Wong Kiew-kit, a Malaysian martial artist, died on March 1, 2026, aged 81.
Born in 1944, he was the grandmaster in the tradition of the mythical Southern Shaolin Monastery in China, distinct from the more commonly known Shaolin Monastery in Henan Province. He founded the Shaolin Wahnam Institute in 1982 to teach Shaolin arts to the public.
Wong began learning Shaolin Kungfu at age 10 from Lai Chin-wah and later taught Shaolin Cosmos qigong, Shaolin kung fu, tai chi, Zen and Lion dance worldwide for more than 25 years. He received the Qigong Master of the Year award at the Second World Congress on Qigong in San Francisco in 1997.
Wong Kiew-kit (1944 – 1 March 2026) was a Malaysian martial artist who was the grandmaster in the tradition of the mythical Southern Shaolin Monastery in China, which should not be confused with the more commonly known Shaolin Monastery in Henan Province. He founded the Shaolin Wahnam Institute in 1982 in order to teach Shaolin arts to the public. Wong practiced and learned within a number of famous lineages which place him as a fourth generation successor of the Ven. Jiang Nan and a sixth generation successor of the Ven. Chee Seen both of the Southern Shaolin Temple.