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- The Monkey Fist
is the most difficult

of all Chinese martial arts.

It calls for coordination
of every part of the body;

limbs, eyes, brain, and heart.

With the coming of the Qing
Dynasty, the art was forgotten.

The Monkey Fist featured
in this motion picture

is based on research of
the ancient chronicles

of Chinese martial arts

with certain modifications
and refinements.

Only the Eagle Claw
style can hope

to compete with the Monkey Fist.

The Eagle Claw and
the Monkey Fist

are presented here to honor
those heroes of bygone days

who developed these
remarkable techniques.

- Captain Pa
- Captain Yi

- seek an audience.
- seek an audience.

- Our respects general.
- Our respects general.

- How dare you come back
without a single rebel's head?

- But general,
we've put an agent

into the rebels' organization.

We know who the leader
is, where he lives.

We are watching the whole
group around the clock,

all we need is your
orders to move.

- You kill everyone,young and
old

as a lesson to
all of the others.

- I just heard that a group
of Kangxi was infiltrated

by an agent, a Qing
man,I¦everyone was killed.

We must be most careful.

You're from Kangxi whatI¦did you
hear there?

- Only that thereI¦were spies
there,

then the Qings moved in,
and killed the whole group.

Master, where'sI¦your eldest son
now?

I should think heI¦must be quite
a man.

- He's useless.

- If you don't pay your
debt, I'll beat you to death!

- If I'm dead, then
you'll get nothing,

but if I'm alive, then
maybe I'll win yet.

- You'll win?

What do you bet?

- My life, cause that's
all I got left, alright?

- Young fool, who are you?

Who's your father?

- Hey, just forget my father,
my name doesn't matter.

- You must have a name.

- If you need a name,
just call me iron.

- Beat him up.

Damn you.

- Hey, hey, hey,
alright, alright,

I don't mind gambling with him.

You don't want him dead.

Hey, hey, come on,
come on, come on.

- Well, we'll carry on with
our plans now, as arranged.

- You are all under
arrest, general's orders.

- Let's go fight them!

- Who are you?

You're a spy

- Get all the families
inside, and spare no one.

- Hu Yin, you did
a good job here.

I'll tell the general,
he'll reward you.

- Thank you for yourI¦kindness
captain.

Bring him in.

- Don't listen, die like heroes!

- How very brave.

- You check thatI¦we've missed no
one.

- Right.

This one's quite pretty,I¦what do
you think?

- I'll have her.

- Take her out.

- Right, come on.

- There is an eldestI¦son, but
he's out now.

- Where is he?

Talk!

- I have no eldest son.

- You tell me, I'll spare you.

- Lock them all up, then go out.

Find that son.

- Hey, come on.

Come on!

- Hey.

- Come on!

- Hey.

- Let me go, I'veI¦something to
tell you.

- What's the problem, did
myI¦father send a matchmaker out?

- You've got to be serious.

Your family's in trouble.

- My dad's a hero, he's tough.

No trouble bothers him.

He'll fix it, no matter what.

- This morning, the
troopsI¦surrounded your house,

they arrested allI¦your family,
they say

that they'll all be killed.

- Hey, come back here,I¦you can't
go there.

Hey! You can't go.

- Who are you?

- You idiot, you stupid fool.

How dare you?

- Leave me alone.

- Retarded fool!

You fool, you idiot,I¦you madman
you.

- I'm not, I'm not a madman.

I'm not a madman, I'm iron.

- My lord, he's anI¦idiot, I
usually

keep him locked up at home.

I was careless, he got out.

Please forgive me,I¦please
forgive me.

- You two men areI¦getting more
careless!

You tell me your good news,

but you missed theI¦traitor's son
now.

- My lord, everybody saysI¦that
son is just a playboy.

He does nothing atI¦all, except
gambling.

I think he'll be no threat.

- You fool! Never take a chance.

In this sort of case,I¦you ought
to know that.

- Sir, don't worry, we'll
haveI¦everybody looking for him.

- My lord general, weI¦caught a
pretty young girl.

