Profile of Master Nai-Liang Zeng 曾乃梁教授

美國太極拳學會榮譽會長- Master Nai-Liang Zeng 曾乃梁教授

Master Nai-Liang Zeng is the national senior coach of Chinese martial arts, and the national martial arts referee. He holds level of 9 duan, the highest martial arts duan level in China. He was originally the head coach of Fujian Martial Arts Team, and is currently a member of the Chinese Martial Arts Association, the advisor of Fujian Martial Arts Association, and the director of the Center of Fujian Hua Wu Martial Arts Center. He has been awarded the National Honorary Medal for outstanding achievements.

Has started learning martial arts at age 12, admitted to the Beijing Martial Arts Physical Education Department (now the Beijing Sport University) in 1959, graduated in 1964, and finished graduate school in 1967. He was the chief leader of the Chinese Martial Arts Team for World Martial Arts Championships Tournament in 1991. He was the head coach of Chinese team for the 4th China – Japan Tai Chi Tournament in 1992. He was awarded by the State Council the Certificates of Outstanding Contributions to Social Science in 1993. In the same year he became the chief coach for Chinese martial arts team for First East Asian tournament. He was the Korean team leader for the Second World Martial Arts Game and later was presented with the Appreciation Plaque from Korean Martial Arts Association. He was the Chinese team leader for the Fifth China – Japan Tai Chi Tournament and the First International Tai Chi Invitational. In 1994, he attended the 12th Asian Tournament in Hiroshima as the head coach of Chinese Martial Arts team. In 1995, He was named one of the "Top Ten Contemporary Chinese Martial Arts Instructors". In the same year he was engaged as the General Assembly mentor for the Second World Conference of Tai Chi practitioners. In 1996 He won the Award of “Contributions to World Tai Chi Science and Technology”. In the same year he went to Manila to be the coach for Asian martial arts referee training classes, and later became the coach for Philippines national team and attended the fourth Asian Martial Arts Championship. In 1997 he served as the Indonesian national team coach in Jakarta. In 2001 he was invited by the Chinese Martial Arts Association to perform and provide expert counseling for the First World Tai Chi and Health Conference in Sanya. In 2004 he was awarded the "Lifetime Achievement Award for Martial Artists” by the Martial Arts Association of Canada. In 2008 he was awarded "Lifetime Achievement Award of Chinese Martial Arts” by the Chinese Martial Arts Organized Committee. In the same year he was recognized as "the Master of the Highest level of Ten Duan for the International Martial Arts" by the World Martial Arts Research Federation. In 2009 he was named "The Top Ten Person of the Year for Chinese Martial Arts."

He organized Fujian Martial Arts Team in 1977 and served as head coach. He personally trained the athletes who then won over a hundred times in the national martial arts championship tournaments. The Men's team winning 32 gold medals in Tai Chi competition (Grand Slam), including gold medalist the "Prince of Tai chi” of Sitan Chen. The Women's team winning 32 gold medals in Tai chi competition (Grand Slam), including the gold medalist, "Tai Chi Goddess" of Jiamin Gao. Dantong Wei won woman’s gold medalist in Spear Technique. Huiling Wang won Nanquan gold medalist and was named the "New Nanquan Champion," Qiuping Lin who was six times gold medalist for the National Competition and three times gold medalist for the Women's International Tai Chi Martial Arts Invitational was known as "Flower of Tai Chi". Juhsien Wu won gold medalist for Men’s Nanquan champion. There are a large number of winning famous domestic athlethes, professors, associate professors, and senior coaches.

Professor Zeng has very high academic attainments in martial arts theories. His papers published in 1987 won the top prize from the Ffirst National Martial Arts Conference - Excellence Award of the Conference. Many papers published in foreign languages have a significant impact at home and abroad. He was engaged as the editorial board for the "Encyclopedia of Chinese Martial Arts. He co-authored with Xianglian Wei the booklet called "Introduction to Tai Chi". He was commissioned by the Chinese Martial Arts Research Institute, to provide teaching materials for training advance and intermediate level coaches and to offer lectures. He helped compiling "Tai Chi Sword Competition Routine," and was involved in the work of "Tai Chi Sword Competition Rules" revision. He planned, scripted, wrote and guided his disciples in the producing of Tai Chi series of videos, VCD, DVD, widely circulated at home and abroad. Professor Zeng's point of views like, Tai Chi Four Stages of Teaching and Training Ideas, the Top Ten Teaching Tai Chi Point of View, a Balance of Yin and Yang in Tai Chi, as well as unification on the composed Tai Chi routines, the expression of "Tai Chi Languages" in movement, "to practice Tai Chi moves with heart", “to flourish between Quan and feelings", and "I am Tai Chi", are deeply embraced by the tai chi enthusiasts.

