A lot of what you said, mirrors my thoughts on the matter, Songshan. The monks that have immigrated to the US teach a spectacular curriculum. They teach traditional and wushu. They also teach the internal. The Three Treasures are taught by these monks. From what Antonio says, he didn't get that in China. He basically ended up in a training camp for wushu demo teams. I don't see him as skeptical, considering he said he was looking for the internal and he could not find it.

I think Gene is the most correct. It really depends on how you prepare for your trip. I'm sure if you contact a trainer there and let them know what you would like to learn, they can arrange to have you spend time learning Shaolin wushu and then transfer you over to an internal class at some point, I'm sure.

Personally, I"m curious as to what Antonio did learn.