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From 1986 to 2000, he served as Head Coach of the United States Kuo Shu Team, which competed in the World Cup and other
international tournaments. Grandmaster Huang has been called the “Maker of Champions” because of the many competitions his students
have won in forms, weapons, two-man sets, internal arts, and full-contact Lei Tai fighting. He had two students who became Lei Tai World
Champions in Taiwan at the International Chinese Kuo Shu Federation (ICKF) Tournament.
In addition to his students winning World Lei Tai Championships, at the 2nd World Kuo Shu Federation Tournament (Singapore, 2006)
and the 3rd World Kuo Shu Federation Tournament (Germany, 2009), his students also won gold medals in Tai Ji Quan form, weapons,
and Push Hands.
He was Director and Chief Arbitrator of the 7th World Cup Chinese Kuo Shu Championship in Taiwan. In July 2018, as Chairman of
TWKSF, he sponsored the 6th TWKSF World Kuo Shu Championship Tournament at the Delta Marriott Hotel in Hunt Valley, Maryland.
In addition to support and recognition from local, state, and national politicians, from 1994-2021, the White House consistently sent an
official representative to the USKSF annual tournament’s opening ceremonies.
Grandmaster Huang is the only full heir to the 63rd generation Tien Shan Pai Supreme Master Wang Chueh-Jen, “the Double Broadsword
King of China.” As the outstanding supporter of Tien Shan Pai in the world, Grandmaster Huang has students who have opened schools
across the United States, Europe, and South America. He is known internationally as “Kuo Shu World Bao Qing Tian,” China’s most famous
judge, and is an international Kuo Shu Coach/Instructor and international Kuo Shu Referee “A,” the highest rank, by the ICKF.
In 2004, Grandmaster Huang received his 10th Duan degree, the highest rank from TWKSF, and was certified at the 10th Duan level by
the World Traditional Martial Arts Union. In 2006, he was inducted into the Dong Han Taoist Sect Lifetime Achievement for Excellence.
He was named a Doctor of Philosophy from the College of Advanced Education and Martial Arts and named Honorary President of
both the International Song’s Xing Yi Quan Association and Hua Yue Xin Yi Liu He Ba Fa Yan Jiu Zong Hui. He also received the Kuo Shu
Medal A, Kuo Shu Medal B, and Honorary Kuo Shu Medal from the ICKF. In 2017, he was certified at the 10th Duan level by Federation
International of Grandmaster and, in 2018, he was inducted into The World Kuo Shu Hall of Fame.
Grandmaster Huang has traveled to 30 countries promoting Kuo Shu and teaching seminars on a variety of topics, including Dao
Meditation. He has produced videos on Tien Shan Pai, Qin Na, Tai Ji Quan, and Xing Yi Quan. He designs and implements instructor,
judge, and referee certification programs, and has also introduced a new grading and ranking system for TWKSF. He has been an adjunct
professor in Tai Ji Quan at the Community College of Baltimore County in Essex, Maryland, for over 25 years, and formerly taught Tai
Ji Quan at the Peabody Institute in Baltimore. He has spent much time assisting in the training of Lei Tai full-contact fighters from the
United States and other countries. These fighters have gone on to win full-contact competitions at national and international Kuo Shu
tournaments, including the World Kuo Shu Tournament.
The list of accolades awarded Grandmaster Huang is quite extensive. His accomplishments have been acknowledged by many notable
politicians, martial arts associations, magazines, and television. He has been named “One of the Most Impactful Martial Artists in the 20th
Century,” “Instructor of the Year,” and is among “Famous Chinese People in the World,” by Ren Mon Ri Bao, the Chinese People’s daily
newspaper. Grandmaster Huang has had television interviews in the United States and Spain, and in Paraguay and Brazil. He was on the
news show PM Magazine in a feature on “Maker of Champions, Builder of Character.” In addition, he has performed in the United States,
Europe, China, and Taiwan.
Grandmaster Huang’s commitment and contributions to charity have continued to serve and benefit people far beyond the martial
arts community. He has supported many charitable events for organizations including the Muscular Dystrophy Walkathon, Pride of
Baltimore II Rebuild, and The Johns Hopkins Children’s Center. In 1998, he performed Tien Shan Pai Kung Fu with his students to raise
more than $5,000 for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. In November 2001, through a martial arts demonstration, Grandmaster
Huang and his Kuo Shu team raised more than $2,700 for victims of September 11, and in 2005 they conducted a fundraiser for St. Jude
Children’s Research Hospital and raised more than $4,000. In April 2008, the International Tien Shan Pai Association and the USKSF
sponsored a charity demonstration to celebrate Grandmaster Huang’s 35 years of instruction in the U.S. and raised over $4,000 for the
Baltimore Children’s Home. In 2013, over $6,000 was raised for the local charity, Sparks of Change, during a demonstration to celebrate
Grandmaster Huang’s 40 years of teaching in the U.S., and Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz proclaimed April 26, 2013, as
“Huang Chien Liang Day” to celebrate this achievement.
Locally, Grandmaster Huang has been invited to meet with many state and federal officials, including Robert L. Ehrlich (former Congressman
and former Maryland Governor), C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger (former Baltimore County Executive and current U.S. Congressman),
Andrew Harris (former State Senator and current U.S. Congressman), and Parris Glendening (former Maryland Governor). He has
received Certificates of Special Congressional Recognition from former U.S. Senator Barbara Mikulski, U.S. Congressman Ruppersberger,
and then-Congressman Ehrlich; a Citizen Citation from former Baltimore Mayor Kurt Schmoke; County Executive Citations from Robert
Hayden, Ruppersberger, James T. Smith, and Kamenetz; and Governor’s Citations from former Governors Glendening, Ehrlich, and Martin
O’Malley. Grandmaster Huang was honored with a proclamation from then-County Executive Ruppersberger, proclaiming April 26, 1998,
“Huang Chien Liang Day,” and a proclamation from then-Governor Glendening proclaiming April 26, 1998, as “Grandmaster Huang, ChienLiang’s 25th Anniversary of Martial Arts Instruction in the U.S. Day,” for his unstinting promotion of Kuo Shu. Former Baltimore City
Mayor Sheila Dixon said, “Based on his tireless efforts promoting Chinese martial arts within the local community and the world we are
proud to honor Grandmaster Huang on this special day.” Unquestionably, Grandmaster Huang’s commitment to excellence in the Chinese
martial arts has earned him a place in the history of martial arts, not only for his innovations, but for his caring and devotion to all people.
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