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Master Michael Huang
Assistant to the USKSF President / USKSF Director of
Northern Style / USKSF Tournament General Manager
Master Michael Huang is one of only three people in the world to be recognized
by Grandmaster Huang as a Master in Tien Shan Pai kung fu. He is the highestranking student under Grandmaster Huang and holds an 8th degree from the
International Tien Shan Pai Association.
Master Huang began his martial arts studies at three-and-a-half. In addition to Tien
Shan Pai, he has studied fighting techniques, traditional weapons, qi gong, nei gong, iron palm, grass dragon pole, and qin na. He has
also extensively studied Tai Ji Quan, Xing Yi Quan, Ba Gua Zhang, and Daoist meditation.
He is a 6th-degree Black Sash under The World Kuo Shu Federation (TWKSF) ranking system and an internationally certified
TWKSF level A Referee. At national and international tournaments, Master Huang has won numerous 1st place awards in empty
hand forms, weapon forms, two-person forms, light contact, and Lei Tai fighting. In 2001, Master Huang was awarded the USKSF
Adult Male Competitor of the Year and, in 2010, was recognized as the USKSF Male Lei Tai Competitor of the Year. Master Huang
was a member of the US national team for the 2009 World Kuo Shu Championship tournament (in Germany) and 2012 World Kuo
Shu Championship Tournament (in Malaysia), where he placed 4th and 2nd, respectively, in full-contact Lei Tai fighting.
Currently, Master Huang is a member of the USKSF Executive Committee. He is the Master Instructor at U.S. Kuo Shu Academy.
With over 30 years of teaching experience, Master Huang focuses on training and coaching the next generation of Chinese martial
arts practitioners. His students have gone on to become world champions, but more importantly, champions in life.
Master Huang has published the following books: Legend of Red Cloud, Centuries Old Lost Secrets of Unleashing Your Full Potential, and
Building Habits, Self Discipline, and Character through Martial Arts.
Grandmaster Steve L. Martin
Chief Arbitrator, United States Kuo Shu Federation
Grandmaster Martin has studied the Martial Arts for 64 years. At 81 years of age, he holds Black
Belt level rank in Judo, Master level rank in Okinawan Karate and Jiu-Jitsu, and has been the
Disciple of White Crane Grandmaster W.S. Hung of Taiwan for more than 40 years. He is a retired
serviceman, with more than 23 years of active service, two of which were spent in combat in
Vietnam. He is also a certified New Jersey Educator, Chairman of the United Martial Arts Referees
Association, President of the International Federation of Chinese Martial Arts, Member of the
Executive Board of the US Chinese Kuo Shu Federation and Vice President of The World Kuo
Shu Federation. He lived in Taiwan with his teacher for nine years, and in 1995 was awarded the
official license and banner of the Taichung White Crane organization. Master Martin was inducted
as the “Instructor of the Year” and Hall of Fame recipient by Inside Kung Fu Magazine for the year
2000. He was also awarded the “A” Kuo Shu Medal. Grandmaster Martin was inducted into the
International Kuo Shu Chinese Martial Arts Federation “Hall of Fame” for the year 2002. He has frequently been featured on CTV
television in Taiwan, and has had numerous articles published about him in “Wu-Lin” Martial Arts magazine in Taiwan. Additionally,
Grandmaster Martin was appointed “Chi-Kung Councilor” by the Taichung County Chi-Kung Association of Taichung, Taiwan in
2005, and in 2008 he was officially proclaimed an “Honorary Citizen” of Taichung, Taiwan for his more than 40 years of dedication
to his teacher and promotion of the culture and martial arts of Taiwan. Grandmaster Martin was inducted into The World Kuo
Shu Federation Hall of Fame in 2018.
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