About Dr Colin Koh

Founder & Creator of QISYNC · Mind-Body Performance • Resilience • Healthy Ageing

[Photograph: current portrait]

Dr Colin Koh is the Founder and Creator of QISYNC, a modern mind-body system for building resilience, clarity and sustainable capacity throughout life.

A lifelong practice

His journey began with Karate before he started Tai Chi Chuan in 1972. Training under Grandmaster Ong Boon Pin, he won the first Singapore Tai Chi Tui Shou National Championship in 1981 and took on early responsibility as an assistant instructor. In the 1980s he became one of the pioneer Tai Chi Chuan instructors approved by Singapore's Martial Arts Control Unit, teaching at River Valley, Serangoon and Rochore Community Centres.

[Photograph: Colin Koh receiving the 1981 Singapore National Tai Chi Tui Shou Champion trophy from Mr Goh Chok Tong]

Teaching

Across more than five decades of Tai Chi, Qigong and meditation, he has taught close to 1,000 people. His students include executives, professionals, corporate and government groups, community participants, students and older adults. He has taught at organisations including SIA Group, Eagle Services, AIA, Daimler (Mercedes-Benz), Schindler, Alexandra Hospital and Thye Hwa Kuan Hospital.

A professional career in safety-critical systems

Colin spent about 40 years in aerospace with SIA Engineering Group as a Licensed Aircraft Maintenance Engineer certified by the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore, and five years as General Manager of the Air Transport Training College. He has served as Chairman of the Singapore Professional Centre and President of the Continuing Professional Development Association. For the past five years he has worked at Cybersafe Pte Ltd as a Compliance Executive and Project Manager, and he consults in cybersecurity, governance and data protection.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Operations
• Master's degrees in Management; International Business; and Human Resource Management & Industrial-Organisational Psychology
• PhD in Action Learning and Research, Revans University / IMCA (2009)
• DBA, UITM Poland (2021)
• Postgraduate Certificate in Workplace Learning (Institute for Adult Learning / Singapore University of Social Sciences)

Philosophy

"The deepest value of Tai Chi is not merely being able to perform Tai Chi. It is being able to apply its principles to the way we live."

Writing

Colin is currently writing Meditation in Motion (forthcoming).