"I'm moving ahead" "Constantly driven" "My heart's torn deep" "I feel so tormented" "To see familiar eyes my brother's eyes" "My brother's eyes will I heal with time?" "Where will I be when when the last man dies?" "When the last man dies." "Suns will set and suns will rise" "But I still see my brother's eyes" "Suns will set and suns will rise" "But I still see my brother's eyes" "Suns will set and suns will rise" "But I still see my brother's eyes" "I'm moving ahead" "Constantly driven" "To see familiar eyes" "In a picture" "My brother's eyes" "My brother's eyes" "My brother's eyes" "guys." "Just not making it easy." "Would you relax?" "Don't worry." "He's amazing." "You have to meet him." "Just chill out!" "Joe?" "Just wait here." "Mr. Sloan?" "Would you come on!" "Mr. Sloan!" "Joe." "Don't you guys have school today?" "Summer vacation started yesterday." "This here's Tommy." "Tommy?" "Doesn't look like a champion to me." "Come on!" "Tommy?" "he just got out of "juvie"." "And he can't talk for himself?" "he's too bad to talk." "I told him about that thing you do with your eyes closed." "the rock and the river?" "that's it." "Joe." "Chickenshit." "Tommy." "You take your best shot." "Hah." "Ughh! you often see things more clearly." "Come by the gym sometime." "I'll show you how it's done." "He looks like a champion to me." "You didn't put that tape on too tight did you?" "Shut up!" "Electric notice." "Second time." "So pay it." "With what?" "Jack?" "David." "Sh-hh." "Be quiet." "The most dangerous weapon in the universe is a focused mind." "calm pool." "Tranquil." "Relaxed." "One violent emotion is like taking a rock and dropping it into that smooth pond." "Everything's chaos." "Concentration is lost." "Brian is going to show us how to lose with dignity and grace." "old man." "he's trying to throw a rock into my pond." "Knockdown ends the lesson." "Yeah." "go!" "Not even close." "Ooh!" "Rock hit the pond." "What are you doing?" "I told you knockdown ends the lesson." "That was a slip!" "I'd have won." "But what do you know about real fights?" "Lesson's over." "I'm sorry." "I just want to be as good as you." "It's all right." "You're going to be better." "You're a hell of a fighter." "A hell of a fighter." "And David Sloan the last of the great Sloan Dynasty." "I saw your exhibition this summer." "a religious experience." "sports visionary." "I've created the United Kickboxing Association." "This one of your future champs?" "someday." "but he's pretty sharp." "Sloan." "That last move was a woman's bullshit move." "He has his problems with the Sloans." "Both of your brothers beat him in the ring." "Neil Vargas." "heavyweight kickboxing champion." "David?" "Justin." "How long can you hold onto this place?" "A month?" "Two?" "Come on." "It's a dinosaur." "I'll take a small-time sport and turn it into an international commodity. someone the fighters and corporate sponsors respect. merchandising" "The word is" "I think the word you're looking for is "hype"." "This is something people wait their whole lives for." "This could be your last chance to be somebody." "I am somebody." "I'm a teacher." "I don't think I want any part of your three ring circus." "David." "Maciah." "It builds character." "Neil." "Brian." "Some of what he said made sense." "Brian." "That guy's a con man." "I've seen people like him all of my life. and destroy it." "He said I'm ready to turn pro." "champ?" "Nah" "You coming over for dinner tonight?" "what's cooking?" "Mom's pot roast." "Ouch!" "she thinks everybody likes it." "Not a word from me." "I promise." "Why don't you go hit the weights?" "you little punk." "Get outta here." "Hey!" "who's the wise guy?" "Name's Joey D'Angelo." "I came here to fight." "This lowlife here is challenging our students." "you want to fight?" "asshole?" "I wanna train." "Do you got money for lessons?" "If I had money do you think I'd be in this crappy dump?" "I heard you give freebies." "well you heard wrong." "you've got to prove yourself." "You clean the bathrooms." "When you see me you smile like you enjoy it." "I'm gonna throw you out onto the streets." "You got that?" "what makes you think you're good enough to train?" "look at the kid." "He's small." "Obviously he's weak" "If you wasn't a chick I'd rip off your damn head." "Get what I'm saying?" "You know something?" "You talk too much." "You shouldn't swear all the time." "When you swear all the time it loses its meaning." "Got that?" "Go to hell!" "here's the deal you kick this bag 500 times and I'll train you." "I could kick that bag five billion times." "500 times will be just fine." "you're