Chinanews, Zhenzhou, Feb. 27, 2006
"In order to standardize and promote orthodox Shaolin martial arts, the Dengfeng Municipal Administration of Sports in Henan will invite some martial arts experts to offer a 10-day training program to some 300 martial arts coaches. The program will start on March 6."

"In recent years, many domestic and overseas Chinese pick up the old tradition of practicing martial arts. However, there are currently various kinds of martial arts practiced in society under the name Shaolin. Some of these martial arts are far different from conventional Shaolin style and hamper the sound development of conventional Shaolin Kongfu."
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re: "conventional Shaolin style"
The "conventional Shaolin style" referred to above was adopted at the Shaolin Monastery in the early 1980's. This was a hodgepodge of forms coming from a numbers of different communes plus a number of experts from different parts of China, plus modern wushu basics.

I find it interesting that in another article whch appeared recently in Chinanews and dated Mar.24, Shi Yongxin said the purpose of this and trademarking was not over money but over reputation. He said, "The Chinese folk cultural resources have already lost a lot and cannot afford to lose any more."

I couldn't agree with him more, unfortunately this standardize and trademarking (read marketing) of Shaolin martial arts will do just the opposite.

r.