Budo international Martial Arts Magazine Jul. 2013 | Page 150

same benefits as the Gee Fook Fu Kuen, which resulted in the creation of Gee Fook Fu Doy Dar.
In forms like the Gung Gee Fook Fu Dar Doy, everything is geared to advance in the process. There is a training partner, a fighting rival. The moment and the " authenticity " of the used force play an important role. The way your partner acts will determine the strength and timing of the techniques. Ultimately, it will provide both parties to know the results in a real fight. However, what comes next indicates how to outsmart the opponent, but with real skills and a possible " defeat ". When performing the Gung Gee Fook Fu Kuen techniques there may occur dangerous situations between those carrying out the movements.
Then and now
Learning the Gung Gee Fook Fu Dar Doy has always been a challenge for Hung Gar students, particularly for those following the line of Chiu. Of course, Grandmaster Chiu Chi Ling( 10th Dan), experienced fighter and leader of the style, knows the exact movements of the form, nevertheless offers a completely free and improvised version: Was it the left foot or the right foot? " It doesn ' t matter "-said the Grand Master-, " in the end, you have to work to attack any how."
In a similar way behaves his successor in the style, Grandmaster Martin Sewer( 8th Dan). He is one of the few Europeans who assumes the challenge of including a form as complex as Dar Doy, in the training program structured in his Kung Fu School MARTIN
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