Daisigung Quek Heng Choon represented the 2nd chamber 49th generation of Shaolin. He was born in 1926 in Huian county, Fujian province, China.
At the age of 13 Daisigung Quek met a wandering medicine seller named Liu Pingshan, who was a Master of the Taizu style of Kung Fu and became his student for 3 years. From 1942 he travelled around China until he moved to Singapore in 1947 and began training under Cho-Si Seh Koh San at the Siong Lim See Temple. Cho-Si was very strict with his students, and Daisigung Quek had to stay inside the temple walls and study Martial Arts for at least 3 years. Training took place 3 times per day, every day.
After about 6 or 7 years of hard work Cho-Si Seh Koh San said, “Your study of the arts has been successful, now you can ‘come down from the mountain’ (leave the temple)”. In 1954, Daisigung Quek left the temple to set-up the Singapore Sao Hua San Athletic Association for his teacher. After this, he founded and taught at several other Martial Arts schools and became particularly renowned for his demonstrations of Ying Qigong (Hard Chi Gung). In 1967, he demonstrated this by breaking marble table tops on his back and with his hands causing a sensation and receiving praise from the Prime Minister of Singapore – Li Guangyao
In 1971 Daisigung Quek started his own school – Quek Heng Choon Martial Arts Sport School. In 1977 he initiated the Kuala Lumpur Song Shan Shaolin Wushu Association. He was considered to be one of the most important and influential students of Cho-Si Seh Koh San. During a visit to China in February 2010, Daisigung Quek unfortunately succumbed to illness and passed away. He was 85 years old. One of Daisigung Quek’s students was Sigung Christopher Lai Khee Choong.