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Where could a find a great teacher to learn either tai chi (for combat) or Ba gua zhang?

Preferably in the US.
I live in the northern Ky area.

What’s the difference between Shaolin and Wudang Kung Fu?

I know that Shaolin is Buddhist and focuses on direct fighting and being able to combat multiple enemies and is mostly ‘external’ like in Northern and Southern styles, whilst Wudang is Taoist and focuses in ‘internal’ styles with more indirect fighting and the flow of energy such as in Tai Chi Chuan and Ba Gua Zhang. But even though those are the two main branches of Kung Fu what makes them fall under the same categorization of Kung Fu other than the fact they’re Chinese, also do they collaborate or compete with one another?

And just a secondary question: do people in COMMUNIST China have the right to freely practice religion of their choosing or to not practice at all?