"Towards the demise of Qing dynasty, the chinese were under siege from foreign invaders" "Weak and unable to retaliate, the chinese were bullied and branded "Sick man of the East" But no one could stand up to it" "The Shanghai Foreign Chamber of Commerce organised a fight between the invaders and its people." "an attempt to rally their morale..." "It was then that he surfaced..." "And his name is Huo YuanJia" ""1910, Shanghai"" ""Theater Biarya, French territory" The arena..." "Today, we have four representatives from the Shanghai Foreign Business Associates" "And they will be challenging Huo Yuan Jia from the School of Jing Wu" "The rules for this competition are" "The outcome will be determined by either a knockout or surrender" ""English boxer, Peter Smith"" "Begin!" ""Head coach for Prussian royal cavarly, Hans Hassel"" "Excellent!" "Good job, master" ""Spanish fencing champion, Anthony Kasier"" "And for our final round," "A brilliant fighter from Japan - "Anno Tanaka"" "Will be fighting Huo Yuan Jia from the School of Jing Wu" ""30 years ago, household of the Huo family in Tian Jin"" "Young master!" "Come on, let's go now" "Stop!" "How dare you!" "Who let you in?" "I came to bring you some tea, father" "How many times have I told you?" "Never to come in here again" "Go back and practise writing" "Continue!" "Damn, why do I have to cheat for you" "If your Father ever get to know about this You will be beaten till you are a pauper!" "Nobody will know if we keep this secret" "Hey, I want to show you something..." "Let's go!" "Nong Jing Soon, hurry up!" " I'm coming" "Why are they fighting again?" "They're beating the drums again!" "Today, Huo En Di from the family of Huo" "And Zhao Zhong Qiang from the family of Zhao" "Will pit their skills against each other on this stage" "Sure!" "Good!" "What the hell are you two doing?" "Courting death?" "Your Father is going to lose today, for sure!" "You just watch!" "Your Father's going to get a taste of the Huo fist" "The Life and Death agreement has been signed" "Victory or defeat is decided amongst men" "Life and death is decided by God" "Masters!" "The competition shall begin!" "Zhao Jian, your father now should realize the real strength of our Huo's fist?" "And today's winner is..." "Zhao ZhongQiang" "Thank you, thank you so much!" "YuanJia, YuanJia..." "Let's go, YuanJia" "YuanJia, let's go back YuanJia..." "Weren't you the brave lad just now What's with you?" "Don't shy away like a rat" "Come on, get up!" "Stop your arrogance, ZhaoJian!" "Shut up!" "you're useless the same goes to your family" "Fight with me if you have the courage!" "I want to show you the prowess of Zhao fist" "Get on stage now!" "Stop fighting, YuanJia!" "Stop now!" "Yeah!" "You've won!" "Now that you've had a taste of Zhao fist Don't ever mention your puny Huo fist again" "I've won!" "YuanJia..." "Get up, YuanJia Let's go now" "I swear!" "Huo YuanJia won't be beaten by anybody again" "Master, you..." "Let me apply some medicine for you" "Lai Fook, leave us" " Yes" "What happened?" "Angry?" "Mum, why won't Father let me learn martial arts?" "This is because he loves you You were born with asthma ...and you're weak so you can't take the vigorous training" "Isn't learning martial arts able to strengthen the body?" "Your desire to learn martial arts Is it purely to strengthen your body?" "No, I want revenge!" "I want Zhao Jian to know the prowess of our family" "Child, the most powerful aspect of martial arts is not to defeat others" "But to control your own desires" "Virtue and morality must not be forgotten martial arts is to strengthen the body and to aid the needy" "Not to go out causing trouble un-necessarily and definitely not for revenge" "Emm" "The way to interact between man is to respect each other" "Then others will respect you in return" "Who dares to dis-respect the strongest?" "For people to fear you and to respect you are two completely different things..." "You've got to finish those homework otherwise, your Father will reprimand you again" ""Death fist stance"" "I've won!" "Come on, fly, fly now!" "Oh, oh" "You gonna fall!" "fall fall..." "I won't fall!" "I won't fall!" "Then I'll hit you down..." "I won't fall" "Come on, again come on!" "I won't fall" "Just move faster!" "Oh" "Be careful" "Good morning, Mom" " Yuen Jia, you did not take your medicine again" "Ever since I start having my training at West Lake, my asthma hasn't relapsed" "Wait for me, young mistress" "Just look at your child" "Without a