Vince Black
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Martial arts
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and doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Traditional Chinese medicine
Traditional Chinese Medicine refers to a broad range of medicine practices sharing common theoretical concepts which have been developed in China and are based on a tradition of more than 2,000 years, including various forms of herbal medicine, acupuncture, massage , exercise , and dietary therapy...
. He specializes in the internal Chinese styles
Neijia
Nèijiā is a term in Chinese martial arts, grouping those styles that practice nèijìng , usually translated as internal martial arts, occupied with spiritual, mental or qi-related aspects, as opposed to an "external" approach focused on physiological aspects...
of xingyiquan
Xingyiquan
Xingyiquan is one of the major "internal" or Wudang styles of Chinese martial arts. The word translates approximately to "Form/Intention Boxing", or "Shape/Will Boxing", and is characterized by aggressive, seemingly linear movements and explosive power...
and baguazhang
Baguazhang
Bāguàzhǎng is one of the three main Chinese martial arts of the Wudang school, the other two being Taijiquan and Xingyiquan. It is more broadly grouped as an internal practice...
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Biography
Vince Black began studying the martial arts in the early 1960s with KajukenboKajukenbo
Kajukenbo is a hybrid martial art that combines Western Boxing, Judo, Jujutsu, Kenpo Karate, Eskrima, Tang Soo Do, and Kung Fu. It was founded in 1947 in Oahu, Hawaii, at the Palama Settlement. The original purpose of the art was to deal with local crime and to help the people defend themselves...
instructor Jay LaBistre in Yuma
Yuma, Arizona
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, Arizona
Arizona
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. His first xingyiquan teacher was John Price. Later he met Hsu Hung-Chi
Hsu Hung-Chi
Hsu Hung-Chi or Xu Hongji was a Taiwanese martial artist who specialized in the internal Chinese arts of xingyiquan, baguazhang and taijiquan....
during a visit to the Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
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in 1973.
Their first meeting would lead to a ten-year relationship with Hsu, on occasion Black visited his school in Taiwan to receive tuition from his senior students. Black trained with Hsu when he came to California
California
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, hosted Hsu at his school in Yuma, and went to Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
on several occasions, including a trip in 1980 in which he participated in the Cheng Chung Cup invitational tournament and won the super heavyweight division.
Besides xingyiquan, Black also learnt Traditional Chinese Medicine
Traditional Chinese medicine
Traditional Chinese Medicine refers to a broad range of medicine practices sharing common theoretical concepts which have been developed in China and are based on a tradition of more than 2,000 years, including various forms of herbal medicine, acupuncture, massage , exercise , and dietary therapy...
, tuina, bone-setting, and herbal applications for injuries. In 1985 Black received his Diploma in Acupuncture
Acupuncture
Acupuncture is a type of alternative medicine that treats patients by insertion and manipulation of solid, generally thin needles in the body....
with the National Certification of Acupuncturists. 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 accordance with his teacher's advice, Black continued to seek out other teachers in the Chinese Internal Arts. He traveled extensively throughout mainland China
China
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Some notable instructors with whom Black has trained include Sijo Adriano Emperado (the accredited founder of Kajukenbo
Kajukenbo
Kajukenbo is a hybrid martial art that combines Western Boxing, Judo, Jujutsu, Kenpo Karate, Eskrima, Tang Soo Do, and Kung Fu. It was founded in 1947 in Oahu, Hawaii, at the Palama Settlement. The original purpose of the art was to deal with local crime and to help the people defend themselves...
, who lived with Black during much of the 1980s), Li Ziming
Li Ziming
Li Ziming was a martial arts expert and 3rd generation descendant of Baguazhang creator Dong Haichuan, under the lineage of Liang Zhenpu - progenitor of Liang Style Baguazhang.- Life and work :...
(founder of the Bagua Zhang research association for 20 years, who taught Black Liang Zhenpu Orthodox baguazhang), Li Guichang (Shanxi xingyiquan), Liao Wuchang (monkey boxing and traditional Chinese medicine), York Y. Lu (acupuncture, Chinese 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 International Training Centre, and interned at various hospitals in Shanghai.
In September 1990, Black founded The North American Tang Shou Tao Association (NATSTA). The purpose of NATSTA is to research, promote, and preserve Traditional Chinese Medicine and Traditional Chinese Martial Arts.
External links
- North American Tang Shou Tao (founded by Vince Black)