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Hmm.

Kikundo.

Did you think over our proposal, Mr. Stilwell?

Yes, I did.

And I'm sorry you came all the way from New York.

And I don't want to waste any more of your time.

Meaning? Meaning, I must decline your offer.

If money's the problem, things can be worked out.

That's not it.

I won't join.

organization. And my superiors will be quite insulted.

I understood I had a choice in the matter.

Are you that naive, Mr. Stilwell?

Now you force my hand.

An example must be made.

You see?

This will solve nothing.

Perhaps it'll prove instructive for others with the same ideas.

I will not fight.

So be it.

Karate is not to be used aggressively.

But if I have no other choice.

track, Mr.

Stilwell. Until then...

the major dojos as fronts for organized crime.

I know they'll be back.

What should I do?

I can't risk my family.

There's nothing else to do but leave.

Ladies and gentlemen, last time.

Yes, ma 'am.

Here we go, sir.

Let me help you with that.

That's it.

All right.

Jason, quit screwing around and get to work.

Jason!

Come here and help me with these things.

Okay.

I'll get these.

a big one.

Hey, nice move.

Hey, thanks. My name's RJ. How you doing? Hi, Jason.

What's RJ stand for?

Rafer Jefferson Madison III.

Wow. No wonder you use RJ. Yeah.

You moving in?

No, we just came for the weekend. We travel light.

That's good.

I was afraid the property values were going down.

I'll tell my dad not to worry.

Can I give you a hand with any of this? Yeah, sure. We could always use some

help. Don't expect to get paid much, though. No sweat.

I'll just have my accountant bill you.

Hey, dude.

Remind me next time not to let out my services so fast, all right?

Bruce Lee freak.

Just what Kingswood needs.

Why me?

Yo, Chase, check me out.

Yes. Float like a butterfly, spin like a bee.

No, no, no. That's not how you do it.

Dodge it.

Again.

This is not even hard.

Look at you.

Dodge it.

Again.

Whoa.

Come over here and let me show you something else, all right? Yeah. Hey,

this? It's a wooden man, and it's used for, like, blocking and punching

techniques. Watch.

I can do it.

Watch this.

Well, I dance a bit, and now I'm really quick.

I rock to the beat so viciously. Why you going imitating?

Truthfully, I like to feel my highs, I like to feel my lows. Why you rock,

rock, try to kick me with your toes? I'll do it for you now, and I'll show

how. I rock to the beat, so watch my feet.

years anyway.

You know, old houses and all. Yeah.

Hey, how long you been doing it? I'm crying.

About three years.

Oh, then you must be pretty good, huh?

I've got some friends who've been doing it for about two years, and one's even a

second degree black belt.

I'm not a black belt yet.

What are you in, a special slow learners program or what?

No.

Someday I'm going to be just like him.

Hey, I hear he's buried in Seattle.

Do you know where?

I'll take you there tomorrow.

All right.

You're supposed to be washing these windows.

Oh, how many times have I given you something to do only to catch you

off? If I catch you doing this just one more time, just one more time.

Yes, Patty.

And get to work.

I'm bad.

I'm meaner than me. I'm bad.

I'm clean in the clean. I'm bad. I got plenty of dope. I'm bad.

And I want you to know that I'm bad.

I told you you couldn't run away

forever. You and that Bruce Lee freak.

Jay, where have you been?

Oh, there's this new girl. She wouldn't let me leave.

Save it for the National Enquirer.

What happened to your clothes? That's what I'm trying to tell you. I had to

sprint all the way over here.

But hey, you wouldn't believe what she could do with her... Shut up and get in

the car.

You want me to drive?

You know the way, don't you?

Okay.

My name is Jason Stilwell, and I just moved here from Los Angeles.

I'm a martial artist too, and I want to be like you someday.

I practice what you teach, and I've read everything about you.

That's how I knew that these were your favorite flowers.

Please give me the courage and strength to stand up for what I believe.

Thank you, Sensei Lee.

heart is on me.

Thanks for the lunch, Scott. This is great.

No problem.

Stick with me, kid.

You never go hungry.

What's the matter, Scott?

It's that slimeball, RJ.

Hey, Scott, why do you hate that kid so much? I've got my reasons.

Come here.

Just keep him from going anywhere.

That's all I ask.

Looks like you don't have anywhere else to run.

Do you?

Yeah.

It does look that way.

Get him! Get him!

I'm scared, Pop.

You better be.

Because you've got nowhere else to run.

He's the lard ass.

Beat it, Brucey.

Go on home and play with your wooden dolly.

Take a walk, fat boy. You stay out of this or you're going to get hurt.

This is between him and me.

Get him!

Bye. No retreat.

No surrender.

