Looking for a school in NYC.

[Ray Pina]

I learned Hung Gar from an old Student of grandmaster Yee when I first moved to NY. My view is skewed now that I train internal, but at the time I was very into it and lion danced my a$$ off for those folks. They do produce a few fighters every year though at the tournament and can use their stuff. If your friend insists on going the "shaolin" route I would go straight there. By the majority standard, there is also some very good S. Mantis in NYC -- I'd go so far as to say NYC is the S Mantis capital -- but you'll have to make some good friends to get in with those folks.

[norther practitioner]

I'd have to agree with EF on the southern mantis tip as well...

The Brooklyn monk is now teaching with Shi Guolin.

Li Peng is on his own still I thought, there is another monk with Guolin... there is some stuff about this over on Doc's site.