mother's care since young, you have spoilt her" "You should marry again so that someone can help you take good care of her" "I have been busy, building our family name" "I want everyone here in Tian Jin to know and respect our family" "How would I have the time to remarry?" "Come catch me, I want to go out with you, Father" "Even though you have never been defeated all this while Your real opponent is yourself" "And what you really must conquer is yourself." " I understood." ""A Challenge Request"" "Master..." "All right" "You have a good rest, Mom" "Father, your fist was neither fast nor firm" "But don't you worry, cos I will make sure the Huos will not be defeated again" ""Live and death agreements" I definintely will become No 1 in Tian Jin" "Father!" " My little Chui..." "For me?" "No, I can't" " Let me have it, will you?" "No, I will not" "Then, what do I have to do to have it?" " You can only have it after your victory today" "Really?" " Emm" "Is that a promise?" ""1900, Tian Jin"" "We're counting on you, Master Huo!" "Master Huo!" " When will you become No.1 in Tian Jin?" "I don't know and what do you think?" " It will be today!" "today!" "Master Huo..." "Hey, ZhaoJian!" "Where have you been hiding all these years?" "I've travelled JiangNan's 17 provinces, 38 prefectures..." "And I am well-trained and skilled I'm invincibile now" "Bullshit!" " You're the one who's bullshitting" "Life and death statement has already been signed The competition shall begin now!" "Come on up!" "Hahahaha." "What?" "Are you afraid?" "Come up!" "Come and fall to your death" "You just wait!" "You are fantastic!" "master" "My stance is tough like roots in the ground today, I will defeat your Huo fist" "Well, I'll give you a chance ...to lose!" "Well done!" "Pussy claw?" " It's Tiger Claw!" "Go down!" "Well done, master!" "Just because you wanted me to fall doesn't mean I will have to comply ..." "Pussy claw definitely." " It's Tiger Claw!" "You're going to lose!" "Be careful" "Master...!" "Master!" "Are you alright?" " I'm fine" "What a tough guy" "Don't touch me" " And our winner is..." "Huo YuanJia!" "That was excellent, master" " Well, of course." "Thank you everyone.." "Congratulations, this way" "Good Job, Master Huo" " Thank you" "We have reserved a table for you upstairs, Master Huo" "All right..." "YuanJia!" "Jing Soon" "Why so late?" "let's go to our usual place" "Congratulations, Master Huo!" "Congratulations, Master Huo!" "Hello, everybody" "Come on, now" "Jing Soon" "Your GuYue resturant is becoming more and more popular" "This is all due to support I've gotten from friends" "Still remember when we were kids?" "You were a bookworm.." "I never expect you could excel in business!" "Times is really bad" "A bookworm like me can only run some small business like this" "I don't have much choices, do I?" "Help yourself, YuanJia" "These were prepared by culinary masters from this region" "Come and enjoy these delicious dishes" "All right, let's dig in" "After you, Master Huo" "Who are they?" "My name is XiaShan" " My name is XuDaShan" "We hoped that Master Huo will accept us as your students Master, we're most willing to serve you" "Sure!" "You two are tough guys Serve them wine" "We will be brothers after drinking this cup of wine Bottoms up!" "Congratulations, Master Huo!" " Thank you, master" "Today's a happy occasion." "All drinks are on me!" " Thank you!" "thank you" "Be seated, let's eat now" "Little Chui, don't wait any more." "It's late already Quick, accompany our young lady to her room" "Lttle Chui, let's retire to our room" " My good child, listen to me, it's time to rest now" "Be good, come over." "What is this?" " This is coffee, it's a western drink" "No used to this?" "These are chaotic times.." "If the common people want to lead better lives, then they have to motivate themselves to experience new things" "Even though a business-man like me, can't always think about making profits" "And for those who are skilled in martial arts should not confine themselves to fighthing in arena" "National affairs are important too." " National affairs?" "Taken care by scholars like yourself." "I'm just a fighter I only want to be No.1 in Tian Jin" "Is that really important to be No.1?" "Hey, follow me" "Jing Soon, you have always been a spectator off the stage" "Now that you're up on the stage now can you feel the difference?" "What so different about that?" " as long as you are off the stage" "The Life and Death struggle on stage has nothing to