I know I have that pic somewhere
But I'm not sure if it is legible from the print. Give me some time to dig through my photo files... Be patient, my files are a mess.
And I think what Venerable Shi Guolin was reffering to was the ambiguity of the abstinences of a Shaolin Monk from the old LI shinmin story. A fully ordained monk must be vegetarian and abstain from alcohol, Shaolin or not. A warrior monk can indulge, but they are really a special level of layman disciple, ordained but they don't take all the vows, sort of in-between layman disciples like myself and fully ordained monks. It's confusing because the warrior monks are Shaolin monks, but they aren't fully ordained monks.
Well that's where Shaolin gets a little sticky
According to the current popular belief, Li Shinmin's order allowed for a special catagory of monks - warrior monks (wuseng) - that could eat meat and drink wine. Certainly martial arts existed at Shaolin prior to the warrior monks, prior to Tamo even, but now there was a special class of monk that just focused on martial arts and took less vows (weren't fully indoctrinated.) Some postulate that this was a tactical move on behave of Li Shinmin, lessen the restrictions and increase his Shaolin warriors. Others beleive that it never even happened - the emperor would not override the command of Buddha.
Who knows what happened back then. But we know what is happening now.
Today at Shaolin, most of the monks we know are warrior monks. After all, this is a martial arts forum, not a Buddhist forum. When I interviewed the Abbot at Shaolin, he said that the warrior monks are a special part of Shaolin's cultural heritage and he hoped that they would behave like monks (be vegetarian and abstain from intoxicants) but the use of the word 'hope' was pregnant with underlying meaning.
This situation is made particularly confusing since many of the private schools now have a team of warrior monks, private warrior monks. When the Shaolin Wushuguan openned, a small contingent of warrior monks were essentially hired by Dengfeng government to demonstrate and teach. As the private schools spread, they began have their own warrior monks to remain competative. Now it's difficult to say how many warrior monks there are. Many of the private schools are run by warrior monks who began at the wushuguan. My own master is like so.