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my

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in the year 1730 during the reign of the

emperor jung

cheng one of the early emperors of the

manchu ching dynasty

many kung fu experts were recruited by

the emperor

and were taught how to use that fearsome

weapon

the flying guillotine the purpose of

this was to suppress and kill the

supporters of the former ming dynasty

and many of those patriots fell to the

new weapon

those who escaped went into hiding it

was to seek these remaining rebels out

and kill them that the government sent a

noted master of the flying guillotine

phone who was blind disguised himself as

a buddhist llama

and lived in a mountain retreat with his

two disciples

chao long and ciao fool

oh

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if you should get this message it will

mean that both child long and i will be

dead carved on the tile is the image of

a one-armed man

teacher he will have killed us and he is

a ming revolutionary

we are now setting out to kill him but

because of his great ability

we fear that he may kill us if you

receive this message

then please avenge your two disciples

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so

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ah

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hank

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bro

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you'll be avenged you

sacrificed your lives for the great qing

dynasty

i swear that i will kill that one armed

man

and avenge you both

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yes

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okay

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oh bob

go out and practice

stop up

dang young brother

so

come here today i'm gonna teach you

something new the technique of jumping

now you show us all right

now that is the basic step

then follows the second step this

involves the control of breath

so as to lighten your weight

all right empty out the stones

breathe much deeper all right

now they know why that was not

concentrating on your breathing

as you can see you have a long way to go

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now when you can do that walk right

around the edge

you've passed the second stage

then we come to jumping the most

difficult

the flying technique come along with me

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me

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so

that's all that i'll show you today

remember it

and if you've patience you can learn to

do all things

keep practicing

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hey it's good news good news

just calm down what good news teacher

the eagle claw school is holding a

tournament no restrictions for age or

area great great

let's answer then teacher you're going

to enter

teacher i think you should i think you'd

win every prize

it's bound to draw lots of experts and

so

our pupils here could learn something

new from them

there's truth in that they could learn a

lot

well all right as long as we don't

attract attention from any government

officials

so then keep out of any trouble there

understand

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shields and clubs

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are you the president of this tournament

here yes that's right

i'm the president wu cheng singh and my

school has helped to arrange it

well if you're in charge here i have a

question why can't i take part in it

well the rules are quite specific while

i accept

there's no restrictions on territory the

fact does still remain that you're a

foreigner

and in that case i must obey the rules

and refuse

sorry soy

tamiya

right if you can demonstrate to me you

have some degree of skill

well then there should be no more

problems

sure

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so

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wow

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wow

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hold it let me try now

daughter you're not good enough father

don't worry i can take care of myself

uh

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enough

just save your skill you'll need it all

tomorrow

i suggest you rest now attendant sir

come here take our guest to his room

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please japanese tournament contestant

win without a knife

why akuma your room's on the first floor

porter

when the government received news of the

tournament they were afraid that the

rebel ming supporters might choose the

opportunity to stage an uprising

so they ordered fung sen to investigate

and to kill any rebels he discovered

there

in turn enlisted the aid of some of the

foreign contestants

it was clear the tournament was destined

to be a bloody affair

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foreign

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hey waiter over

just step in sir come this way

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uh

please this way sir

vegetarian noodles a bowl of vegetarian

noodles

okay

wait

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one two three four

five six seven kill seven with one blow

hey waiter bring me some more wine and

food will y'all

all right

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foreign

thank you thank you hey

what's this you leaving without paying

your bill

huh

do you know who i am huh

who are you goddamn it you don't know

who i

am you never heard of me you listen

i happen to be the one i'm boxer

see that i killed seven

i guess that should be enough proof of

you yeah i killed seven with one blow

did you ever hear anyone doing that all

right where's the seven men you killed

then

well they weren't actually men they were

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flying

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he wasn't the one on boxer he was just a

bomb

i don't care who he was i

intend to kill every one armed man that

i come across here

dad they say that one boxer will come

here do you think he might

would he

jason

um he had an invitation

up to now i've had no reply but still

that's not conclusive

i think that he probably will come even

if it's just to watch

he's very well known everybody has heard

of him

so it would be good if he did come

just to show himself here

teacher wall everything is prepared for

the tournament now

good pass the word round tell them

we shall start tomorrow

so

the contest begins

the contest begin

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the contest begins

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height one the contestants are

on my left long spear thank you

and on my right fighting stick

hop away

the first job

the second drum the third

ah

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take the loser away

now on my left fast sword wong

chang on my right

win without an eye why yakuma

nice jumping

sound the drums

huh

okay

hmm

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well how about that so he has a knife

after all does he

very smart

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hey talk the loser

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now on my left

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a

uh

oh

uh

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when

and so did ting chang

take the two winners away

oh my love the northern daredevil is

sand

and on my right hand skin you

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found the job

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oh

uh

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his spirit protected him but he lost his

sight

and that's why his defense is broken

nissan wins

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without you

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found the drum

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hey

hmm

hey

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eagle claw tower

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now on my left a javelin

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sword formation right

fix the swords

now from my right flying rope chow wow

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hmm

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hey

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take him away

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on my left tornado of knives lee kung