do with you You're just a spectator, enjoying the fight" "But once you stand here, you are to win, not to lose" "Well, you can choose not to go onto the stage" "Jing Soon, listen..." "Listen to what?" "I can't hear anything" "Yes..." "I can hear it (You're our pride!" "Master Huo)" "(Well done, good!" ") (Good job, excellent)" "(Master Huo is champion of the world!" ")" "Here comes the Iron Head stance!" "Thank you" " Good job, master!" "Hey, save the trouble!" "whoever signed the agreement can come on up together" "All challengers, go up the stage now!" "Huo YuanJia, when will you become No.1 in Tian Jin?" " what do you think?" "Well, today is the day!" "What are you people up to?" "We are willing do anything for Master Huo!" "All right!" "all of you looked like tough men!" "serve wine!" "After this cup of wine, we will be brothers Bottoms up" "Let's drink!" " Congratulations, Master Huo" "Thank you, do come again" "Boss, these are the bills of Huo family" "Ok, I will see to it" "You have not defeat my foster father, Master Qin" "Come on, drink it" "YuenJia, you have already won 38 rounds consecutively there are no more opponents in Tian Jin" "That's not correct, there's someone I have not meet.." "Still have to fight?" "To really be no. 1 in Tian Jin, I must fight!" "What about outside of Tian Jin?" "(listing other cities) when will you ever stop fighting?" "I can understand what you are driving at But I can't stop, I must carry on fighting!" "Only by fighting, I will prove to others that I'm stronger and better" "So what comes after you have proven yourself?" "YuanJia, stop and give it a thought" "What is this?" "These are bills accredited by your students and friends" " I will pay for them" "They're all making use of you how many really treat you like brother?" "This is what we call personal loyalty And this ..." "Fine!" "I shall pay off these bills tomorrow" "YuenJia, I didn't come here for money" "Accepting students and friends, you should look at their moral qualities" "Not how well they can drink" "Watch your step, Master Huo" "Good morning, Master Huo" "Hey, Master Qin Good morning" "Aren't you Master Huo, the self pro-claimed champion in Tian Jin?" "What a coincidence!" " Master Qin, I thought you have retired due to old age" "There is a long queue of people waiting to be my students" "Is something that puzzles me too" " Oh, really?" "it is puzzling that you have prepared such a "large gift" for yourself I am happy for you too!" "You're most welcome" " I've actually bought it for you" "Go help your master!" "Welcome, Master Qin" "Master, your income is not enough for the family and the bills from your students are piling up" "And what about our savings?" " It was used up 3 months ago" "Used up?" "empty..." "Master!" "Fine, Fine." "I've told you to train diligently but no one bother.." "Who did it?" " Master Qin!" "Master!" "Master!" "Today is birthday of Master Qin" "I wish Master Qin longevity" " Well done!" "Father I sincerely wish you longevity too" "Good!" "Let us drink to your health, master" " All right..." "Master Huo, today is my foster father's birthday he has booked this resturant" "If you are here to drink, could you kindly find another place" "I beseech you ..." "Shut your mouth" "Hey" "Today is my birthday" "I don't want to fight, if there's anything Let's do it on another day" "Being more senior, it's a shame to hurt my student?" "I want an explanation now" " And what do you want from me?" "I've already signed, put your name down if you dare" "Otherwise, bow and apologise!" "Get out of the way!" "YuanJia" "You're too much!" "Can't you just discuss this on another day?" "I can't just put up that kinda of insult" " No matter what, I won't allow you to ruin his party" "You accused me of being a trouble maker?" " YuenJia" "You're afraid that I will ruin your business?" "I, Huo YuenJua will pay for the damages!" "I can't believe what you've just said" "Leave now, before I renounce our years of friendship" "We've been friends for years, and you don't want me now?" "You are blind!" "Get out!" "All of you!" "I want to avoid hurting anyone else.." "Let's get going!" "Master!" "Master won again!" "Let's go and drink now" "Drink now!" "Let's go and drink now" "Let's go and drink now" "Be careful" "Let me serve you a drink" "Come on, again" "Master is the most feared man here" "He is invincible!" "just look at him" "Master Huo" "Congratulations" "Your dream came true, for you are no. 1 now" "Master Qin died passed away 2 