my main contribution is this...whatever else you may say, an effort has been made to bring the art back from masters originally from the fukien region who fled china for various reasons in the past (escaping the japanese, communism etc.)
I went to what i believe was the first such modern meeting in 1992.representatives from 5 countries were there (malaysia, china , australia [incl. me], philipines and indonesia)
Every year (now every 2 years) these meetings are held, and various sifus and their students go.
an attempt was made to standardise Ngor chor (wuchu, five ancestors fist) but of course nobody really wants to change, so it's kind of amusing.
yes, the local chinese pratitioners have a very "wushu flavour" to the art IMO, but they are also open to the influences of the other more traditional sifus (who they invited after all). So all is not lost! 8)
My sifu (same as Joedoes') has been to both new temples (i think, esp the quanzhou one though, which to me seems much less commercialised) many times to teach the new monks, and i have been on these trips numerous times.
is the art original and complete? i'm not gonna walk into that sh!t fight...BUT i know from personal experience there's a lot more going on there than JUST modern wushu. (likewise though, the best masters of southern shaolin are probably not in the temples, or even in china)
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