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Grandmaster Huang Chien-Liang is the first inductee into the U.S. KUOSHU HALL OF FAME by the U.S.C.K.F. Grandmaster Huang has demonstrated his leadership to enhance virtue, wisdom, humility, and martial arts. He exemplifies 'Martial Ethics' and promotes peace and Kuoshu all over the world. Grandmaster Huang has sacrificed much time preside over international tournament and to conduct martial arts seminars around the world as well.
Grandmaster Huang holds a B.S. degree from National Chung Shing University, Taiwan, R.O.C. He has been training in Kuoshu for over 40 years and teaching Kuoshu for more than 30 years. In the United States, the name Huang, Chien-Liang has been synonymous with Chinese Kuoshu. Currently he is the founder, Chairman of the Board and president of The World Kuoshu Federation. He is also a vice president and a founding member of the International Chinese Kuoshu Federation (I.C.K.F.). He is the president of the United States Chinese Kuoshu Federation. His enthusiasm and dedication to Chinese martial arts has led him to become a national and international Kuoshu leader and promoter. He has sponsored numerous annual U.S. and international Kuoshu championship tournaments since 1988. Grandmaster Huang brings high quality tournaments to the world of martial arts.
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| Grandmaster Huang Chien-Liang performs his famous weapon, "Divine Double Hook" during a charity demonstration in 2002 |
Grandmaster Huang is the only full heir to the 63rd generation Tien Shan Pai Supreme Master Wang Chueh-Jen, known as the "Double Broadsword King of China." Grandmaster Huang as the leading advocate of Tien Shan Pai in the world, has focused his efforts in the United States, South America and Europe. He is the president, and owner of the U.S. Kuoshu Academy. His teaching includes Tien Shan Pai Kung Fu, Northern Kung Fu styles, Tai Chi Chuan, Hsing-I Chuan, and Pa-Kua Chang. Additionally, he has produced video instruction tapes on Hsing I Chuan, Chin Na, Tai Chi Chuan, and Tien Shan Pai. Grandmaster Huang especially favors double weapons such as double broadsword, double straight sword, and double hook. He has frequently demonstrated double hook, “Kick Combination," and "Double Broadsword Against Spear" at the World Cup Kuoshu Championship Tournaments, and at tournament in Europe and China. He is the Head Coach of the U.S. Kuoshu Team competing in the World Cup or international Kuoshu championship tournaments from 1986 to 2000. His students have won championships in forms, weapons, and full contact Lei Tai fighting in the World Cup Kuoshu tournaments. Since 1985, Grandmaster Huang has been a professor of Tai Chi Chuan at the Community College of Baltimore County (C.C.B.C.) in Essex, Maryland, U.S.A.
Under Grandmaster Huang's leadership, the U.S.C.K.F. is a rapidly growing non-profit organization affiliated with the International Chinese Kuoshu Federation and The World Kuoshu Federation. Grandmaster Huang continues to arrange several high quality Kuoshu seminars each year; he designs and implements instructor, judge, and referee certification programs; and he has introduced a new grading (ranking) system based on standards developed by the I.C.K.F. He has established the ranking system for The World Kuoshu Federation, under The World Kuoshu Federation, Grandmaster Huang hold 10th Tuan, under the I.C.K.F. Grandmaster Huang's total points have exceeded the 10th Tuan (degree) for his contributions and outstanding efforts. According to the I.C.K.F policy, the Tuan is limited by age. Because of his relative youth, he has been holding the 8th Tuan since 1998, the first person outside of Taiwan to receive such a rank by the I.C.K.F.
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| Grandmaster Huang Chien-Liang |
Because of Grandmaster Huang's fairness, integrity, and ability to settle disputes in the world of Kuoshu martial arts, he is known as "Kuoshu World Pao Chin Tien" (China's most famous judge). Martial arts masters all around the world hold his judging skills in high esteem.
Included among his many honors, Grandmaster Huang is a certified International Kuoshu Referee A by The World Kuoshu Federation in 2002, and International Kuoshu Coach/Instructor (the highest rank) and International Kuoshu Referee (the highest rank) by the International Chinese Kuoshu Federation. Some recent awards include Action Martial Arts magazine’s “Hall of Fame Humanitarian Award” (2003), “One of the Most Influential Chinese Martial Arts Masters of the Past 30 years” by Inside Kung Fu, and “One of the Greatest Impact Martial Artists in the 20th Century” (1999). In 2004, the College of Advanced Education conferred the Honorary Doctor of Philosophy on Grandmaster Huang in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Grandmaster Huang has supported many charitable events for organizations such as the Walkathon, Baltimore II Rebuild, Muscular Dystrophy, John Hopkins Children's Center, and National Multiple Sclerosis Society. On April 19, 1998, he performed Tien Shan Pai Kung Fu with his students and grand students for two hours to raise over $5,000.00 to benefit the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. For this, he received a “Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition” from then Congressman Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr., a Citizen Citation from former Baltimore Mayor Kurt Schmoke, an Executive Citation, "Huang Chien-Liang Day" from former Baltimore County Executive C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, and a Governor's Citation from former Governor Parris Glendening. Grandmaster Huang even received a proclamation from former Governor Parris Glendening declaring April 26, 1998 as "Grandmaster Huang Chien-Liang's 25th Anniversary of Martial Arts Instruction In The U. S. Day."
Grandmaster Huang is always well received by the media and by officials in his efforts to promote Kuoshu. In 2001, he appeared in a TV interview about Kuoshu in Paraguay, and in December of 1999, he was interviewed by Philly Live on WYBE TV 35 and appeared for a Kuoshu demonstration. Grandmaster Huang was invited to visit the former Governor of Maryland Parris Glendening and Lieutenant Governor of Maryland, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Maryland State Senator Andrew Harris, and then Baltimore County Executive C.A. Ruppersberger. In the summer of 1996, he met with the Congressman Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr. (new Maryland Governor) about Kuoshu. In 1983 and 1985, he and Supreme Master Wang were interview cable TV and local television. 1980 he feature in TV program “PM Magazine” builder of character, maker of champions.
During a martial arts demonstration in November 2001, Grandmaster Huang led the U.S.C.K.F. to raise $3,760.00 for victims of September 11.
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| Demonstration to benefit the Johns Hopkins Children's Center, 1990 |
Grandmaster Huang has received numerous certificates, trophies, medals, and plaques recognizing his outstanding efforts to promote Chinese Kuoshu from General Chen Shou-Shan, former president of the International Chinese Kuoshu Federation and other Kuoshu organizations. He was the first person to receive proclamations from the Governor of Maryland, the Baltimore County Executive, and the Mayor of Baltimore declaring a "Kuoshu Federation Week" in the State of Maryland. He was also the first person to receive citations from many U.S. Congressmen and Senators for his initiative in promoting Kuoshu. From 1994 to 2000, Grandmaster Huang hosted the only annual tournament with formal representation from President William Clinton and Vice President Al Gore of the United States, with President George Bush sending a representative from 2001 to 2005, as well. In addition, Congressional representatives and Maryland officials have participated in the opening ceremonies. The U.S.C.K.F. tournaments are the first and only Kuoshu tournaments attended by White House representatives.
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