MR. LAU
This unassuming little Asian man sweeps the floors at the Golden Dynasty all-you-can-eat Chinese buffet in Chinatown. Almost everyone will see him shuffling along with his broom and dustpan and walk right past him, never knowing that he is, in fact, the last living master of the legendary martial art known as Siu Kune Do, the Way of the Mocking Fist. Born in Guangdong Province in China, Lau was sent as a youngster to study at a Peking Opera School, where he first learned martial arts as well as acrobatics, music and dance. After his ten-year contract expired, Lau, then nineteen years old, spent the next few years wandering around China to learn the secrets of wushu from the masters. He wound up in a monastery under the tutelage of the Laughing Monk, the 150-year-old founder of Siu Kune Do. When his master died unexpectedly (although considering his age, it shouldn't have been that unexpected), Lau was accused of murder and so he fled the country and made his way to San Palillo. In addition to his job as a sweeper, Mr. Lau runs a small secret dojo in the restaurant's basement, passing on the secrets of his art to a new generation.