On Friday, 01 March 2002, the living legend of Hung Gar, Grand
Master Lam Cho celebrated his 92nd birthday. A big birthday
party/banquet in honour of Lam Cho sigung was held at the Grand
Lord Sea Food Restaurant located in Prince Edward/Hong Kong.
Hung Gar practitioners, sifus and students from all over the
world travelled to Hong Kong to attend the birthday.
All together, around 200 guests turned up for the birthday
from countries such as; England, USA, Brazil, Greece, Italy,
Chezch Republic, Germany, Singapore, Netherlands, Japan etc.
The birthday party included traditional lion dance performance
and breathtaking gung fu demonstrations which of course was
followed by an excellent banquet of Chinese food and delicacies.
The entire main floor of the Grand Lord Sea Food Restaurant
was booked off for grandmaster's birthday party. After the
arrival of the guests, the festivities kicked of at around
seven o'clock with an excellent display of traditional lion
dance by Lam Cho sigung's grand students. The entire restaurant
was surrounded by the sounds of the drum, gong and cymbal
as the guests watched the display of lion's emotions and movements.
Following the lion dance performance, Grand Master Lam Cho
cut the birthday cake with his sons, daughters and grandchildren
besides him.
The next two hours of the birthday was
packed with top-notch gung fu demonstrations. Sifus and students
from around the world displayed their Hung Gar skills, performing
wide range of hand, weapon and two men sets. Included in the
demonstrations were awesome performances by sigung's youngest
son Lam Chun Sing and the eldest son Lam Chun Fai. The demonstrations
kicked off with excellent performances by young children,
the future generations of Hung Gar. One by one, they displayed
their hard earned skills by demonstrating variety of forms
to the sounds of the drum. Following the kids' performances,
next up was sifus, students and practitioners from different
countries who in turn stepped forward to display their Hung
Gar. Some of the forms demonstrated included sets such as;
Fu Hok Seung Ying Kuen, Sup Ying Kuen, Kwan Do, Pek Kwa Darn
Do, Gim, Ng Lung Ba Gwa Kwun, Fu Hok Doy Cha, Darn Do Chin
Cheong, just to name a few.
Some of the main highlights of the evening included breathtaking
performances by grand master Lam Cho's sons, Lam Chun Sing
and Lam Chun Fai. The guests were thrilled by two separate
performances of Master Lam Chun Sing the youngest son of Lam Cho sigung. Lam Chun Sing sifu displayed his lightening speed,
power and superb skills with the empty hand form `Pang Pau
Kuen`. He than gave a phenomenal performance of `Darn Do Chin
Cheong` Spear vs Sword with Mr.Chan a long time senior student
of Lam Cho sigung. The spectators were overwhelmed with the
amazing accuracy, speed and skilfulness displayed by Master
Lam and Mr.Chan. The closing demonstration was given by Lam
Chun Fai sifu. He demonstrated his extraordinary skills by
performing an empty hand set in front of the eagerly waiting
guests. This certainly was the perfect final performance.
The hung gar demonstrations was followed by a photo session
where practitioners 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. Afterwards 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 92nd birthday.
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