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The secret to success in martial arts is
not to duck your head.
The hand is faster than the head.
Hands are light.
The head is heavy.
Hands or head, which is faster?
Hands!
Once again.
You already defeated him.
Win or lose,
in Tianjin it's customary for the academy to play host.
You wanted coffee; we came all this way for it.
Can't you be more civil?
I suppose
fighters just enjoy talking shop.
One more time.
Are you going to take care of it?
Of course.
In 1912, Tianjin's first martial arts academy was born.
By 1932, Tianjin became home to many types
of fighting styles from all across China.
What style was that?
Wing Chun.
Haven't heard of it.
It's a closely guarded discipline in Southern China,
known only to a select few.
You want to make Wing Chun famous in Tianjin?
That requires your consent.
You surprised me today.
No ordinary man can attain your skill level.
Let me take you somewhere.
I'm the only martial artist who's been there.
You see?
That Belorussian dancer is astonishing.
The precision of her movement,
the subtle muscle control,
it's like a martial art.
When I started learning kung fu,
I swore an oath to guard our secrets.
Did you?
Yes, that I would take at most two apprentices in my lifetime.
If we don't start teaching our secrets soon,
the foreigners will figure out our tricks.
Our grandchildren will be in danger.
So, teach.
I can't.
None of the Tianjin masters dare challenge the customs.
We need an outsider, someone who can break the taboo.
If you promise to teach your secrets,
I will allow you to open an academy.
For thirty years, I've been the Grandmaster of Tianjin.
I want to do something worthwhile
before I retire.
Thirty years is a long time.
Why now?
With age comes wisdom, I suppose.
Come see me at Kiessling's in three days.
Tianjin's top western restaurant.
Easy to find.
Whatever you choose,
we should enjoy a meal together.
I thought it over.
To preserve Wing Chun's integrity,
I won't hand down my secrets.
The bread here at Kiessling's is free.
It's the only free meal you'll find in Tianjin.
Aside from your blessing, there's an old rule:
If I beat the champions of eight academies,
I can open my own school.
No one has ever defeated more than five.
Nobody has ever eaten more than five loaves of Kiessling bread either.
Waitress, bread please.
Eight loaves.
My master played it safe his whole life.
Towards the end,
he'd curse himself when he was drunk.
I don't want to die with regrets.
Stop eating.
I hate freeloading men.
Fine.
Play by the rules.
If I wait any longer,
I'll be too old to fight.
You don't have to fight.
If you fight,
you'll be expelled, even if you win.
You must teach an apprentice; he will fight for you.
They won't accept me, but they'll accept him?
The apprentice must be a local.
People in Tianjin support each other.
I can help you choose someone.
It'll take at least three years to train someone.
I can't wait that long.
You don't have a choice.
She's not a decent woman.
Her family was poor,
so she attended the missionary school.
At seventeen, she gave birth to a child
who wasn't pure Chinese.
Her parents drowned the baby.
With her bad reputation, she couldn't get married.
I'll marry you.
I will stay in Tianjin for three years.
And then?
You'll come back with me to Canton.
If you don't want to go,
I'll leave you some money.
How much?
That's negotiable.
That isn't the future I want.
In my dream life,
I marry a Brazilian who whisks me off
to South America to plant cocoa...
Do we have a deal?
This is the price.
I've vouched for you.
If you don't pay, she'll come looking for me.
And this is the last time I'm helping you;
you owe me too much.
Just so we're clear:
don't ask what I do in Tianjin.
If you find out, don't tell anyone.
I'll be your wife, not your concubine.
How do I know you'll be faithful to me?
I've practiced 500 strokes with these knives
every day since I was fifteen.
That number keeps my head clear of distractions.
From now on,
you'll be that number.
Once a month I want to go shopping
and have crabs for dinner.
We're living in a slum, so we have to behave accordingly.
We'll shop without buying anything.
And about the crabs...
Tianjin has nine rivers.
Crabs are even cheaper than rice.
Well then,
you can have as many as you want.
You don't usually smoke.
Everyone has a bad habit.
This is mine.
Okay.
Hurry up! Move!
Looks like a pro.
I wonder how he pissed off those thugs?
My guess is his pretty wife.
