97'th Birthday Celebration of Grand Master Lam Cho

Wednesday the 7th of March 2007 marked Grandmaster Lam Cho's 97 birthday. As in the previous few year this years birthday party was once again held at the Grand Lord Sea Food Restaurant located in Prince Edward/Hong Kong.

A memorable and truly an enjoyable occasion, Grandmaster Lam Cho was joinde by family, friends and guests as well as an overwhelming number of Hung Gar practitioners from all parts of the world gather in Hong Kong to pay their respect and celebrate sigung's birthday as one big family.

This year's birthday party/banquet welcomed many Hung Gar schools, sifus and students from many countries all over the world, including; Hong Kong, England, Italy, Greece, Germany, USA, Canada, Czech Republic, Sweeden, Singapore, Japan, China etc. Besides the Lam Family students and schools, there were also many well known sifu's from other styles joined the birthday part to convey their best wishes and enjoy the evening.

As in previous years this years birthday party included traditional lion dance performance and breathtaking gung fu demonstrations. The birthday party kicked of at around seven o'clock with the remarkable display of traditional lion dance performances. After the inital lion dance performance Grandmaster Lam Cho was invited to the open the eyes of a new lion to aweken it. The Eye Dotting/Opening ceremony was followed by more lion dance and eventually a photo session. Once everyone settled down the evening continued with the gung fu demonstration by the 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.

The party proceeded with top notch gung fu demonstration 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. With great concentration, precision and strength, students and sifus performed many different Hung Gar forms, including; Seung Bin, Kwan Do, Fu Hok Seung Ying Kuen, Sup Ying Kuen, Pek Kwa Darn Do, Seung Long Do, Fu Hok Doy Cha, Darn Do Chin Cheong and more. Some of the best moments of the night included breathtaking performances by grand master Lam Cho's sons, Lam Chun Chung and Lam Chun Fai. The spectators were thrilled with the amazing accuracy, speed and skilfulness displayed by both Lam Chun Fai and Lam Chun Chung 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 97th birthday.