She was a maid, weI¦brought her
here,

and it did occur to usI¦that you
might like her.

- Hold it.

Tomorrow noon, youI¦execute the
whole family.

- I don't want toI¦die, ma, I
don't.

- Quiet.

- I don't want to die.

- Stop that, you coward.

- Listen you, tomorrowI¦noon,
you'll all die.

But still

whoever tells us where
theI¦eldest son is will be
spared.

- My brother!

- Talk!

- No.

- That monkey thiefI¦has no fixed
time.

So, to catch him, we'llI¦have to
wait all night.

- And so what? AndI¦why say
monkey?

It's a man, it's no monkey,I¦I
mean it's too smart.

It's a man, I'm sure of it.

- Man, who would have the
nerveI¦to steal at Shoalin
Temple?

Is it a man or a monkey?

- You can't escape!

- GetI¦him, after
him!

- So fast, he just disappeared!

- I think it's a man.

At a guess he'sI¦hiding out in
the woods.

Don't run, hey come here!

I don't mean you any harm.

Hey, wait!

You did nothing real bad!

Hey, it's nothing bad.

Just a littleI¦food, and
watched us practice.

You've been here for months.

Hey, don't run.

If you want to learn,
come and join the temple.

Hey!

Hey, wait, wait.

I know, it's toughI¦to get
accepted.

But I'll take you to the abbot.

If you're accepted, wellI¦that's
fine, we'll be brothers.

Fellow students.

- Master, this manI¦has deep
hatred,

and he wants to learn,I¦and he
can take hardship.

I think he'll do well.

- And what is your name,I¦where
are you from,

and what is it you hate?

- Until I can prove myself here,

I want to keep my name a secret,

and that's why I didn'tI¦dare to
come here.

Forgive me, it's not disrespect.

- Of course, of course.

When you join us, you'llI¦have to
study hard

and learn the word of Buddha.

Then, this bitterI¦hatred that's
within you

may disappear.

- Brother.

- The boy has a good stance.

I think that he'll do well.

Men like him usuallyI¦learn
quickly.

In a few months,I¦I reckon he'll
be

one of the best pupils here.

Buddha had mercy onI¦you, it was
his hand

that led you to us.

So then, don't wasteI¦this chance
you have.

Since you have joined usI¦now,
you will need a name.

- Teacher, he stealsI¦food like a
monkey,

and climbs likeI¦a monkey as
well.

Call him Iron Monkey.

- Brother, in aI¦temple, how can
a man

be given a nameI¦of a mere
animal?

- Before the sight ofI¦Buddha,
both man and animal

are just the same,I¦both are
equal.

Your name, Iron Monkey.

- You can't stand here.

This row is for seniors.

- Hey, hey, hey,I¦further back,
go on!

- Go on!

- Buddha bless us.

- Buddha bless us.

Where did you learnI¦to use that
style?

This is your first day here,

and you're alreadyI¦doing quite
well.

- Well, when I sneaked in here,

I used to watch, soI¦I picked up
a bit.

That's all.

- Well, show usI¦what you've
learned.

- That is the
simplestI¦technique, but it's not
easy.

- Brother.

- Good, you'veI¦been here a
month.

To do so well, soI¦quickly, is
great.

- Brother, don't say that,I¦the
others here won't like it.

- Don't worry, masterI¦checks us
once a month

to see what we've learnt.

You'll know byI¦tomorrow what
place

he thinks you should have here.

- I don't care whetherI¦it's
front or back,

all I want to doI¦here is to
learn.

you will do what you're told.

Listen, why do youI¦refuse to
tell us

what your real name is,I¦and
about your background?

- Brother, I really oweI¦you, and
I should tell you,

but still...

- It's alright, come,I¦let's
practice some.

- Brother, I daren't.

- Why? Scared you'll be hurt?
Come on

- I'd like to have your
permission to shave my head.

But why can't I?

Aren't I good enough yet?

- Oh no, it isn't that.

You're very good,
you've done so well.