Doesn't that mean anything to you?

Fighting is wrong.

It's just going to get you in more trouble. It got me out of trouble today.

Sure. Trouble you never would have been in before.

Dad, you never listened to me.

I've heard all before, Jason.

You don't know what the hell you're talking about.

Watch your tone of voice with me, young man.

It's not my tone of voice, Dad. It's the fact that I don't agree with you, isn't

it? Just because I don't agree doesn't mean I'm wrong. In this house, what I

counts. Are you trying to raise a son or...

You want to be ashamed of yourself and fight like some common sick punk.

But, no buts. Go to your room.

I'm not a child.

Oh, don't fight in the streets.

I ain't going.

Hey, James, check this out.

Ian, congratulations.

Absolutely great match. You were fantastic.

Well, Bob, I fought well.

This national championship is something I've been training for for quite some

time. Well, you certainly deserve it, Ian.

And I want you to know we wish you good luck in the future, and Seattle should

be proud of you. Great fighter. Ian Riley.

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much. You know, they got places around

here. Yeah? You know where?

Yeah, I go by there all the time.

You want to go?

Yeah, you bet. We can check it out.

Tomorrow? Okay.

Look at these trophies.

Come on, let's go inside.

Yeah, I was thinking about joining.

What do I do?

Do you want to sit down? Sure.

All you have to do is fill out these applications for me, and I'll let you

with the sensei. Oh, no, just to, not me. All right.

Thanks. You're welcome.

Hey, yo, do you know how to spell your name?

Finished?

Yes. Huh, Jason Stilwell. Where'd you study in Los Angeles?

Sherman Oaks Karate. Did you bring your gear?

Yeah, all set.

Good, because we have a class starting in a few minutes. That way you can take

the class, give it a try, and make a decision.

Sounds fair. All right, right this way.

That's him.

Yeah, that's Sensei. He just took first at the Nationals. Yeah, I saw that on

TV. That's why he's not doing this. That's why I am. I'm Dean Ramsey,

instructor. All right.

All right, follow me. I'll show you the lockers.

Just go change in your gi.

Class starts in about ten minutes. That way, you know, you can get some warm up

in before that.

Okay, thanks. Alright.

Not bad.

Not bad at all.

Yeah, this is a nice dojo. I'll probably join.

Hey, I told you, RJ always knows where to go.

Excuse me, Dean.

Can we talk?

Sure, Scott. What's up?

Who was that guy?

A new student. Why?

Did you say he was from L .A.? Yeah. So what?

I had a run -in with that guy.

Did this.

This.

That.

What'd you fight about?

Well, he was talking about how bad Seattle karate is.

Yeah. What? Yeah, he was putting Seattle karate down in a big way and talking

about how wonderful Los Angeles karate is.

Then he started pushing me around and stuff.

And then the fight started?

Yeah.

No, I didn't want to fight.

But, you know, what was I supposed to do?

He's pretty good, but he, uh, fights dirty.

Right.

You like a little kumite?

Sure, I'm always ready to fight.

Good, there's a good fighter here from L .A.

He wants to fight our best people.

You're our best.

Remember, though, he's good. If you relax at all, he'll eat you up.

Eat me up?

Don't worry.

I'm nobody's lunch.

All right, let's bring it in. Form a circle by the ring right now.

Down.

Hey, you better get out there. They're waiting for you.

We have with us today a distinguished visitor who just arrived from LA.

And here he wants to see what Seattle Karate is about.

So I thought we might give him a taste of it.

No excuses here, mister. You're in the ring.

Let's see what you're made of.

Frank, up.

To the line.

To the line.

Class, back.

Follow me.

About each other.

Fighting senses.

me check you out.

Yes, don't we look cute.

Here, let me fix you up just a little. Don't be messing with my hair. She must

be pretty special, huh? You better believe it.

Hi, Kelly.

Are you having a good time?

I sure am.

It's going to be a great party.

Bitchin', I think it'll be.

You talk like a human being, Dean.

Kelly, don't fight it.

It's bigger than the both of us. The only thing bigger than the both of us is

your ego.

I'm not interested. Go find some other girl to test.

You're the only one I want to test.

Give me a break.

Kelly.

Kelly. Happy birthday.

How's my little sister?

No, I think I missed you most of all. I missed you, too.

I brought this for you.

And this trophy, too, for your room, okay?

Thanks, Ian.

Congratulations,

Ian. How's it going, guys?

Good job.

Boy,

everything went great.

Any problems while I was gone?

Nothing I couldn't handle.

Boy, do I got some stories to tell you guys.

Ian, there's a telephone call for you.

Okay. Look, I gotta go.

Catch you guys later.

You're talking to him. What can I do for you?