They're too well-dressed to be from around here.
Once you've seen her face, we're leaving.
Madam?
I'm here to challenge your man to a duel.
Wash your face.
He won't be back for a while.
That face is worth taking a beating for.
Beat it.
Huh?
You want to watch me get clobbered?
Fist fights are boring.
How about knives?
Are these good enough?
They'll do.
It would be a pity if you didn't study martial arts.
You can learn from me from now on.
Didn't you notice how your apprentice was looking at me?
He's trash.
He won't dare look at you inappropriately once he starts his training.
Once he starts his training,
he'll respect me like a god.
Master!
Don't call me Master.
I will not teach you.
I thought we reached an understanding?
I found someone better.
Someone local?
Someone local.
I wasn't going to mention this, but...
Tianjin has nineteen academies.
After your apprentice defeats eight of them,
the heads of the academies will select a champion
to defeat your apprentice,
and they will banish him from Tianjin forever.
But his victory over the eight academies will be absolute.
As his master, you can stay and start an academy of your own.
Wing Chun then wins fame and glory,
and Tianjin doesn't lose face.
The man I chose is willing to leave Tianjin forever.
Why sacrifice someone else?
Indeed, he is a despicable man
who can die without our pity.
I will be the champion the academies select.
I'm old.
I want one great victory before I retire.
That would be the icing on the cake.
For my last battle, nothing can go wrong.
I want every advantage that your apprentice has.
Today, I will acknowledge you as my master.
Tianjin has a type of challenge called "Push Knives."
Ten years ago it was very popular,
but not anymore.
Tianjin's knife skills have gotten dull.
That's Tianjin's secret though.
With these knife skills,
you'll be ready to challenge the academies in two years.
Two years?
Next year, I will take you away from here.
Geng! Looks like business is good.
My master said I need to switch jobs.
I can't do manual labor anymore.
I need all my strength for training.
Since you're not a coolie anymore,
you don't need that cart.
The boss already made me pay a hefty severance fee.
You go, the cart stays. That's the rule.
If you want the cart,
you'll have to kill me.
Get him!
Let's go!
Tianjin has an unspoken rule:
no knives in street fights.
Today you used knives against us.
We are no longer family!
You can keep the cart.
Let's go!
One year later
Okay!
Chest hit.
Wrist hit.
Waist hit.
Rib hit.
Forearm hit.
Geng Liangchen is the winner!
Yinghua school will honor you tonight at the Dengying Lou Restaurant.
Dengying Lou Restaurant? No thanks.
You can choose the place.
Three bowls each!
You said that I could look, but not buy.
He'll keep you company when I'm not there.
I dare you to wait here!
How many thugs can you bring?
A few hundred!
Can you bring twenty?
Sure!
I'll wait.
Don't run away!
Let's go home.
No, I want to fight.
I didn't know you hated dogs.
When I held it in my arms it felt like a baby.
I heard about your baby.
People said my parents drowned it. But actually...
They sold it.
Newborns are pretty ugly.
I was young... and careless.
Three years ago,
I started missing the baby.
Maybe...
we can still find him.
The first day of our marriage,
I took the money you offered.
I'm not following you to Canton.
What happens in Tianjin stays in Tianjin.
So...
you'll find another man?
With or without a gardener,
flowers can die.
With or without a man,
women live their own lives.
They really came.
This conversation isn't over.
My family owned almost one hundred properties in Canton.
But we lost everything in an armed rebellion.
Luckily I learned martial arts when I was young,
otherwise I would have starved.
For thirteen years,
I worked on cargo ships as a bodyguard.
Once I hit forty,
I'd had enough of the ocean.
I just wanted to go home.
All of our properties had either been occupied or destroyed.
Recovering my ancestral home was a struggle.
I swore I would make my family proud again.
But my master died last year.
I owe a debt to my master and to my family.
I thought it wouldn't take long to establish an academy;
so I decided I'd repay my master first, and then my family.
I have to move fast
or my home will be taken away.
I must return to Canton.
I didn't say you had to stay.
Tianjin has nine rivers.
I don't know which one brought my ancestors,
but I'm the fourth generation in Tianjin.
If I go with you,
it would be an insult to three generations.