hours ago" "Huo YuanJia" "When will you become No. 1 in Tian Jin?" "Well, it is today!" "Huo YuanJia Well, it is today" "Huo YuanJia No 1 in Tian Jin" "It is today" "Mother!" "Room of young lady" "I've killed them" "I will take full responisibility for my actions Take care, foster mother" "Tell master, what have you done." "Tell him!" " Master..." "I'm so sorry It's all my fault" "I had a relationship with Master Qin's concubine..." "He found out and punished me" "Master, since the others knew I thought they would have told you about it" "Teacher!" "Teacher!" "Teacher!" "He's got a fever" "I go and get the medicine" "After he taken the medicine and he will be fine after he sweats he will be fine..." "Leave now" " Let's go..." "He needs to rest, let's go!" "My vision started to deteriorate when I was 13 years old" "In my eyes, there seemed to be a fog that could not be lifted" "At that time I cried every day" "Grandma told me when you're feeling unhappy you should cry" "After that, you need to move on" "But in my heart, I can see things clearly" "Can you believe it?" "I'll help you wash your hair" "After a while, hair will start to get knotty" "Wash it often and it will stay clean and silky" "Grandma always says" "People should always keep themselves clean" "Only then can you live with pride in this world" "There are no knots that can't be unravelled" "Ah Niu!" "Ah Niu, you can really sleep!" "You sleep as much as my dog" "So I named you Ah Niu Come, come, come, follow me" "Ah Niu, you've awaken already" "We shall go catch some dragonflies and butterflies" "Tomorrow, bring him to the fields" "Some work will be good for him" "Sure!" "Ah Niu.." "Follow me..." "Go, come... come here..." "You see, you've wasted your efforts earlier" "Aunt YueCi won't let us say anything" "But she's re-doing everything for you" "Seedlings have life too" "They can't stay too close or it will hinder growth" "Just like us humans" "In life, we must respect each other" "That way we can live peacefully and happily" "I'll remember that" "Grandma, come, lets eat!" " Sure" "Grandma!" "YueCi" "Grandma.." "In a couple of days, it'll be time to visit the graves" "Go and pay respect to your parents" " Yes" "Grandma said that I should go and visit my parents' graves" "Drink this" "I would like to discuss something with you" "Are you leaving?" "I would like to go back to visit my parent's graves too" "Filial piety is important, you should go" "I'll be coming back after that" "You've been here for many years" "I've known that one day you would eventually leave this place" "Actually I ..." "These are a change of clothes for your journey." "Do take them." "I haven't told you my name yet" "You need not tell me" "Where you came from or where you're going I need not know either" "I'm just want to remember you as Ah Niu" "My name is Huo YuanJia" "I'll remember that" ""1907, Tian Jin"" "(Here's some goodies...) (Money..." "Money)" "(Word of God must be trusted...) (Trust God and get eternal life...) (It is true, true...) (Trust God and get eternal life...) (His words are all in here...)" "(God's word is here...)" "Huo YuanJia!" "First in Tian Jin Huo YuanJia!" "Huo YuanJia!" "You are back to fight again" "Huo YuanJia is back to fight again" "Master..." " Uncle LaiFu" "You're back!" " Do let me help you" "Sorry, I didn't clean your home well" "Master, accept my apology..." "I've always thought that when the Master return all the things here should be kept as it is" "It's been hard on you" " It is my job, sire..." "After you left, the creditors came everyday asking for their debts" "All the things in the house, were taken by them" "In the end, they even wanted the house to pay off the debt" "All of the things in this room were retained only because someone sent us some money" "After much thought," "I believe Master Nong is the one who might have helped.." "I don't need them any more" "I believe my parents also don't want to see these things again" "Honorable Father, I have been unfilial" "Only now do I understand, that moment on the stage why you didn't deliver the final blow" "You are indeed the real "First in Tian Jin"" "Honorable Mother" "You taught me moral values" "Your son was foolish and didn't understand" "Don't worry I shall not dissapoint you again" "My child, I didn't take good care of you I've brought misfortune on you instead" "I'm not a good father" "Madam, in the past I did something unforgivable" "Today, I've come to pay my respects to Master Qin" "Mum!" "Mum!" "Extra