The founder of Singa Fist, Mr Teo Choon Teck, has passed away at the age of 84 after battling cancer. Singa Fist is a Singaporean martial art that combines various traditional fighting styles. Mr Teo represented Singapore in a tournament in 1968 and was interviewed about Singa Fist in 2015.
As multi-cultural as its country of origin, Singa Fist is a Singapore an martial art that combines silat, taekwondo, karate, northern Shaolin kungfu, southern Shaolin kungfu, judo, aikido and alerted Stomp that the man behind Singa Fist , Mr Teo Choon Teck, died on Feb 3 at age 84 after a battle with cancer. Born on April 3, 1939, Mr Teo represented Singapore in the first Southeast Asian Leitai Tournament held in Gay World Stadium in Kallang in 1968.
In 1985, the masters of the eight different traditional martial arts from the Singapore Martial Arts Instructors’ Association decided to combine their respective styles into one. One of them was Mr Teo, who was tasked with learning the eight fighting styles and unifying them, thus creating Singa Fist. In 2015, Singa Fist was featured in the History Channel programme 10 Things You Don’t Know About Singapore, where Mr Teo was interviewed about the martial art he founded. Mr Teo's son told Shin Min Daily News that his father retired from martial arts after a stroke in 2014. Although he recovered, he was diagnosed with cance
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