Temple Blog Shaolin Temple Chengdu Lingkai Temple

Despite the success of the Shaolin Temple, there are often people who use the reputation of the Shaolin Temple to create inauthentic or false Shaolin schools for their own gain. In the process, this hurts the Shaolin Temple and Shaolin Kung Fu and people with a genuine desire to study Shaolin Kung Fu. Because there are no licensing boards or certification requirements to open a school or teach Kung Fu, especially in the West, this often needs clarification among potential students. No restrictions or laws prevent someone with a selfish agenda from opening a Kung Fu school, regardless of their experience. Worse still, someone could easily attach the name “Shaolin” to their school to capitalize on the Monastery’s history, fame, and reputation. In other words, someone can open a school without much Kung Fu experience, add the name “Shaolin,” and profit off innocent people searching for authentic Shaolin Kung Fu.
The instructor may need more quality training in Shaolin Quan, set foot in a Shaolin Temple, or have the blessing and direction of the Abbott of the Shaolin Monastery. This creates a few issues. First, by using the Shaolin name or trying to make false connections to the Shaolin temple or the Shaolin lineage, people will associate these schools with the actual Shaolin temple. As a result, the Shaolin Temple will have a reputation among people who need help understanding the situations and relationships of Kung Fu school. Second, Shaolin Quan’s reputation is also negatively affected. As poorly trained instructors or instructors without training, open schools use the “Shaolin” name and claim lineage to the Temple. The poor training and demonstration of skill automatically become associated with the actual Shaolin Quan. As a result, Shaolin Kung Fu has its reputation damaged, and Kung Fu becomes increasingly diluted.