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Rome March 30th, 2003 - International Stage with Grandmaster Chiu Chi LingGrandmaster Chiu Chi Ling's European Tour began in Italy. He will then reach Switzerland and Germany, where he will make Seminars in at least four different cities. It's years, Master Chiu Chi Ling has been working hard to spread Hung Ga Kung Fu around the world. Immediately after the the trip to the root of Southern Shaolin Kung Fu, Grandmaster resumed his activities in Europe and USA. 
Trip to the root of Southern Shaolin Kung Fu - Foshan. Grandmaster Chiu Chi Ling and his pupils. Friday 28th of March - Grandmaster Chiu Chi Ling arrived in Rome, but Saturday he immediately moved to Bologna to make a technical stage. Gabriele Torricelli and Andrea Cazzola organized the event with great care. Their school (Scuola delle Cinque Montagne Sacre) is associated with Ehga-Italia (European Hung Gar Association). In this stage, pupils deepened the fighting application of Gong Ji Fok Foo Kuen. 
Bologna 2003. Grandmaster Chiu Chi Ling took a Hung Ga Technical Stage The stage started after the traditional salutes. Sifu Chiu Chi Ling analyzed the first part of Gong Ji Fok Foo Kuen: QI's control, supplying them with specific exercises to practice it correctly. Immediately afterwards, they applied these techniques to the real fighting. Master illustrated many different simple applications, but really applicable in fighting: he paid attention on the footwork, blocking techniques, levers and counterattacks. Grandmaster controlled all the participants so that performed techniques in the correct way. In the end, pupils made photos with Grandmaster Chiu Chi Ling and thanked him for his teachings. He gave them the possibility to improve many techniques. In fact Sifu Chiu Chi Ling explained many details and illustrated many technichal aspects: only with an expert's aid we can obtain the maximum knowledge and catch every single detail. Sifu Chiu Chi Ling and his direct pupil Luigi Martone came back to Rome, traveling overnight. In the morning Ehga-Italia organized an other technical stage. Many affiliated schools came to the event: Fu Hok (Vasto) of Enza Giangiacomo , Martone Kwoon (Rome), Scutti Kwoon (Rome), Tigre d'Oro (Avellino) of Giancarlo Matarazzo and a representative of Sifu Alessandro Cossu's Tang Lang School. 
Rome 2003. Ehga-Italia organized a technical stage taken by Grandmaster Chiu Chi Ling Stage started with some simple exercises followed by walking techniques. In this stage Master Chi Chi Ling explained the sparring form Gong Ji Doi Da. He made a lot of examples to simplify the learning: he analyzed many basic principles like fighting tactics, guard, footwork and body's movements, Yam and Yeung (Yin and Yang) applying them to the form. 
Sifu Chi Chi Ling took care of the three defensive lines, three heights, center line, power application with the minimum movements, Chi Sao, levers, blocking techniques using the bridges. After having explained all these principles, we passed to execute the sparring forms. In the afternoon, the National Secretary of Italia-Cina Association Vittoria Mancini visited us. This organization offered its sponsorship for Master's Italian Tour. In the end pupils thanked Sifu Chiu Chi Ling for the teachings received. During the next days, Sifu Sergio and Luigi Martone kept on training hard. Master Chiu Chi Ling improved their lion dance and taught them many theoretical principles. They also talked about the International Chiu Chi Ling Kung Fu Assn's future in Italy.
Wednesday 2nd of April. Italia-China Association invited us to have dinner with them: there were  Victoria
Mancini (National Secretary of the Association) with some Leading Committee's Members and the interpreter Mrs.
Cascina Rosa. Interpreter first translated some articles printed on Chinese magazines famous in the USA, then
interviewed Grandmaster for the Association. This meeting strengthened the already good relationships.
In the end we talked about Sifu's program for the next Italian tour: for example, we'd like to organize a conference on the Chinese traditional medicine and philosophical Kung Fu aspects. Master left Italy on Thursday evening. We would like to thank Grandmaster Chiu Chi Ling for his teachings. Visit Photo Gallery dedicated to this Seminar... ----------------------- |
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