All of us here agree on that,

but you're still tied to
the outside world yet,

and you can't let it go.

Deep in your eyes, I can still
see hatred and bloodshed.

So, you ask yourself, be honest,

are you ready yet toI¦forsake the
outside world,

devote yourself
to Buddha's work?

Only when all of yourI¦passions
have left you

are you ready to join us here.

- Teacher, I, I'm confused.

- But you do know what
Buddha teaches, though.

You will reap what you sow,
good seed brings forth good,

bad seed brings forth
bad, and in your life,

someone has planted much evil.

You'll repay him in kind.

- Thank you teacher.

- Hold it.

Teacher thinks you're
much better than I am.

I don't like that.

If you're so good,
then prove it to us.

- It's alright, students
should test each other.

So, you go ahead, or else,

they'll be real annoyed.

- Hold it.

Now look, Shaolin men aren't
cowards, none of them.

So, why don't you fight?

- You've been here a month,

to do so well, so
quickly, is great.

- Now look, Shaolin men
aren't cowards, none of them.

Cause he thinks he's
better than we are.

- Well.

- You're wrong, the master
says I'm full of hatred,

and he's right, II¦can't control
it.

It scares me.

- Just listen to him.

So, he thinks if he fights us,

he's afraid thatI¦he'll kill us
all.

That right?

Is that right?

- At this point, you've acquired

a good grasp of
basic techniques.

You've all the fundamentals.

So, now you must
choose a technique

you wish to specialize in.

Concentrate on those
then, and nothing else.

While there's no limit
on how many you choose,

it is left up to you, but still

you should remember,
don't choose too many,

the fewer the better.

- Teacher, I am quite
confident I can learn them all.

Every style.

- Well, then you'll stay in
the temple here all your life.

In Shaolin, there's
one technique

that in the past, only
one man has ever mastered.

It takes much time,
and anyone who wants

to learn that technique may
not choose any other technique.

- This technique, what is it?

- Well, it's known as
Shaolin Monkey Fist.

- Monkey.

In that case, the
monkey should learn it!

- Teacher, I'll learn it.

- Good,
he one who mastered it,

and who will teach it,
he was the bitter monk.

And he lives in the
east wing of the temple.

You go and see him now.

- Sir.

- You fool, Shaolin
has lots of styles.

Why ignore them,
and choose just one?

- Yeah.

- You wasted all your time.

- Ying Lei, you're the fool.

He's going to be well above you.

I promise you that.

- And what do you want?

- The abbot told
me to come here.

To learn the Monkey Fist style.

- So, you were
ordered to come here.

Not of your own free will.

Leave me.

- Teacher, it was my choice.

- Is that the truth?

- I know the
Monkey Fist is difficult,

and that it will
restrict me as well,

but I want to learn.

- Good.

The technique is most complex,

but if you learn it well,
you'll beat the rest.

It's superior to all
other techniques,

but you may not succeed.

- I shall do my best.

Teacher, I'm all ready.

Mmmmm

Thank you teacher.

- What's wrong?

What is it?

- My temple doesn't
accept gifts from outside,

so please will
you all leave now?

- We've not come
here with gifts.

We have a message
from our lord general.

- The Qings now rule here,
and all people must obey them,

but in this temple,
we serve only God,

the great lord Buddha
himself, no one else.

Please leave.

- The Qings rule everywhere,

and the general has sent
me with a special message,

for the students here.

- All the temple
students are here now,

please go ahead and speak.

- The general says that
he needs some more guards,

thinks you may be suitable,
in view of your training.

This could be a very
good chance for you men.

- Good chance?

- Shaolin martial
arts are not too bad.

The general takes the view
that it would be a pity

to waste this, and in this case,

if you're interested
he'll offer you a job.

Well, it's up to you,
you want the job?

Well, then you report
to me within one month.

- Brother, get them.

- This Buddha's in the
wrong place, move it back.

- Sir, alright, come
on, go, move it,

alright come on.

- Hey, you.

- Wait.

- It's okay, just leave him.

- Sinful, sinful.