on newspaper!" "Foreigner named Hercules" "With 32 consecutive wins 25 contestants seriously injured He has not been defeated yet..." "He scorns the Chinese as sickly cowards no one dares to challenge him" "Jing Soon..." "I'm indebted to you" "I was wrong, I only realised that after so much has happened" "It really hurts me, deep in my heart" "I have no wish to mention the past They're all over.." "Jing Soon, It's hard for me to ask But you're my only hope.." "I need to borrow some money" "Still after the fighting competition?" " Yes" "I don't have a friend like you" "Why should I lend you the money?" "Master..." " Master Huo, this is from my master" "Who is you master?" "His sirname is Nong, named Jing Soon" "1909, Shanghai Racetrack" "Ladies and gentleman" "The person appearing for you today can move a train single-handedly can punch a hole through the Great Wall of China with a single blow" "What bullshit!" "can squeeze to death any chinese fighter with his little finger" "Sucker!" " Introducing the strongman" "Ao... bi... yine" "The challenger of today Huo YuanJia from Tian Jin!" "Good!" "Sign this statement first" "Tell him, a death fight" "Is bad culture from China" "But we have another tradition, Make friends while exchanging pointers" "(Excellent!" "Well said..)" "Start the competition!" "All right" "Excellent, well done!" "You're kind" "Thank you" ""Huo YuanJia defeats Hercules shock the whole of Shanghai"" ""Huo YuanJia resolves martial art differences"" ""Huo gathers talents in martial arts, set up school of Jing Wu"" ""Shanghai Foreign Journalists Club"" "Master, someone has invited you" "Jing Soon, I didn't expect you" "You still treat me as a friend" "I just can't forget you as a friend" "I can't possibly" "Have a seat, YuanJia" "I've prepared your favourite wine" "Come!" "What's the matter" "I've given wine up It's been many years now" "Wine was so important to you before" "I do not want to repeat the mistakes that I have made in the past" "Good" "Then, we'll drink tea instead" "YuanJia, you've stirred up the spirits of our countrymen after that fight" "The Westerners could suppressed us no more" "Someone should have stood up for us earlier" "As a friend" "I'm happy for you!" "Try this!" "Jing Soon" "When are you leaving this time?" "I'm not leaving since I've decided to come" "How about your restuarant?" "It was sold.." " Sold?" "!" "Your business has always been good, isn't it?" "You want to start the School of JingWu how you going to do it without money?" "But the restaurant meant everything to you" "My restuarant is nothing compared to your aspirations" "YuanJia, I'm not the martial arts type" "I can only contribute by giving you this" "May you succeed.." "This is drafted according to what we've discussed earlier - rules and regulation of the school" "See if this is what you wanted" "School of JingWu has 3 objectives" "Educate body, wisdom and morals Martial arts is the way to become stronger" "There will be no segregration of clans" "Only through the exchange of arts will one improve oneself" "By having a healthy body and alert mind" "Our people will be able to prosper again" "We shall not harm the innocent We shall not abuse our martial arts" "Virtue and morality will be our motto To constantly strive to better ourselves!" ""School of JingWu established in 1910"" " Ready!" ""Shanghai Foreign Chamber of Commerce"" "Yuan Jia" "Among the competitors ..." "There is a Japanese man known as "Anno Tanaka"" "He likes to meet you I heard that he is an excellent fighter" "We can only improve by fighting with the best" "Yuan Jia, this challenge from the foreigners I don't think it's that simple" "If not why would they want you to take on 4 fighters at once" "I guess they would try to make use of this opportunity to weaken our morale" "So that our school will lose its influence in Shanghai" "Indeed, and we must win all four matches to conclude the challenge" "It is not fair at all" "But as we live" "Who can say that all matters in life are fair" "For School of JingWu" "I have no other options" "But what if..." "Jing Soon!" "I have something to discuss with you" "What is it about?" "After this challenge" "I want you to become the next president" "Why?" "I want to take some time off to visit YueChi" "I've made a promise" "Can I conclude that you have no knowledge of tea" "Not that I don't understand I'm just unwilling.." "I don't want to rank the tea I am fine as long as it's tea" "But tea has smell and grade" "What is good?" "What