Brad and Xiong,
Thanks for your reply. I am looking at a new school due to location and was curious what the effectiveness of wushu is. I have seen the compulsory forms and am not interested in them. I like the Traditional forms in wushu, due to the obvious concentration on martial value as opposed to gymnastic concentration. I also am curious if these techniques would take forever to pick up(lets face it, some of us start older and dont have the time left or invested to become Je Li) I will check it out.
Thanks and Im still open to any input

Shaolin36