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sorry, i was looking for something phoenetic that i could actually pronounce.
anyway, you are having difficulty grasping the point, so i will explain it once more. the modern sport of wu shu is more a kin to gymnastics. most events are a solo display of forms, and what little head to head fighting there is, is an f'ed up point system that has little to do with real world fighting, like a street fight. jet li, a wu shu champion, said of the ufc fighters he "fought" in cradle 2 the grave, of course they would beat me in real life, they're REAL fighters.
my roommate is a sifu at a kung fu school, and i sometimes spar with them. of course, they still have the forms that they learn, but they teach a more practical application of these traditions, as well as b jiu jitsu, muay thai, et al, as the goal of many that train there is to engage in real mixed martial arts fights, not amass a collection of colorful belts and lovely trophies.