You know, there are alot of frauds in the MA world. It seems today there are more frauds, than the real thing. It's hard for one to know who is real, and who is not anymore.
From personal experiance, I know Chung Moo Quan is fake, and I can gather Temple King Fu is fake, and Shaolin Do..............well, that is a family system masquerading as something it's not too, so it's Fake.
Me, I did a ton of research, made contacts all over the world exchanged videos, and learned forms from them. I went to real people I felt had the principals I needed to make this work, and I did the best I could to absorb them.
I bill myself as a researcher of my art. Those who come to me come to learn the results of my research, not to learn from a specific lineage. (When I was teaching that is). I offer a "Mad sampler" of Tai tzu from around the world, nothing more.
Am I fake? I don't think so for one simple reason, I'm open about how I did it, what I learned, and where it all comes from (Except when it come to certian promises I have made to keep certian sources quiet).
Yes, I may not have much more than a collection of forms, but my honesty and openness about how I am doing this is what keeps me from being a fraud. I don't claim to be a lineage holder, or have any rank or position in anyone's system outside my own (That I founded myself) If all these other guys could do the same, there would not be a problem so long as they have found a way to build the skills needed to do the job, can demostraight that, and effectively teach those skills.