Can girls do training in the shaolin temple

[Goju_boi]

they have around a 100 monks here in America with their own temples.We have one here,it's just that I need money and time to train there.

[White Warlock]

Okay, let's clear one little bit up. There are no more shoalin temples. What is going on nowadays in China are 'marketing' manuevers by talented wushu practitioners. Frankly, the Chinese government would not stand for a rebirth of such.

Umm... no more shaolin monks.

There are still 'buddhist monks' that don't practice wushu, wushu practitioners that pose as buddhist monks, and buddhist monks that practice wushu. However, shaolin monks no longer exist, except as a marketing ticket.

In short, wushu and the stuff taught in the shaolin temple that now exists in china is not traditional shaolin kung fu. Sure they'd teach you some of the stretching and general exercises that are known from documented sources and the occasional 'original' forms but it isn't really 100% original shaolin.

[Goju_boi]

I knew sooner or later that post was going to come up

[White Warlock]

[Goju_boi]

I guess we all have our own opinions

[shogeri]

The historical Shaolin Monks like you see in the movies no longer exist.

As many others have noted, the Shaolin Monks, popular in Chinese history, folklore, literature and movies, who practiced Shaolin wushu while staying devote buddhist monks, living in the Shaolin Temple have all but disappeared.

The temple was, in all practical sense of the word, abandoned during the Cultural Revolution in China.

The fact that the people you find in and around the Temple now claiming to represent it are not true monks is well known amongst martial artists, and those native to the China region. These are just people running around in robes for marketing purposes.

Jet Li will attest to this, as he has noted, he didn't find any authentic martial monks in 1979.

Furthermore, it is a well known fact that martial arts instructors from other parts of China were brought by the government to Shaolin in the 80's to reintroduce martial arts to the area, and to liven up the failing monk industry relating to wushu.

Now of course there are Shaolin schools in existence, and yes, in America, many do accept female students.

Also, since authentic schools do not exist, there are many other means by which to become cross-culturalized, just follow this link for more:

http://www.cacbc.org/Kung_Fu/

The China Daily, a popular newspaper of China, has this to say about those interested in finding an authentic shoalin monk school, "if they think they are learning authentic Shaolin kung fu, they may be fooling themselves -- not one of the schools is run by the monastery itself."

The full story here: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-11/22/content_393567.htm

That should be enough for the moment...

[White Warlock]

thank you shogeri, good information

[Goju_boi]

"Now of course there are Shaolin schools in existence, and yes, in America, many do accept female students. "

why?

[White Warlock]

Because they are not true Shaolin. They are knock-offs...

[Goju_boi]

I was talking about the comment of girls not being accepted into shaolin style training.