A Tribute to the LATE GREAT GRANDMASTER of Shaolin Wuzuquan
KAN TECK GUAN (1884 - 1946)
Great Grandmaster Kan Teck Guan alias Kee Lian, also known as Kay Seong Sun, was born in Pakkong village of Yongchun County, Fujian Province, China. He lost both parents during his childhood. Ever since he was a child, he had a fervent love for martial arts. He learned the secrets and essence of Shaolin Wuzuquan, as well as the traditional Chinese medicine from Master Li Junren. He was especially good at treating broken bones and external injuries.
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Great Grandmaster Kan's best disciple Master Lim Poh Shan has obtained distingished gold prize at the Chinese martial arts Examination at Nanking. The Government of the Republic of China through Master Lim Poh Shan, invited Great Grandmaster Kan to lead a team of Chinese associate from Fukien province to promote Chinese Martial arts in China and abroad.
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Great Grandmaster Kan came to Malaya in the early 20th Century and popularised Shaolin Wuzuquan. In 1916, he founded the Chinese Pugilistic Centre in Klang, the first of a chain of such centres he established in Malaya. Other centres were set up in Kuala Lumpur (1918), Malacca (1927) and Muar (1929).
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Later, Great Grandmaster Kan moved to Singapore and founded the Chinese Pugilistic Centre (Chung Kuo Kuoshu Kuan) at Club Street in 1932. Apart from teaching Shaolin Wuzuquan, he was also well known as a Chinese Physician.
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In 1933, Mr. Zhang Zi Jiang, Director of the National Kuoshu (Chinese Martial Arts) Institute in Nanking visited Singapore with a Kuoshu delegation. He paid a coutesy call on Great Grandmaster Kan and presented him with a calligraphic work, in english means learning martial arts to strengthen the race and for self-defence.
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In 1946, Great Grandmaster Kan passed away at the age of 62, leaving his sons, Oh Hai, Oh Cheong, Oh Nam and his disciples to continue with the promotion of Shaolin Wuzuquan. He would always be remembered for his contricution towards the promotion and development of Shaolin Wuzuquan.
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The people in generation of Wuzuquan since the Ching Dynasty:
~ The Late Grandmaster Kan Oh Cheong
~ A Tribute to Our Mentor of The Late Great Grandsmaster Lim Leng Huat
