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Grandmaster Huang, Chien-Liang
• Head Coach of the United States National Kuo Shu Team, 1986 – 2000
• Grandmaster – 64th Generation, Tien Shan Pai, 1990
• Founder and President – United States Kuo Shu Federation (USKSF), 1991
• Director & Chief Arbitrator – 7th World Kuo Shu Championship Tournament (Taiwan, ROC), 1992
• Baltimore County Executive Ruppersberger proclaimed April 26 “Huang, Chien-Liang Day”, 1998
• Maryland Governor Glendening proclaimed April 26 “Grandmaster Huang, Chien Liang Day”, 1998
• “One of the Most Impactful Martial Artists in the 20th Century” (Inside Kung Fu Magazine), 1999
• Inducted into the US Kuo Shu Hall of Fame, 2000
• Founder and Chairman – The World Kuo Shu Federation (TWKSF), 2002
• “One of the Most Influential Chinese Martial Arts Masters of the Past 30 Years” (Inside Kung Fu Magazine), 2003
• Certified 10th Duan by TWKSF, 2004
• Certified 10th Duan by the World Traditional Martial Arts Union (WTMAU), 2005
• Inducted into the Dong Han Taoist Sect Lifetime Achievement for Excellence, 2006
• Baltimore City Mayor Sheila Dixon proclaimed April 26 “Grandmaster Huang, Chien Liang Day”, 2008
• Baltimore County Executive Kamenetz proclaimed April 26 “Huang, Chien-Liang Day”, 2013
• Certified 10th Duan by Federation International of Grandmasters, 2017
• Inducted into The World Kuo Shu Hall of Fame, 2018
• Sponsor - 6th TWKSF World Kuo Shu Championship Tournament (Hunt Valley, MD), 2018
• Doctor of Philosophy – College of Advanced Education and Martial Arts
• Honorary President – International Song’s Xing Yi Quan Association
• Honorary President – Hua Yue Xin Yi Liu He Ba Fa Yan Jiu Zong Hui
• Adjunct College Professor in Tai Ji Quan (for over 25 Years)
Grandmaster Huang, Chien-Liang, the 64th Generation Grandmaster of Tien Shan Pai, is a man of many talents, interests, and commitments.
All of these focus on his devotion to the martial arts principles, philosophy, and technique. He is a humanitarian dedicated to sharing his
gifts with his students, colleagues, and spectators. Inside Kung Fu Magazine named him “One of the Most Impactful Martial Artists in the
20th Century” in 1999 and “One of the Most Influential Chinese Martial Arts Masters of the Past 30 Years” in 2003.
Grandmaster Huang was born in Malaysia. As a young boy, he was physically weak and took herbal medicine for his severe asthma. He was
given the opportunity to learn Kung Fu, with the hope of helping his weakness and asthma. Physically, he did get stronger, but his asthma
still bothered him.
Grandmaster Huang completed his academics by earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Animal Husbandry from the National Chung
Hsing University, Taiwan, ROC, in 1967. That year, a senior classmate introduced him to Supreme Master Wang Chueh-Jen, who began
teaching him Tai Ji Quan, and later, Tien Shan Pai Kung Fu. Once he started practicing Tai Ji Quan, his health dramatically improved, and his
asthma disappeared. In 1970, A few years later, he was given the opportunity to learn additional martial arts from Grandmaster Chen, Jin
Bao and Dao Meditation from Grandmaster Liu, Pei Chung. However, his main focus remained on Tien Shan Pai Kung Fu, and he continued
to learn from Supreme Master Wang, Chueh-Jen until Supreme Master Wang passed away in 1990.
When Grandmaster Huang received job offers from Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand, he was unsure of what to do and sought advice from
classmates. One of his Kung Fu classmates shared an opportunity to move to the United States, where his brother, was looking for a Kung
Fu instructor to help at his school. Grandmaster Huang decided to accept that offer and move to Maryland to teach.
In January 1975, with the help of a student, Grandmaster Huang opened his first school in Cincinnati Ohio, called Tien Shan Wushu
School. In 1982, he moved back to Washington, D.C., and opened a school in Gaithersburg. The school later relocated to Baltimore, and is
currently in Owings Mills under the name U.S. Kuo Shu Academy, where his son, Master Michael Huang, helps him run the school.Together,
they teach Tien Shan Pai Kung Fu and other Northern styles, as well as Tai Ji Quan, Xing Yi Quan, and Ba Qua Zhang.
Since moving to the United States, Grandmaster Huang deepened his dedication to Kuo Shu. He has been training for over 55 years and
teaching for 50 years. In his devotion to this doctrine, he founded and served as Chairman and first term President of The World Kuo Shu
Federation in 2002, and, in 2006, was re-elected for a second term. He finished his second term in 2010 and currently serves as Chairman
of the Board. He is also President and founder (1991) of the United States Kuo Shu Federation, and in 2000, he was the first inductee into
the U.S. Kuo Shu Hall of Fame.
Since 1988, Grandmaster Huang has promoted and sponsored numerous national and international Kuo Shu championship tournaments,
with competitors attending from Canada, Brazil, Peru, Argentina, Mexico, Paraguay, Chile, Germany, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Spain,
Russia, China, Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, Japan, Singapore, and others.
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