in trouble." "You are two months behind on the mortgage payment." "These are all outstanding bills." "You got any suggestions?" "you start fighting again." "Aside from that." "Fighting pays the bills." "That's how your brothers made this gym." "I could get you some exhibition bouts like Kurt used to take." "Fighting killed him." "What killed your brothers was fighting in Thailand." "I know you never thought you were as good as your brothers." "Not as strong." "Not as fast." "But Kurt and Eric always said you had the biggest heart." "And heart can win a lot of fights." "David." "we've got bills to pay." "Jack." "Okay then at least raise the mat rates and locker fees." "Most of these fighters can't afford the rates we're charging them now." "We also talked about phasing out the youth program." "We're not phasing it out." "Mother Theresa?" "What about aerobics classes?" "They make money." "Aerobics classes." "Kurt and Eric would come back from their graves and beat my ass." "I've been in this gym since your brothers started it." "You're like a kid brother to me." "There's only so much I can do." "You know I appreciate everything you're doing for me." "get out of here." "I'll do what I can here." "I gotta fix my feet." "you fix your feet." "I got a date with an overcooked pot roast." "Jack man." "Okay." "How's he doing? so he has about" "133 left." "tough guy." "What?" "You got a place to stay?" "I got 1000 places." "You got a cot down in the basement if you finish your test." "You got that?" "Don't let him cripple himself." "Yeah." "WoHow is it?" "Mrs. Wagner." "Mom." "I think I overcooked it a little." "it's perfect." "Let's get out of here and go for a walk." "It's your turn to wash the dishes." "It's Kristen's turn." "Mom." "Brian's getting tough to live with." "Yeah." "I'll help you out." "Gotta go to Susie's." "David." "Yeah." "Brian said he had an offer to become a professional." "Yeah." "That's right." "isn't he?" "he's ready." "In the ring he's as good as I've ever seen." "he's just not ready in other ways. and no one can talk him out of it." "Look after him." "Don't let him get hurt." "Sometimes it's better to flow than to attack." "Sometimes it's better to attack." "Yeah." "right?" "Dad used to work in a factory 12 hours a day." "He flowed." "What did it get him?" "A heart attack." "Boom!" "It's not gonna happen to me." "At least let me get you a good manager." "Maciah is wrong for you." "David." "Who are you to give me advice?" "You're about to lose your brothers' gym." "Don't try to drag me down with you." "Hey!" "Stay the fuck out of my way." "it's me." "okay?" "Before I change my mind." "You're coming along great." "I'm really proud of you." "You're doing really good. because everybody's different." "We all have our own styles." "That's why we've developed different forms of martial arts." "kickboxing." "All of these different disciplines a single goal." "Yeah!" "To kick ass." "Shut up!" "Thank you for pointing out the universal truth." "A small mind and big mouth is usually found together." "Control!" "control is everything. the obstacles you face in life is gonna be the same." "Daily life is full of obstacles and temptations that's gonna try and break the smooth surface of the mind." "Control is how you overcome these temptations." "you control your life." "hit the showers." "David." "I can't hardly blame him." "right." "So what'd you get?" "Saturday night at the Civic." "Who?" "Neil Vargas." "Jack!" "That's a UKA bout." "There're no other bouts to be had." "Everybody's caving in to Maciah." "I got you a good deal. you don't have any other options." "You guys know where the locker room is." "Be there in a bit." "Your brothers would have been real proud of you today. and then come on back and we'll get warmed up?" "We all walk in the shadow of those who go before us." "Maciah's business partner in the UKA." "Welcome." "I have a lot riding on you this evening." "I just came by to wish you good luck." "Thanks." "Come on!" "Get a towel." "David." "He'll throw a cheap shot." "You gotta be a technician." "bob and weave." "bob and weave." "It's time to rock and roll." "champ." "then with the legs." "High and low." "High and low." "You've got to know what to do with this guy." "You're a thinker out there." "You're a chess player." "King of the ring tonight!" "King of the ring!" "Tonight's the night." "D-day!" "but you'll take on his fighters." "I don't see the difference." "The difference is he doesn't own me." "champ. the United Kickboxing Association of America welcomes you to your main event! in his first fight in over two