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on my right yoga a song

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me

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um

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me

better for you from my master

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so

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brother you entering no

i said i wouldn't come here to fight i'm

going to the school

you come back when it's over sure

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huh

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foreign

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from my left now tiger and shark first

lee called men

amarrad tynemann

sound the drum

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hey

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ah

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okay

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oh

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i'm

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and from my left the one arms make fits

in sing

on my right the praying mantis tongue

the drum

oh

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come on

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are you one of the king killers that's

right

flying guillotine wu chi good

and so eventually i've got to see the

notorious flying guillotine

you've killed senselessly here did your

masters tell you to do this

huh yes they did now listen

the one-armed boxer killed my disciples

and i've come here to seek revenge for

both of them

hmm you vicious bastard you've killed

innocent men at this tournament for no

reason at

all well you'll regret it i

intend to make sure that you won't do it

again wait yes you get out of my way now

you old has been listen

i want that one-on-boxer and nobody is

gonna stop me

thank you

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huh

i'm sorry although we're a new school

we're gonna have to close

or just temporarily

why should we close can't you guess you

were at that tournament

you saw that senseless killing yeah

the man who did all the killing the man

with a guillotine

he was sent here by the chings to murder

all the kung fu experts there

pay attention i suspect

that he may very well soon pay a visit

to our school

in that case a great many of you could

be killed

and i wouldn't want that to happen

teacher

he's got to be stopped there has to be a

way yeah

let me tell you something about that man

until recently

he had two assistants both tough men

like him

they were both ruthless killers

now a few months ago the two of them

tried to kill me

however it didn't quite work out

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oh

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oh

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ever since i killed those two disciples

i've expected this

although i never expected that he'd show

up at the tournament

when he killed that one-armed sin sing

after the fight

i think that he thought he was me

however

he was wrong brother we all want to

learn kung fu

so we don't want to hide all our lives

that would be wasting our time

besides you're the one our boxer

who said we should hide the man who runs

away or who hides

is weak and a fool

on the other hand to be over cautious

is wrong too

many

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foreign

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i've heard of you many times but you

didn't enter the tournament

and so i've had to come here you left it

too late

i've just closed the school down that's

so

trying to escape the blind man won't let

you go

he's on his way here now i've got

someone to lead him out here

in fact he should be here any minute you

bastard

i'll fix you

oh

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brother you get them out of here quick

that's the one the one who was talking

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he's cool

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does he think he can escape

oh who are you

i'm wim without a knife why yakuma

the roof fell i saved your life

so you saved me

but my father dead

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those who are dead can never return

so there's no point in crying think of

something else

i already have and i can think of

nothing else

all that i want to do now is to take

revenge from that blind man

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well don't bother you aren't good enough

better come with me we'll go to japan

go with you why should i

you fight quite well i could teach you

my kung fu

you could be my first female student

you'll have a lot of potential

for

some rest i'm going to get some food

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miss wu who's that it's all right it's

me

the teacher ut lund oh the one i'm

hey just outside clearwater town there's

a cave

if you go through the cave there's a

house in the clearing

go and hide there after i get my

students away from this place i'll meet

you there

right

pay your respects to saint juan

the enemy will be here soon you go now

and i'll leave as soon as you've gone

as soon as i've thought of a plan i

should get in touch now you'd better

leave by the back gate

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hmm

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me

well now i guess you've come here to

fight i'm sorry it's not convenient

no one armed swordsman is just a

one-wing chicken

tell me when would be convenient for you

huh

i've heard an old chinese expression to

kill

a coward is easier than trying to find a

way to insult him

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you're gonna be sorry that you did that

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um

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oh

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wow

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oh

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so

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i smell blood

the indian he's dead

he can't escape he's somewhere around

this area i know

miss wu my brother

brother are you hurt bad nothing serious

i'll be all right

but that indian gave me quite a bit of

trouble

i nearly got caught miss wu

are you all right now yes thanks

i'm much better now that's good

you stay here as long as you want see

you

the students get away all right sure i

saw them off

they should be clear by now hmm

good come inside and we'll have a talk

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that's

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teacher what are you thinking

just thinking how tough a piece of

bamboo is

even a sharp axe can't cut it what made

you think of that

it's like this those knife plates inside

the flying guillotine they're no thicker

than an axe

and now i realize just how i can defeat

it really

sure so now let's get my students

together to discuss my plan

hey blacksmith have you got my order

finished yet

yes sir thanks thank you

ah good day did you want a large coffin

or just a small one

i don't want either i want to hire this

place

hire a coffin shop

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so

i think i've got the answer that's why i

called you here

but still whether my plan can stop the

guillotine remains to be seen

the strength of the guillotine lies in

its impetus once that spinning force

develops

it becomes almost impossible to stop it

now then the first part of the plan is

to get rid of that fire and killer nine

men then we can tackle the guillotine

and that's where i expect you men to

come in

chanyon somehow you've got to get him to

come along to this place

right

hey he's coming now come on

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go down to the inn and you'll find a

blind man bring him out to the cave

quickly

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he's coming get back

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light it

hope you got thick skin on your feet

uh

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oh

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hey

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uh

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huh

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open up

teacher were you hurt no but still

my feet couldn't have stood much more

take the body away right

i don't want any of you killed so get on

the other side of the hills and just

wait there

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go teacher

i won't go i'm staying here i just have

to

but why because i want to watch you

avenge my father's death

sorry with you here i can't concentrate

then we'd probably both be killed so go

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all right let's settle it

let's see who's the best

i guess that you might come but i'm

afraid

you've chosen an inconvenient time to

arrive

i saved her life if she comes with me

then i'll leave right away but otherwise

before the blind man comes i'll have

killed you you can't you did save me and

i owe you my life

but still i'm not coming that's that

miss wu it's no use trying to reason

with him get back

oh

oh

come on

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hey

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get inside i use the bamboo

come on i've been waiting

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all right

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hey

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uh

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eh

oh

oh

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oh

so

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so

uh

hey

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yes

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yes

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okay

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god

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hey

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ah

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hey

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yay

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hey

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