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Huang Chien-Liang

黃乾量

Huang Chien-Liang is the 64th-generation grandmaster of Tianshan Pai, chairman of the World Kuoshu Federation, and served as head coach of the U.S. Kuo Shu team from 1986 to 2000.

Quick Facts

Country of OriginUnited StatesUnited States
OccupationScholar

Biography

Huang Chien-Liang (黃乾量) is the 64th-generation grandmaster of Tianshan Pai and heads the US Kuoshu Academy in Owings Mills, Maryland. We have not been able to verify the date and place of his birth.

He is the sole full heir of the 63rd-generation grandmaster Wang Chueh-Jen. He earned his bachelor's degree at National Chung Shing University in Taiwan.

He chairs the World Kuoshu Federation and is president of the U.S. Kuoshu Federation (USKSF). From 1986 to 2000 he was head coach of the American national Kuo Shu team. For over 25 years he has served as an adjunct professor of taijiquan at the Community College of Baltimore County.

In 2000 he was the first to be inducted into the Kuo Shu Hall of Fame. In 2003 Inside Kung Fu magazine named him one of the most influential Chinese martial arts masters of the previous thirty years. In 2004 the World Kuoshu Federation awarded him the 10th duan, the highest possible rank.

Associated Martial Arts

Tianshan Pai (Tien Shan Mountain Kung Fu)Grandmaster→

A northern kung-fu style that Wang Chueh-Jen began teaching in Taiwan in the late nineteen forties. His students dispute the ancient origin he claimed.

Organisations

Ranks and titles

  • 10th duanTianshan Pai (Tien Shan Mountain Kung Fu) · 2004