Lam Cho
Lam Cho (27 February 1910 – 29 March 2012) was the Hung Ga Grandmaster and Dit Da practitioner of the Lam Family Hung Ga lineage. He 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.
| Lam Cho | |||||||||||
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Lam Cho in his younger days | |||||||||||
| Born | February 27, 1910 Guicheng Subdistrict, Nanhai District, Foshan, Guangdong, Qing Empire | ||||||||||
| Died | March 29, 2012 (aged 102) Hong Kong Baptist Hospital, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong | ||||||||||
| Native name | 林祖 | ||||||||||
| Other names | Lam Cho-kan (林祖根) Lam Gun-kau (林冠球) | ||||||||||
| Residence | Hong Kong | ||||||||||
| Style | Chinese martial arts Hung Ga | ||||||||||
| Teacher(s) | Lam Sai-wing | ||||||||||
| Rank | Grandmaster | ||||||||||
| Occupation | martial artist, Dit Da practitioner | ||||||||||
| Spouse |
Tam Yeut-ming (died 1979) | ||||||||||
| Children | 6 | ||||||||||
| Notable relatives | Lam Sai-wing (uncle) Tang Kwok-wah (adopted son) | ||||||||||
| Notable club(s) | Lam Cho Martial Arts Association | ||||||||||
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| Chinese | 林祖 | ||||||||||
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