and Japanese styles. We were also one of the first (if not the first) to have both English and Chinese pages. Terri needed to learn some new technical skills for page loads and encoding specifications (GB2312) to make it work. Back then, she hand-coded everything. Times have changed. We have UTF-8. And a few other things.
In 1998, we completed our second publication, Wudang Qigong (Breath Exercises), presented in both the original Chinese and English. We have completed several other publications and continue our work via new media as well as traditional print. In 2013, we published the Second Prof. Liu’s book on traditional Wudang Taiji. It is fully illustrated with each exercise discussed in detail and includes original commentary on several classical treatises.
In 2020, Terri began teaching a daily live-stream. To date, she has recorded over 1000 teaching and practice sessions covering all the arts she teaches. They are available on our YouTube channel.
In 2023, Terri refocused the company on Publishing and Teaching with the publication of the Second Edition of Wudang Qigong.
At the same time in 2023, the company published the first in what would become a series of eight fictional books: THE AMBASSADOR. The stories are fun, family-friendly, sci-fi martial arts adventures that offer a rare glimpse into the world of traditional martial arts study and teaching.
In 2024, the company produced a full, theatrical, audio drama based on THE AMBASSADOR. It’s available on all the podcast platforms, our YouTube channel, and on our official site for the show Channel 15 Radio dot com. At last count, we have listeners in 37 countries, 250 cities.
We are registered with the following corporate service and regulatory agencies.
Individually and as a corporation, we have held memberships in several trade and professional organizations. In addition to our own policies and practices, we fully subscribe to the Codes of Ethics and Professional Standards promoted by these groups.
We are proud to have been among the early internet pioneers. Our site has operated continuously in English and Chinese since 1996. Our visitors regularly include people from over 160 countries and 100 domains.
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All the material on our site was originally authored by Terri Morgan or Prof. Yuzeng Liu, unless specifically credited otherwise. The design and philosophy behind the site are the product of Terri’s efforts, coding skills, and general research. While we have some excerpts from the classics, most of the commentaries and other materials presented in Chinese were originally written by Prof. Liu and provided over the period between 1996-2000 for use by the company as his equity contribution. All original material in English was written by Terri Morgan. Translation of Prof. Liu’s material from Chinese to English has been mostly handled by Terri. If we are using material from a public source, we have given recognition and provided a link to that source.
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