years" "David Sloan." "David Sloan!" "He is one of the legendary fighting Sloans! Neil Vargas!" "their instructions" "Judo Gene Labelle." "I wanna clean fight from both of you." "none of your wrestling bull shit." "no aikido." "you know the U.S. Commission rules. you must hit with a closed fist. come out and fight." "Best of luck." "This guy's been out for a year and a half." "Jump right on him and get him outta there." "Sloan." "Fight!" "sweetheart." "Go to your neutral corner!" "Three four fight!" "Get him!" "All right!" "this isn't a wrestling match!" "Mr. Sloan." "Fight!" "ref!" "Break free!" "Keep it clean!" "fight!" "To a neutral corner!" "Three four five six" "move it!" "What the hell are you doing?" "You're a chess player!" "You've got to watch his legs!" "Stick and jab." "Bob and weave!" "Stay inside of him!" "Fight!" "Stick and jab!" "Yes!" "Get to a neutral corner!" "Three four five six seven eight" "Five six seven eight nine ten!" "You're out!" "Winner!" "That was an incredible comeback." "What was the key to victory?" "just like its paper champions." "you're not implying that" "No." "I'm saying it." "The UKA is crooked and is drug-ridden." "What are your plans?" "Who's your next opponent?" "I'm retiring." "I've got what I came for." "There you have it." "I don't know what's more shocking the fight or this announcement by David Sloan afterwards that he is retiring there'll be no more fights." "God damn him!" "Some champion! and already I'm getting calls!" "Tren Tex and the other sponsors want to pull their money and support!" "Edwards from the State Licensing Board is on my ass!" "Sloan's gonna bring this whole thing down!" "He must fight again." "See to it that he accepts another challenge." "you heard him." "Nobody's going to get him into the ring again." "what the hell good is that going to do me anyway?" "Revenge." "Take his world out from under him." "Does that suit your needs?" "tough guy." "Sloan!" "David!" "that's enough." "Let's get outta here!" "David!" "David!" "David." "I'm sorry. your brothers' teacher from Thailand." "Who are you?" "Xian." "Xian." "How did you get here?" "Super-saver." "I also got free rental car and half-priced tickets to Disneyland." "okay?" "Make me." "Just leave me alone." "Let me tell you the story about the mouse and the alligator." "a kid just died because of me." "okay?" "I'm sorry." "you must make me stop." "Fine." "Tell me the stupid story about the stupid fucking mouse." "if you insist. there was a mouse who wanted to cross a river." "Or was it a chicken?" "Would you like some coffee?" "Please." "I have a job for you." "I must relay to you what happened a year ago in Thailand." "defeated our champion Tong Po." "He shamed our nation." "We sought a rematch." "consumed by his humiliation" "Tong Po made it impossible to ever regain our honor." "David. then the son would." "David Sloan will give Tong Po the rematch that his brother's death denied us." "What about his injuries?" "Kurt Sloan's teacher has come from Thailand to heal David. will Sloan fight?" "One guess." "Make sure nothing happens to David Sloan." "Or you will pay with your life." "Arrange a meeting between Maciah" "Brian Wagner." "To catch a tiger one must bait the trap." "Brian." "I'm glad you could come by." "I can't believe this place!" "I think I'll be happy here." "Brian?" "Are you happy?" "I'm doing okay." "Where've you been?" "You're instructor says you're not working out." "David said you had something to do with burning down the gym." "Would I risk losing all this?" "And what would I have to gain by hurting him?" "Nothing." "The police have cleared me." "Vargas acted on his own. he has to blame somebody else." "He creates enemies." "I used to be like that once." "People thought I was nothing when I was growing up." "Do you know what it's like growing up hating who you are?" "I've struggled all my life to prove them wrong." "I was gonna be somebody." "I was gonna make it big no matter what." "Mr. Maciah." "Brian." "I think you're gonna like it." "You wanna fight for the championship?" "Yeah." "Good!" "WoLet's have a look." "David." "How do you feel?" "Pretty lousy." "Excuse me?" "Nothing." "I was just thinking about somebody." "Brian." "I'm gonna double your regimen." "What's wrong with you?" "This is what you get for hanging around with that shit for so long!" "I'm tapped out! then you can be on your way." "May we begin now?" "I don't want none of your help." "I don't want anyone near me right now." "You need me." "It's simple logic." "You didn't do my brothers any good." "What do you think you're gonna do for me?" "Too hurt to