How did you know?

He made such a fuss over it at the pet store the other day, I decided to get

him. He's perfect.

It is a he, isn't it?

I don't know. I didn't look, but I think so.

You're so adorable. I'm going to love you to death.

Thank you, Jason.

How did you get in here?

That's not important.

What is important is that we are here.

I told you in Reno I wasn't interested.

I run my own show. Frankly, Mr.

Riley, it isn't acceptable. You must join us.

If you'll excuse me, I have a party to attend.

Oh, yes.

Your sister Kelly's party.

She's 17 today.

Please, give her our love.

How did you know that my... I'd hate to see anything happen to her. See nothing!

We don't want any violence, Ian.

Seattle's next on our list.

And we will have your dojo.

I'll be in touch.

gave it to you?

Jason did.

He's a friend of mine from Los Angeles. We met last summer.

Jason, this is Cindy, Lonnie, and Sharon. Girls, this is Jason. Hi.

That's me.

Hi, Kel. How's my girl? What do you think you're doing?

Well, well, look at what the cat drug in.

Dean Ramsey, this is Jason. Yeah, I know.

We've met.

We're old pals.

Aren't we, Jason?

How's it going, buddy?

What are you guys... Kelly!

Kelly! Come on, give me your presents.

Come on, girls.

Stay out of the way, punk.

She's mine.

I didn't see a ring, did I? Are you thick? Her brother's my sensei. She's

for. By me.

Nobody wants you here.

We'll see about that.

And, uh, this guy's... I was brave, though.

I was brave, bro.

So is it raining or what?

Oh man, they're almost out of candy. Come on!

Back off Dean!

Get out of my face!

I told you not to stay.

Calm down. I'm just having a little fun.

Stop it, Gene.

Don't hurt him.

You're that punk. She knows who's the best.

be like you.

Yeah, I do.

You're scared to death of it.

Is that what you really think?

Maybe if you made a stand instead of running away.

If you've been anything but a coward.

That's it.

From now on, the garage is off limits.

And I don't want you going near it. You can't do that.

I think you're forgetting whose house this is.

It's my house, too!

We'll call it your house when you start paying the rent, okay?

Until then, you do as I say.

Clear?

Raj, everything's in the driveway.

Wow. What are you going to do?

I don't know.

You got any ideas?

Yeah. I know of an empty house near here. We can take the stuff there if

like.

Okay, but how are we going to get it there?

Don't worry.

RJ will provide. You just wait here.

and get this settled quickly.

My old man's gonna be pissed.

You go ahead, R .J. I'm gonna stick around here for a while.

I thought you were staying at my house tonight.

All right, if I don't get home soon, my old man's not only gonna be pissed,

he'll call the cops. I know what you mean.

So you go on, and I'll catch you later.

Sounds good to me.

Hey, R .J.

Yo.

Thanks. I mean, I hope you don't get into any trouble.

Don't worry about me. I can handle it. No retreat, no surrender.

RJ. Later.

You know, you asked me to come.

I asked you.

Sensei Li?

Li Da Ge, you call me.

Shall we begin?

Begin?

Begin what?

Your training. You asked me to help.

I'm ready. I've studied a little.

And?

And I haven't been the best of students.

I know you can do better.

Utilize what's up here as your way.

That's how you win.

Come over here.

It's your beginning.

You must be like Wu Shou.

We call it martial arts.

The character Wu is made up of kuo, which means violence or force, plus its

character ji, meaning stop.

We practice how to stop violence.

What you learn from me is for defense only and should not be misused.

That's the idea.

It's your move.

You don't want to listen then?

Bye.

I don't wish revenge. I only want to learn.

You empty the cup first.

Pardon?

This cup, as you, represents your knowledge.

This cup is what I offer.

The cup of my knowledge.

It's more than your cup holds. Slowly dig up.

Then?

The cup now is clean. You understand?

Yes.

Now, get in the stance.

Punch and power punch.

No.

hand no power now hit here

stand

up what was the mistake

punch wasn't fast enough easy to defend against are

you asking or telling me Now say that to me again. Not fast enough, easy to

defend against.

How? Show me where to improve it.

Show you?

Listen to the warrior inside.

Move and I'll counter.

Thing of your technique is strike.

Now my technique.

It's a long move.

See which is first.

Pow!

Again.

Pow! Pow!

Pow! Pow!

Know why you've been getting hit?

No, Leader Gun.

You live with the soldier.

And when your soldier moves, I see it.

You be quick.

And direct utilizing Qi.

The result is power.

Qi.

Power.

Never can succeed without a surprise.

Your training begins tomorrow.

What's wrong?

I'm not sure because I... Think of what you are doing.

And if you want to improve yourself, you must concentrate.

