Originally Posted by
Ken Cheng
How diverse was the Golden Wheel Monk's martial arts skill set? On the one hand, he himself used a technique that used five metallic wheels, but this skill was not evident in his two disciples, Fok Do and Dat Yee Ba. Fok Do used a fan technique that he learned from the Golden Wheel Monk, but the monk himself never used such a skill in combat. Dat Yee Ba specialized in a wooden club technique, but again, though DYB learned this skill from the GWM, the monk himself was never seen using this skill.
It also makes me wonder if Au Yeung Hak learned his fan combat technique from his uncle/father West Poison Au Yeung Fung, or if he learned it elsewhere or devised it himself. Au Yeung Fung never used a fan for fighting, so how would his nephew/son become a specialist with that weapon?