Tianjin girls don't marry outside Tianjin.
That's just the way it is.
I see.
If I leave, I'll divorce you.
Won't that ruin your reputation?
It will ruin yours.
People from Tianjin are proud of their women.
They'll insult your name if they hear you
put a good woman to shame.
I see.
Thanks for making an honest woman out of me.
You were sent by God.
What God?
Valentino.
Who?
A Hollywood movie star.
He's a god?
Leave me a photo when you go.
I'll pretend you're a god and pray to you too.
They're gone.
Let's keep walking.
Master!
Quiet!
My wife's asleep.
Get rid of him.
Today...
Why aren't you at the academy's feast of honor?
Did you lose?
I won!
I have no interest in their hospitality;
so, I bought crabs for you.
He beat his first school.
It's a special day for him.
Your master always buys 80.
30 for him, 50 for me.
Is this all you could get?
Back when I was learning kung fu,
my master's wife never spoke to me.
One day she finally scolded me.
I was happy
because it meant that
my master would teach me something new.
I understand.
I'm in love with a girl.
She's as pretty as you!
Your hands are like mine,
working since childhood.
She's prettier than me.
Not at all.
Every school has its own sparring gear,
pretty crude stuff.
My ancestor was a general in the Qing Dynasty.
I designed this sparring gear with my ancestor's armor.
What do you think?
It fits.
Brother Zheng!
My knife skills are better now.
Your apprentice is winning.
I was right about him.
He's a prodigy.
Aren't you going to wear them?
Kicking?
Geng Liangchen wins!
It's been one year.
This is the first time I've let you come in.
Do you know why?
Yes, Master.
You finally think I'm worthy.
Master, are you hurt?
I cut myself shaving.
When I was twenty-three, my master took me for a coffee
and told me that
the future of Wing Chun rested on my shoulders.
Now I'm telling you the same.
Don't fight the Tianjin schools any more.
It's too dangerous!
Geng Liangchen!
You...!
Would you cry if I died?
I hope you die soon.
Careful what you wish for!
Where's your husband?
Taking a nap.
Wake him up.
Your apprentice has defeated seven academies.
He's quite a fighter.
He's a typical Tianjin kid;
he doesn't listen to me.
I regret teaching him.
Wasn't it your idea?
I have work to do and mouths to feed.
What good would it do me to provoke you?
Opening a school means a steady flow of income.
Your woman is very pretty.
She deserves better than this.
You're prettier.
I hope I don't fall for you.
I think he's telling the truth.
Let him live.
Finally,
I now know why you married me.
Living in poverty,
taking a wife,
this is just a front!
A lie to hide your crazy plan.
You're going to betray your apprentice.
The future of Wing Chun rests on my shoulders.
This is the hand that fate dealt me.
Go.
But don't breathe a word of this to Geng.
Don't sabotage my plan.
Relax.
If you're tense, your shoulders will tighten up
and it will slow you down.
I know.
If you're tense, you'll lose.
I know!
Master.
Go.
You're better than I was.
An apprentice of mine
is now the Deputy Governor of Tianjin's second in command.
Whenever I come here,
I put my expenses on his tab.
His kung fu is terrible, but his money is good.
Madam.
So, this is where he's been
training you the past year.
The first time you came to our house was to see me, right?
Everybody likes pretty women.
What if it costs you your life?
I wouldn't want you to die for me.
You're more than just
a pretty woman to me now.
Tianjin's a tough place.
I am the only survivor in my family;
the coolies turned their backs on me.
You and Master
are the only family I have left.
You need to wake up.
If something looks strange, you run.
Don't worry!
The competitions are attended by respectable people.
There won't be any cheating.
Knives aren't allowed in Tianjin's street fights.
Rickshaw pullers always hide a weapon under their carts just in case.
I'm the man who's defeated seven schools.
Go get it.
Geng Liangchen, are you crazy!
Did you see how white his legs were?
There's no way he's a rickshaw puller, he's a fighter.
All I saw was you bullying my customer!
People get bullied here every day!
Today I was the bully, what's wrong with that!
Nothing. But you're no longer welcome here.
Geng Liangchen.
Do I know you?
You're quite a celebrity now.
I made a little detour just to come see you.
