I would also like to add that the douchebags who talk about "tradition" and what Master this and Master that would have or did do fail to realize these masters of old would gladly learn new material to add to their arsenal, because this is how most modern Kung Fu systems originated. Not to mention their techniques were pressure tested and worked or they would not continue to study and perfect them.
Like Ronin said, don't get stuck in what these idiots and their "dogma" see as tradition. Even people with open eyes can be blind if they don't want to see.
"The hero and the coward both feel the same thing, but the hero projects his fear onto his opponent while the coward runs. 'Fear'. It's the same thing, but it's what you do with it that matters". -Cus D'Amato