That's your strength.

I just don't...

Was that natural enough for you?

Sure.

That's because you didn't think about it. You just react.

From now on, be spontaneous.

Now, come on.

Handling multiple strikes requires timing.

Are you ready?

Why are you being hit?

I don't know. I'm just standing here.

All these sandbags are your adversaries. Stand in the center.

Ready?

To

fight

effectively, you must empty all yourself.

Your eyes must see in all directions.

Your ears shall be aware of all sounds and you must learn

to feel every movement before it occurs and be ready to react.

Try again.

It's got to be faster than that.

Come on, get with it. Let's go.

weren't ready.

Unexpected move but hard to counter.

So they present the worst danger.

Pretend my arm trapped this leg.

That's your adversary.

Case.

What are you, a black belt?

No. No, I'm not.

No, look, I gotta get back, so... You'll go when I say you can go, karate man,

and no sooner.

Got that?

Yes, sir.

Yes.

Clean yourself up.

You're a mess.

That's a good boy.

Set the images all in your head.

Then believe them.

And know it can't be stopped.

That you face the truth alone.

You've got the power to begin.

Let yourself.

to let people keep you down.

struggle along with

to teach you some manners.

Okay, okay.

It won't happen again.

Oh, no.

It's too late for that.

Yeah!

You will never mess with me again.

taking dinner, she's waiting.

There's your lady. And you want to stand here with me? I don't want to talk to

her.

Would you like to dance?

No, thanks.

Come on.

Okay.

To let this moment fade away.

I'm sorry about that day. I was a real jerk.

Go on.

Wait a minute. You're supposed to stop me and say, no, you weren't. But you

a jerk.

Yeah, I was, wasn't I?

Come on. It's all in the past. Let's just forget about it, okay?

Sounds good to me.

Is everything set?

Yes, sir.

He jumped at the chance to settle this with a team fight.

He wants a piece of us bad.

Fine, fine.

Good evening, sir.

Thank you.

All right.

We'll be in every paper, both morning and evening editions.

Representatives from print and TV will be there, and two local radio stations

will be covering it live.

I hear Mr. Riley and his team are training very hard.

Were there any problems?

Don't worry.

Everything is under control.

Seattle is already yours.

They will lose.

Very good. Very good.

That was so much fun the other night. I know. We should all do it again.

Are you guys ready?

Yeah. Good.

Because the fun's about to begin.

Right. Yeah.

you got the big man to fall back on

that's

it everything is set

Kingswood Sports Center, and our first ever full contact karate exhibition.

Tonight's match features two well -known karate teams.

In the white corner, the visiting team, the New York State champions, the

Manhattan Ballers.

Hometown heroes, the Kingswood kids.

In at 180 pounds, Michael Rocco.

Tipping our regulation scales at 190 pounds, John Alvarado.

And last, let's give a big welcome to Fazard, the headhunter, Ajman.

For the Seattle Sidekicks, introducing the Washington State...

lightweight karate champion, Frank Peters.

Weigh in at 197 and one half pounds, fighting for the sidekicks,

Dean Shooting Star Ramsey.

captain of the sidekicks, the reigning U .S. National Karate Champion, Ian,

world -wide, Riley.

Gentlemen, let us go to our places.

Ladies and gentlemen, the match is about to begin.

Judging will be done by a distinguished panel of judges on a 10 -point line.

Ladies and gentlemen, due to the lack of any serious competition here in

Seattle, there has been a change in the New York lineup.

All we really need is one man to take on all three of your fighters.

And anyone else that has the balls to get into the ring.

This one man, this awesome machine of annihilation, is now making his way

to the ring.

our Russian brother, Eastern Europe's most feared martial artist.

after that rush. It was bad news.

Who's this?

I'm Jason, a friend of Kelly's.

Well, Jason, don't worry. We can take him. No, I mean it. I've seen this guy

fight. Yeah, and you've seen us fight too, bud.

Relax. He's cake.

Sit back and enjoy the show.

Good luck.

The destruction begin.

Would you come in the ring, please?

You can do it.

On your mark, leave.

Gentlemen, just obey my commands.

When I ask you to break, I want you to break clean and fast.

In the event of a knockdown, I want you to go immediately to a neutral corner

and stay there until I tell you to come out.

Do you understand?

And let's have a good, clean bite.

We're going to make this thing a little more interesting.

The next bout will be winner take all.

Son, is it not?

But this time it'll be different, Russian.

be quick and direct.

weren't ready. And the second move was hard to counter.

It's just a wonder that those spirits find a way for

the power from within.

You've got no reason to let people keep you down.

Cause your biggest challenge is the one that lies within yourself.

Know what you're buying.

Surrender.