Originally Posted by
BlueTravesty
What, indeed.
Some people on here would commit the fallacy of concluding that the "Masters" who fled the Communist Takeover -before the rise of Modern Wushu- would somehow not be tainted by its performance-only aesthetics. Some people would cite "facts" such as those masters being products of the same pre-communist generation that spawned the Nanking Guoshu Institute, which sponsored a martial arts curriculum to make the people strong, a fighting force the envy of the world! Such a narrow conception of linear time is laughable.
You see, the PRC became alarmed that traditional martial arts were being taught outside of China, since many masters of traditional martial arts fled to Hong Kong, Taiwan, Indonesia, Macao, etc. They had a hard time spreading Wushu to these countries- Taiwan vehemently opposed influence from the PRC, and Hong Kong was still under British Control. So what they did, is they came up with a solution- since their only agenda is to exterminate all REAL Chinese martial arts (mwahahahaha!) they needed a find a way to travel back in time, to poison the martial arts once and for all.
To do so, they consulted a 3-part documentary on time-travel called "Back To the Future." They initially tried to get a fleet of DeLorean time machines, however the decline of the DeLorean Motor Company (due in part to political instability in Northern Ireland) and the rather dismal performance of the Chinese economy made this a logistical impossibility.
However, they had other means. They genetically altered Modern Wushu players who could move faster than any person- 88 miles per hour, to be exact. Creating a hand-held version of the Flux Capacitor (cleverly disguised as Dao, Spear, Staff and Jian) they were able to send Modern Wushu players back in time to "Wushu-fy" Martial Arts, so that when the Communist Takeover finally occurred, the Traditional Martial Arts were already doomed.
However, the REAL Shaolin Masters knew of this plan while it was happening, and using Qigong, they were able to move themselves at 88 miles per hour, their enlightened minds acting as Flux Capacitors, to spread the FOR REAL Chinese Martial arts to the only place they would be safe: Indonesia.
See, it's all obvious. All that obviously-wushu-tainted stuff from Hong Kong and Taiwan is a bunch of performance-only crud.
Also, the Sun is cold, water is dry, and the sky is green on a clear day at noontime.