is bad?" "They all grow in nature Without rank or distinction" "It's seem that you still have not understood" "Otherwise nature will determine a rank" "You are right" "So I realized that" "The quality of tea is not from the tea itself" "It's decided by people" "Different people have different choices" "I'm unwilling to choose this" "Oh, why?" "Appreciating tea depend on your emotion" "If you're happy" "Does the quality of tea matter?" "Oh, I've never thought of that" "According from Sir, there are numerous factions of martial arts" "Is it true there is no superiority or inferiority?" "Yes, those are my sendiments.." "In that case, I would like to pose a question to you" "Since there are no differences between martial arts" "Why are there competitions in martial arts" "I meant that all martial arts are equal" "It's the disgression of a person to manifest the art" "We can further improve through competitions and to discover one's true self" "Finally the real opponent is ourselves" "Only through competition, can one recognise one's true self" "Is that you meant?" "The worst fight is with oneself" "I'm honored to having this conversation with you" "Our aim is to appreciate tea" "Let's not talk further and forget about the tea" "Come, try the tea" " Yes, the tea" ""1910, Shanghai"" ""Theater Biarya, French territory"" ""The competition at the arena"" "Ladies and gentlmen" "The last fight of the day" "Anno Tanaka from Japan" "Versus Huo YuanJia from School of JingWu" "What's the matter?" "One versus four?" "Why don't you tell me before?" "We have discussed this before" "You need not be surprised" "Is this a competition?" "This is murder!" " You worry unnecessarily" "Huo YuanJia is King of Arena" "Outstanding fighters from all over the country were arranged to meet him today..." "San Tian" "What are you?" "Is this for the honor of Japan?" "Or is it for personal gain?" "For me, martial art is important" "Your mission is to win this competition" "Let's start!" "Brother Yuan Jia" " This competition is unfair to you" "I have no objections If you choose to fight on another day" "I appreciate your good intentions" "But since I am already standing in this arena There must be a conclusion to the match" "Please!" "Start!" "Good, very good" "Excellent, master!" "A draw, next round will be unarmed combat" "Both sides please prepare yourselves.." "YuanJia!" "Stop!" " What happen?" "Tanaka, why stop fighting?" "Yuan Jia!" "Tanaka!" " Go" "Yuan Jia, what happen?" "How are you?" "I've been poisoned.." " Poisoned?" "!" "How can it be?" "What did it happen?" "What are you doing?" " Water!" "Your cup!" "What happen to your drink?" "There is poison in the drink!" "The evidence has been removed already Yuan Jia, let's go to hospital" "Master, we go to hospital" "I've over-exerted myself" "Too late, the poison is making its way to my heart" " Master, I will revenge you..." "Zhen Sheng!" "You should not be seeking revenge" "Hatred will beget hatred" "I don't want to see these hatred" "What is important is strengthen one's self" " Yuan Jia!" "Master" " Yuan Jia, let's stop the fight" "I will send you to hospital, let's go" " Jing Soon!" "I'm just a brute fighter" "I took many years to understand what martial arts is and what I have done with it?" "This competition not yet to finish" "We can't choose the life they wanted" "But we must have the courage to finish it" "Master..." "What are you doing?" " What do you mean?" "You ask too many questions!" "(I must win this fight) Just win this competition!" "Constantly strive to better oneself!" "See for yourself..." "Don't fight" "Staying alive is most important" "Listen, Living is not just for one person" "If we must fight, I will not hold back" "This will be my honor" "Master..." "Wait!" "Huo" "Yuan" "Jia" "Yuan Jia!" "Huo Yuan Jia..." " Huo Yuan Jia..." "Master!" "Huo Yuan Jia..." " Huo Yuan Jia..." "Master!" "Tanaka, see what have you done!" "I've lost!" " Say who and witnessed by who?" "I saw it myself" "I've lost by virtue of martial art ethics" " Who are you to decide?" "How can you make decisions just like that?" "San Tian" "You're an embarrassment to Japan" "Huo YuanJia died shortly after arriving at the hospital, he was only 42 years old" "After his death, his teachings have continued to flourish among the people." "To date, the school has established internationally in over 50 countries..." "Dr. Sun YatSen has written these words in memory of Huo YuanJia's aspirations" ""Essence of learning martial arts""