cry" "I'm holding back the tears" "I want to run and hide from all the wasted years" "In this lonely room I sit and stare" "A man alone" "A man alone" "A man alone" "There's a cold feeling" "It's like ice around my heart" "I feel confusion in my mind" "And it's tearing me apart" "Too hurt to cry" "I'm holding back the tears" "I want to run and hide from all the wasted years" "In this lonely room I sit and stare" "A man alone" "A man alone" "Go away!" "It's Joe!" "Just go away." "Unlock the door." "It's not locked." "It's just stuck." "You look like shit!" "What you're doing to people isn't fair." "right?" "Sloan?" "You know Joey's dead because of me!" "It's not your fault!" "Why don't you talk to Xian?" "He helped your brothers." "Why can't he help you too?" "just leave me alone!" "Get up!" "What do you want?" "Get up!" "You are a Sloan!" "I'm not as good as Kurt and Eric!" "I never was!" "And you never will be." "Is that what you're thinking?" "don't push me!" "then." "Go on!" "Hit me!" "I think I'm wasting my time." "You think by coming here and training me everything's gonna be okay?" "and my gym and my students?" "You think everything's gonna be okay?" "Not an easy task!" "But I can teach you how to walk." "Walk?" "I know how to walk." "Really?" "Show me." "Can you move?" "thanks." "double up!" "Double up!" "You can do better in your fights!" "Hit it!" "Who do you think you're fighting out there?" "A rookie?" "The old man is good." "David is getting better." "The circle will soon be complete." "What's the second step in training?" "What do I know?" "right?" "I'm getting old." "I forget things." "I forget how to begin." "right?" "You're supposed to test the limits of your strength." "You begin from there." "How did you train Kurt?" "You're going senile." "the stronger the mind." "the stronger the body?" "It's one of those two." "Pick up the rope." "Do you have a firm grasp?" "Yeah." "Now tell me what's down there." "Aghh!" "Neighborhood's going to shit!" "Now you'll have to climb back up!" "Sometimes I forget girls can be so beautiful." "What are you?" "A dirty old man?" "The girls it's beautiful." "So what?" "My wife was beautiful." "I didn't know you were married." "A long time ago." "We never did have a child." "she became ours." "Kurt." "yeah." "I'm sorry about that." "In life you are only living if you move forward. but always forward." "David." "You're fighting the champion in a couple of days." "This will make you stronger." "Don't you think we ought to wait a few minutes until my body is more relaxed?" "This way every muscle cell gets a full dose." "Jesus!" "What a rush." "My body feels like it's going to explode." "That'll pass" "I'll see you in the sparring ring in five minutes." "Excuse me for disturbing you." "I'm Sangha." "You're Mr. Maciah's partner." "I must say our training methods in Thailand are different." "We're more advanced in America." "You guys make great stereos and shit." "perhaps?" "yeah." "Brian." "Most of us don't know much about America either. wish you good luck." "Mr. Sangha." "I believe you had a different trainer before you came to us." "His name was" "David Sloan." "yes and why is he no longer with you?" "We sort of went our separate ways." "The relationship between student and teacher is very sacred." "You have a big fight coming up." "Mr. Sloan must be there to share with you in the moment of glory." "I don't think he'd come." "He brought you this far." "Brian." "David." "Brian." "How's the leg?" "It itches." "David." "I want to help you out." "I've got plenty of money." "Are you kidding me?" "Forget about it." "I'm fighting Lou Lescano for the championship Wednesday night." "I heard you had a fight not less than two weeks ago." "I can handle it." "I bet." "You taking vitamins to keep up your strength?" "I've got the best trainers right?" "I really want you to be there." "Here are some tickets." "Bring my Mom." "I've been waiting for this all of my life." "They've got him on steroids." "People make choices." "He's made his." "Yeah." "kid?" "Deadly." "Fucking deadly." "Go get him." "Your night tonight." "in this corner Brian "The Hammer" Wagner!" "Brian Wagner!" "That's the way it's gotta be." "as long as the kid's got a taste." "Lou." "What is this?" "Shut up and do what your manager says." "do you mind?" "We need privacy." "Come here." "There's been a change." "You can't fight." "You've got an injury." "What?" "there's been a change in plan." "Where the hell is he?" "but I don't think we can do this." "Do what?" "Tell him to make the announcement." "What announcement?" "or else our investment ceases." "You'll