From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Vince Black
Vince Black
accordance with his teacher’s advice, Black continued to
seek out other teachers in the Chinese Internal Arts. He
traveled extensively throughout mainland China.
Some notable instructors with whom Black has
trained include Sijo Adriano Emperado (the accredited
founder of Kajukenbo, who lived with Black during much
of the 1980s), Li Ziming (founder of the Bagua Zhang re-
search association for 20 years, who taught Black Liang
Zhenpu Orthodox baguazhang), Li Guichang (Shanxi
xingyiquan), Liao Wuchang (monkey boxing and tradi-
tional Chinese medicine), York Y. Lu (acupuncture, Chi-
nese herbs, and Liuhebafa), Fu Shu Yun (baguazhang and
xingyiquan), Liu Wanfu (baguazhang and xingyiquan),
Zhang Huasen (Orthodox baguazhang), Wang Shusheng,
Liu Shuhang, Li Xueyi, and Ge Guoliang (Gao style
baguazhang). Black also studied at the China Shanghai In-
ternational Training Centre, and interned at various hos-
pitals in Shanghai.
In September 1990, Black founded The North Ameri-
can Tang Shou Tao Association (NATSTA). The purpose of
Vince Black training with stick and knife NATSTA is to research, promote, and preserve Tradition-
al Chinese Medicine and Traditional Chinese Martial Arts.
Vince Black is a martial artist and doctor of Tradition-
al Chinese Medicine. He specializes in the internal Chi- External links
nese styles of xingyiquan and baguazhang.
• North American Tang Shou Tao (founded by Vince
Black)
Biography Persondata
Vince Black began studying the martial arts in the early Name Black, Vince
1960s with Kajukenbo instructor Jay LaBistre in Yuma,
Alternative names
Arizona. His first xingyiquan teacher was John Price.
Later he met Hsu Hung-Chi during a visit to the Los An- Short description
geles in 1973. Date of birth
Their first meeting would lead to a ten-year relation- Place of birth
ship with Hsu, on occasion Black visited his school in Tai-
Date of death
wan to receive tuition from his senior students. Black
trained with Hsu when he came to California, hosted Hsu Place of death
at his school in Yuma, and went to Taiwan on several oc-
casions, including a trip in 1980 in which he participat-
ed in the Cheng Chung Cup invitational tournament and
won the super heavyweight division.
Besides xingyiquan, Black also learnt Traditional Chi-
nese Medicine, tuina, bone-setting, and herbal applica-
tions for injuries. In 1985 Black received his Diploma in
Acupuncture with the National Certification of Acupunc-
turists. In 1986, he received his Doctor of Oriental
Medicine degree from California Acupuncture College in
San Diego. Following Hsu Hong-chi’s death in 1984, and in
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