Grand Master Lam Cho's 94th Birthday Celebration

On Sunday, 08 February 2004, the living legend of Hung Gar, Grand Master Lam Cho celebrated his 94th birthday with family, friends, Hung Gar instructors and students coming from all over the world.

This years birthday celebration was held at the Grand Lord Sea Food Restaurant located in Prince Edward/Hong Kong. As always, Grand Masters birthday was a memorable and truly an enjoyable occasion for everyone. For the hung gar students and practitioners, Grand Master Lam Cho's birthday celebration has become an event not to be missed. As in previous years, this year Hung Gar practitioners from all parts of the world coming from all walks of life gather in Hong Kong to pay their respect and celebrate sigung's birthday as one big family.

This year, an overwhelming number of guests turned up for sigung's birthday to convey their best wishes and share in the festivities. There were guests from countries such as, USA, England, Italy, Netherlands, Germany, Canada, Singapore, Japan, Czhec Republic etc. Grand Master was extremly pleased with the international flavor of his birthday and the continuing growth of his family style.

The birthday festivities kicked off at around seven o'clock with the remarkable display of traditional lion dance performances by Lam Cho Sigung's grand students. The entire restaurant was filled by the sounds of the drum, gong and cymbal as the guests watched the display of lion's emotions and movements. The lion dance was followed by gung fu demonstration by the young - future generations of Hung Gar. It was a delightfull sight for all to see the youngesters skilfully demonstrate variety of different Hung Gar forms to the sound of the drum.

At the end of gung fu performances by Kids, a large birthday cake was brought in which Grand Master Lam Cho cut with his family besides him. Immediately after, hung gar practitioners, teachers and students from around the world gathered around grand master Lam Cho and his sons Lam Chun Fai sifu and Lam Chun Sing sifu to take photos.

The following couple of hours were packed with top-notch gung fu demonstrations by instructors and students from around the world. One by one, they displayed their hard earned skills by performing wide range of hand, weapon and two men sets. As far as hung gar demonstartions would go, grand masters birthday party is the place to be to see some of the best hung gar demonstrations anybody would hope to see. With great concentration, precision and strength, students and sifus performed many different Hung Gar forms, including; Kwan Do, Fu Hok Seung Ying Kuen, Sup Ying Kuen, Kuan Lan Gim, Pek Kwa Darn Do,Gung Gee Doy cha, Fu Hok Doy Cha, Darn Do Chin Cheong and more.

The gung fu performances were councluded by the seperate, breathtaking performances by grand master Lam Cho's sons, Lam Chun Sing and Lam Chun Fai. The spectators were thrilled with the amazing skill, accuracy, speed and power displayed by both Lam Chun Fai and Lam Chun Sing sifu.

After the demonstrations, the night continued with the birthday feast. Everyone settled down to enjoy the delicious food and delicacies served by the Grand Lord Sea Food restaurant. The birthday party concluded with grand master thanking every guest personally for joining him at his 94th birthday.