That Buddha has been
there for many years.

So, we'd better move it back.

Buddha, bless you.

- Buddha, bless you.

- Brother, none of our students
will work for the Qings,

we are watching the whole group.

- Blessings, blessings,

Buddha have mercy on us all

- Hey, monkey, monkey.

Monkey, what have you been
doing these last few years

you've been away?

Been playing with a monkey?

- Insult me, but don't
insult my teacher.

- I hear that you've
made good progress.

I'm real glad, congratulations.

- Is that true or false?

- Hey, where are you going?

We haven't talked for ages.

- I must go and see the master.

- Hey, why are you seeing him?

Possibly, you're thinking
of working for the Qings?

- Blessings, blessings,

Buddha have mercy on us all.

May he bless our lives.

- Master, what do you find
when you look inside me now?

- You're still full of hatred,

and this time I smell blood.

So, why are you here?

Is it you want toI¦leave the
temple?

- Yes sir, that'sI¦what I want to
do.

- And what if I refuse you?

- I have to leave here,

even if it means II¦have to use
force.

- It's destiny,I¦there is no
choice.

You leave then.

- If I succeed inI¦what I
propose,

then I shall come back, and
stay in here all of my life.

- Who are you?

- Well sir, I've come
here from Shaolin,

to join the royal guards.

- Who'd you study with?

- I studied withI¦the bitter
monk,

and I learned the ShaolinI¦Monkey
Fist technique.

- Tell me, why didn'tI¦the others
come?

Why only you then?

- They're different,
have different views.

I wanted this, so I came.

- You any ideaI¦what this
involves?

What you'll do?

- Simply, that I'll obeyI¦the
general's orders.

- So, you mean to
say, you think you'll

get your orders
from the general?

You'll get your orders from me.

- Sir.

- General, Shaolin men
all pretend to be neutral,

in fact they sympathizeI¦with
those rebels,

and left alone, they'll
make big trouble.

- From what you say,

the pupils there
wouldn't listen to you,

and none of them would
volunteer for our guards.

How dare they
insult me like that?

And the throne too!

- Master Hu Yin is
here.

- I greet you general.

- Get up.

- Sir.

My lord general, a Shaolin
man's come to join us.

- What's this man's name?

- Iron Monkey.

- Iron Monkey, well
what do you think?

- He seems quite respectful,
I think he'll be alright.

- But according to the
report that you gave me

the Shaolin men refused
to come and join us.

So, I suspect something.

You just watch this man.

- And about those rebels now,
what are your orders, general?

- The same as for
all the rebels.

Kill them all, every one.

- Sir.

- I suggest that we let
the Iron Monkey do it.

That way we can
test his kung fu,

also we can test his loyalty.

- Sir.

- That man is good.

Hu Yin, transfer
him to my troop.

- Sir, but before
you promote him, sir,

let's test him some
more for awhile.

- Hold it!

- It's the Iron Monkey, sir.

Since he's been
here, he's done well.

He's very loyal, and so I'm
promoting him, right to the top.

And so, he says, in order
to thank the general,

he'd like to see you, sir.

- Nonsense.

I'm the general, he's
a common soldier.

- Yes, yes.

- Captain Ti.

- Sir.

- His kung fu isn't bad.

Like to have him in my troop.

What do you say?

- Well now.

- Alright.

- If you want him, then
take him, by all means.

- Now look, the
general's just said

that you're to be my new
lieutenant, you like that?

- I'm very honored sir,

but I would like to
thank the general.

Could you help me to see him?

- Well, to see the
general isn't so easy.

And he has a lot
on his mind now.

Some Shaolin students
helped the rebels.

We have proof,
and we're going

to have to do something
about them quickly,

and that job is given to you.

- Sir.

- If because of past friendships

you can't kill them,
I would understand.

- I'm your man now captain,
and I shall obey orders.

- It's good, it's good.

- Don't believe it, I
just don't believe it.

That he would work
for those Qings,

and what's more, he would
actually kill our own men.

- Hey, well he has,
I saw him myself.

