That is a good post.
There are kung fu schools that teach the real art. You will learn the stances, roots, start internal practice (approach), learn some relevant techniques and principles before you go onto "fighting training" which may be a relatively long time after. The curriculum will in many cases include Iron Palm and lets face it, authentic IP abilities are for killing and maiming. More often than not these skills are not taught nowadays, not even by those who claim to teach them.
So real kung fu is alive and well but it is not easy to find. That is the problem. Of course, the other problem is that many will not have the time or even the attention span to practice in the traditional ways (as described by the Shaolin Monk), let alone search for an authentic school.
This means the problem is two sided, that is, the lack of authentic schools on one side and the lack of authentic students on the other, hence the opportunists that enter the scene and offer fantasy kung fu (with all the weird stuff thrown in) or the Glorified Kickboxers with their quick and "functional"self defense solutions, which may hold validity as practical methods but do not hold validity as AUTHENTIC KUNG FU TRAINING.
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