Just a question for those people who've spent time at Shaolin or been around the Shaolin complex/village practitioners.

How do they view other martial arts?

Are they at all interested in them - the differences, the similarities etc?

Do they just not care?

Do they consider them poor excuses for Chinese martial art?

I'd be interested to know. I know the travelling troupes perform often at venues that feature other martial artists, that there have been challengers at Shaolin from other places and of course, the world is getting smaller and smaller and even the people in rural China have a better idea of what's happening outside their immediate area these days.

thanks in advance for any enlightenment!