1. Lam Cho was the Hung Ga Grandmaster and Dit Da practitioner of the Lam Family Hung Ga lineage.
15 Facts About Lam Cho
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Lam Cho was noted to be the last martial arts Grandmaster who lived during the times of well-known martial artists Wong Fei-hung and Lam Sai-wing, his adoptive uncle.
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At a young age he was orphaned and was adopted by his uncle Lam Cho Sai-wing, a disciple of the famous Hung Ga martial artist Wong Fei-hung.
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Lam Cho was trained in Hung Ga by Sai-wing at the age of 6 and practiced in Traditional Chinese medicine Dit Da.
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In 1928, Lam Cho Sai-wing took him to Hong Kong, where they opened two branches of Lam Cho Sai-wing Martial Arts Association and Dit Da clinics there.
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In 1931, Lam Cho was invited to the British marine exercise event at Lufeng, Guangdong, to perform martial arts, and received praises from other participating martial artists.
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Later in about 1932, Lam Cho taught his 8 year old adopted son Tang Kwok-wah.
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Lam Cho married Tam Yeut-ming at Hong Kong and his first son was born in 1940, his son's name was named Lam Cho Chun-fai by his uncle Sai-wing.
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Lam Cho was later recognised by the Japanese as a man with considerable influence over the local people and they tried to have him becoming a member to the local administration.
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Lam Cho became the chairman of the Physical Culture Association.
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In 1963, Lam left the school and Dit Da clinic at Wan Chai to be managed by his second son Lam Chun-hin and his wife Luk Lai-yin to open another training school and Dit Da clinic at Nullah Road, Mong Kok in Kowloon.
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Lam's fourth son Lam Chun-sing moved to Jordan to establish his own school and Dit Da clinic there for a year before ventured into business, but returned to Hong Kong in 1975 to train students at his father's studio in Mong Kok.
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In January 2008, Lam Cho was invited to attend the Wong Fei-hung's 160th birthday anniversary commemorative ceremony in Nanhai as Hung Ga's most senior representative.
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Lam Cho died during his stay at the hospital on 29 March 2012,2:15 pm, aged 102.
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Lam Cho's funeral wake was held at Universal Funeral at Hung Hom in April 2012, and his students from all over the world returned to Hong Kong to mourn for his passing.