but, shaolin is a buddhist temple first and foremost. the whole martial arts thing is quite secondary and has only been placed where it is due to a lot of modern misconception.
anyway, there's plenty of martial arts available in and around shaolin and quite a lot of it is pretty decent stuff. Certainly not cakewalk type stuff. I wouldn't sell them short.
I still don't think you need to go to shaolin to learn good kungfu. There's plenty of excellent martial arts everywhere nowadays.