He was sent by the Chinese Martial Arts Association and the Sports Federation of Fujian Province several times to Japan, Korea, Philippines, Singapore, Indonesia, Canada, the United States and Hong Kong to give lectures or lead his unit for performances, and was well received when he served as the chief referee of international martial arts competition.　

He is the Honorary President of Jason Tai Chi Academy - 美國太極拳學會榮譽會長

曾乃梁大師簡歷

　　曾乃梁大師，武術國家級正高級教練，國家級武術裁判，武術最高段九段。原福建省武術隊主教練，現任中國武術協會委員、福建省武術協會顧問、福建華武功夫中心主任。多次被授予國家體育運動榮譽獎章。

　　曾教授12歲開始習武，1959年考入北京體育學院武術系（現為北京體育大學），1964年畢業，1967年武術研究生畢業。1991年曾任首屆世界武術錦標賽中國武術隊領隊。1992年任第4屆中日太極賽中國隊主教練。1993年獲國務院頒發社會科學突出貢獻證書。同年出任首屆東亞運動會中國武術隊主教練。出任第2屆世界武術錦標賽韓國隊領隊，榮獲韓國武術協會頒發“功勞牌”。出任第5屆中日太極賽暨首屆國際太極拳邀請賽中國隊領隊。1994年赴廣島出任第12屆亞運會中國武術隊主教練。1995年獲“中國當代十大武術教練”稱號。同年被第2屆世界太極修煉大會聘為大會導師。1996年獲“世界太極科技貢獻獎”。同年赴馬尼拉出任亞洲武術裁判員培訓班教練，後留任菲律賓國家隊教練，參加第4屆亞洲武術錦標賽。1997年受聘赴雅加達，任印尼國家隊教練。2001年受中國武術協會邀請赴三亞，參加首屆世界太極拳健康大會名家演示並作專家輔導。2004年被加拿大武術聯合總會授予“武術家終身成就獎”。2008年被華夏武術組委會評為“中國武術家終身成就獎”。同年被世界武術研究總會評為“最高段十段國際武術大師”。2009年被評為“中國武術十大風雲人物”。

　　1977年組織福建省武術隊並任主教練。親自培訓的運動員，獲全國武術比賽冠軍者超百餘人次。其中有男子太極金牌得主、共獲32枚大賽金牌（大滿貫）、有“太極王子”美譽的陳思坦。女子太極金牌得主、共獲32枚大賽金牌（大滿貫）、有“太極女神”美譽的高佳敏。有女子槍術金牌得主的魏丹彤。有女子南拳金牌得主、被譽為“新南拳王”的王慧玲。有蟬聯六屆全國金牌和蟬聯三屆國際武術邀請賽女子太極拳冠軍、有“太極之花”美譽的林秋萍。有男子南拳冠軍的吳賢舉。還有一大批國內大賽的名將、多名教授、副教授、及高級教練等好成績。

　　曾教授在武術理論學術上有極高的造詣。1987年發表論文，獲首屆全國武術學術研討會最高獎－－大會優秀獎。多篇論文在外文版上發表，在國內外都有很大影響。被聘為《中國武術大百科全書》的編委。與衛香蓮合編

“太極拳入門及功法”小冊子。受中國武術研究院之委託，為全國武術高、中級教練員培訓班撰寫教材，並多次講課。參與《太極劍競賽套路》的創編工作，參與《太極拳劍競賽規則》修訂工作。撰稿、策劃並指導，與弟子合作拍攝太極拳系列錄影帶、VCD、DVD，在國內外廣為傳播。曾教授提出的太極拳教學訓練4階段的見解，提出“太極拳十大教學法”的觀點，提出太極拳陰陽平衡說，以及關於創編太極拳系列統一套路，提出要以“太極語言”表達運動感情，“以心練拳”，達“拳情並茂”、“吾即太極”境界的觀點，深受太極拳愛好者的歡迎。

　　曾教授還受到中國武術協會和福建省體育總會派遣，多次到日本、韓國、菲律賓、新加坡、印尼、加拿大、美國及香港等地講學或率隊表演，以及擔任國際武術大賽的總裁判長，均受到好評。