be left with nothing." "just make the announcement." "it's against Commission Rules." "damn it!" "Okay. but there has been a change. due to illness." "from Thailand ladies and gentlemen." "Tong Po!" "Christ!" "Maciah?" "That fighter isn't licensed in this state." "let me go!" "Get your hands off me!" "you don't have to fight him." "It's no problem." "I'll kill him." "Your friend is in great danger." "What the hell is going on?" "Tong Po is what this is all about." "Stay out of his way." "Watch it now!" "Get some movement in there." "Hold it!" "Fight clean!" "No knees!" "ref!" "come on!" "Break!" "Warning!" "Illegal elbow!" "Brian." "look out!" "Brian." "Get away from his legs!" "Take it easy." "Stay away now." "Elbow!" "Illegal elbow!" "This fight must be stopped!" "He killed your brothers." "Brian." "Stay on your feet!" "Get away from those legs!" "Quit screwing around." "How's your fighter?" "I'm gonna have to call this fight." "here." "I'm calling it" "Doc." "Don't worry." "All right." "Brian!" "right?" "This guy is gonna hurt you bad." "I'm gonna hurt him back." "Stay away from the fighter." "listen to me." "Get out of the ring." "This guy's gonna hurt you." "Nobody can beat me!" "I'm begging you." "Tong Po's the guy that killed my brothers." "No fucking way!" "I don't quit." "Five seconds on the ring." "Fight!" "All right." "Neutral corner." "Get away from me!" "You gotta stop the fight!" "fight!" "Who do you think you are?" "Get him out of here!" "Goddamn asshole!" "Hold it!" "Step back!" "okay?" "That's it!" "Somebody stop this asshole." "Brian!" "No!" "Brian!" "Maciah!" "Just get out of here and leave me alone!" "Get out!" "Out!" "Fuck you!" "There's gonna be criminal charges." "pal." "Justin." "You creep." "You used me." "Yes and now our business relationship is over." "You just destroyed everything I worked for." "For your time and trouble." "This is a lot of money." "Justin." "Some things money can't buy." "Fortunately for me you're not one of those things." "I'm sorry." "God!" "He can't be dead." "The match is yours" "Here two hours." "Thanks." "Xian." "one of those animal stories." "Once there was an elephant and a rhinoceros." "The elephant was unstoppable when he was on the run and when the rhinoceros wanted to stay where he was" "he was immovable." "The elephant knew that." "One day the elephant decided to charge the rhinoceros." "You know what happened?" "They killed each other." "You have heard this before." "No" "I guess I'm just getting to know you." "So I am no longer inscrutable?" "That is too bad." "Maybe this time your story has a different ending." "Maybe this time one of the animals lives." "didn't he?" "He did it through Morrison." "Sangha tricked us both." "He wanted to make sure you were a worthy opponent." "I thought I could protect you." "I was wrong." "I'm an old fool." "Or maybe worse" "What are you talking about?" "Tong Po killed my niece along with your brothers." "Maybe a part of me wants revenge." "Maybe a part of me is willing to sacrifice you to get it." "If that is so" "I am no better than Sangha." "This is my fight." "now." "did ya?" "Brian's mom told me what happened." "champ." "man." "You know what may happen?" "If your leg is hurt" "you don't have to fight with Thai." "It's not just using glass." "It's fighting with no rules." "You could be killed." "Hundreds of years ago this was how we fought. to prove that we have regained our honor." "It ain't over" "Until the fat lady sings." "I'm familiar with that expression." "Your fight will time until one of you can no longer continue." "Understood?" "You're the weakest of all the Sloans." "David!" "I see no fat lady." "I hear no singing." "it's not over yet." "Concentrate." "The most fierce weapon is the human mind." "Now go kick his ass and let's go home! you can often see more clearly." "I tell you what you take your best shot." "Is this what you call honor?" "I have no honor! he has nothing." "as you are a student." "You must have patience." "Did I block the sidewalk?" "What does he do?" "He's great." "He's a real champion." "Champion?" "What makes him so special?" "Come on." "Mr. Sloan!" "This here's Carl." "He's the new punk in the neighborhood." "He doesn't take anything on faith." "Carl?" "He doesn't look like a champion to me." "Show him." "Just let me see it." "kid." "You take your best shot." "Time out!" "My treat!" "Yeah!" "Did I ever tell you the story about the water buffalo and the caterpillar?" "I don't think so." "Or was it the tiger and the dragon?" "You felt the distant thunder" "I think it's the caterpillar and the water buffalo."