I couldn't be wrong,
he's doing well too.

He's an officer, yeah, he
has his own troops now.

About 20 men, he just
isn't the same man at all

that you brought out of the
woods so many years ago.

He's quite different.

- Don't believe it.

- Well, I saw him coming
out of the general's place

with my very own eyes.

- I'll go see him.

- He's now one of
the Qing's men.

He won't care about
old friendships.

You go, and you'll die.

- If he really is a traitor,
then I shall kill him.

- I greet both captains.

- Hu Yin, Mr. Iron
is now your superior.

- My respects
to you sir, too.

- Captain, someone to see you.

- Who is it?

- Shaolin pupil, Fon Kong.

- Say no.

- Sir.

- Hold it.

Isn't this Fon Kong one of
the most senior students

at Shaolin temple?

- Yes.

- Well, this might save
us a lot of trouble.

Let's try and dispose of him.

- Rely on me, I'llI¦deal with
him.

- Damn you, you traitor!

- Fon Kong, you're a fool,
you shouldn't have come.

- Play dead, quick.

- That's good, I shall ask
the general to reward you.

- General's orders, you are to
be rewarded for your loyalty

with a young slave girl.

- May I thank the
general in person?

- Well, if you want the honor
of seeing the general himself,

you'll have to killI¦some more
Chinese first.

- My respects, sir.

You? It's you?

It's young master!

- You're wrong.

- You're youngI¦master, I know
you!

So, you're workingI¦for the Qings
now.

Have you forgotten how they
wiped out your whole family?

You...

You!

- You.

- Yes I am.

And although he denied it,
I'm quite certain it's him.

I couldn't be mistaken.

- You want to see the captain?

You an old friend of his?

- Yes I am.

- Well, you can't see him,
he's with the captains.

- This
time we'll work it out,

real careful.

We'll get them all.

- That's right,
wipe that lot out.

- Mr. Iron, this is a
good chance for you.

The general has decided
to wipe out Shaolin,

and you're to have
command of this mission.

To destroy those rebels,I¦once
and for all.

You go now, and
prepare your men.

- Right.

- And also, the general
will see you tomorrow.

Go now.

- Hu Yin, five years
ago, you often posed

as an anti-Qing man,

joined up with some rebels,
and then had them destroyed.

- That was quite a good trick,
but now I'm too well known

for that one, pity.

Why, thinking of
trying it yourself?

- One of those
times you did that,

you exposed an
anti-Qing organization

the leader's family
were all wiped out,

but one of them escaped.

- What are you driving at?

- Well, I was that man.

I'd meant to wait longer, until
I could get at the general,

and perhaps the emperor,
but now, they mean

to destroy Shaolin,
and so I can't wait.

- I don't know
what you're saying.

- You don't?

I mean to kill you!

- What's so confidential
that you have to talk here?

- Well, it's something
only you should know.

- What is it?

- Hu Yin's dead.

- But how.

- Someone killed him.

- Who?

- A survivor of a whole family

that was wiped out.

- I remember the case,
but this survivor,

where's he now?

- In front of you.

- And so you want
to join your family?

- Good evening sir.

The captain's orders,

but no visitors while
at practice, sir.

- Captain Pa.

- It's you, why did
you come here so late?

- Everyone talks about the
captain's fine kung fu,

so I thought that I'd come
here, and see it for myself.

- You'd like to try me?

- Yes.

- Good.

You can go.

- Sir.

Let's go.

- Thanks captain.

- Well now, you
choose your weapon.

- Alright, please.

- Now look, what's this?

- I'll kill you.

- Me, so you want my job?

- I want to save Shaolin.

And so, that's your kung fu?

- Now please, please
spare my life.

- Spare your life?

Did you ever once
show anyone mercy?

- Hold it.

- General wants me, it's urgent.

- You're right, the
general wants all traitors.

Take him away.

- Sir.

- And who are you?

- Chinese, Monkey.

- So, you're him.

Just why did you pretend
to become our man?

- Only for one purpose,
that was to kill you!