Fighting at the academy
is better than being killed on the street.
What are you talking about?
I challenge your school.
I accept,
but on one condition:
Win or lose, I can't be seen drinking at a tea cart.
I'd never live it down.
For you, I'll make an exception.
Coffee?
That'll do.
I haven't been able to preserve my late husband's reputation.
Brother Han died young. It's been hard for you.
Ten years ago, "Push Knives" was all the rage in Tianjin.
It was his artistry that made it so popular.
After he died, everyone just lost interest.
The rise and fall of an art depends
on the life and death of an artist.
Tianjin has nineteen academies;
mine was the eighth one he's challenged.
If he wins the next one, he'll have defeated half of Tianjin.
Tianjin will be humiliated.
Sister,
I'll take care of it.
After all these years, old friends are still the most reliable.
Our schools have no champions because we don't teach our secrets.
We don't teach outsiders. It's always been that way.
Big martial arts academies are the invention
of ambitious politicians and business men.
Once their money stops flowing in, the academies will have served their purpose,
their prosperity grinding to a halt.
Just enjoy the good days while they last.
Master.
I am not your master.
Remember that.
No sparring today.
I have a plan for future generations of fighters.
This modified Qing dynasty armor
will be used by soldiers for bayonet practice.
The days of kung fu schools are numbered.
The military is the future.
When do you fight my apprentice?
In a few days. Today I'm meeting the Deputy Governor.
Master!
Thank you for this meeting.
Where's the Deputy Governor?
He's not coming.
He wants us to make a film for him.
It's good he isn't coming.
This way the world will have evidence of your skill.
A record of a great master like you
will be an important contribution to history.
Together with your master,
you too will enter the history books...
Stop!
Wrong.
Stop, stop!
Did you get that?
Master.
My apprentice set me up.
A man can fight other schools to make a name for himself.
But, if he beats his master, he's truly graduated.
Is that so?
The defeated master
will arrange a banquet in his apprentice's honor.
Was that your idea?
Your apprentice thought I might persuade you,
because of our friendship of course.
I didn't know this was his plan.
He's a soldier, not a martial artist.
What does this achieve?
What's done, is done.
Brother Zheng, you've been around, you know how it is.
These two houses are gifts from your apprentice.
Don't you want them?
He's destroyed a reputation I worked my whole life to build.
It's the least he can do.
Master Zheng isn't home;
he didn't say when he's coming back.
There's no such thing as a free lunch, sir.
The bread is free only if you order something.
All this time the answer has been right in front of me.
I have a friend.
He's fit as an ox.
Experience has taught him to be cautious,
even if it means sacrificing others.
He will not take a risk.
Master Zheng.
Soon he'll fight my apprentice.
He'll break his promise to me and cheat.
Geng will die?
He's a prodigy.
He won't die that easily,
but he'll be crippled.
Life won't be worth living.
We need to get him out of Tianjin...
tonight.
I told you I'm not going with you to Canton.
You'll see us off.
Is that okay?
Okay.
Wait for me at home.
Master Chen. Come upstairs for some tea.
Northern custom dictates
the academies should vote on how we view your apprentice: friend or foe.
The edge means friend, the middle means foe.
If he's a foe... his survival isn't our concern.
Tianjin has nineteen academies, why are there so few of you?
What is Master Zheng's opinion?
We talk with our teacups, not our mouths.
Take one.
Do you have The Swordsman of Sichuan Mountains?
An officer wants to read it.
Yes.
There's an officer wanting to read this while drinking his tea.
If you lend it to him, you can read it for free.
If we both leave Tianjin and never come back,
will you spare his life?
You won't be able to help, girl.
I'll see what I can do.
Go and call the police.
Thank you!
Your apprentice defeated eight academies. If we banish both of you,
what will our neighbors think? They'll say we're gangsters.
We'll support you in opening a school for at least one year.
Then?
If you decide to leave, we won't stop you.
We're neither politicians nor gangsters.
He could leave safely.
Wow! What a fighter!
Geng, do you need a hand?
No!
Let's make this interesting. With swords.
What are you doing?
He's not one of us anymore!
The military is doing what we're supposed to do.
They're taking over the academies.
They used to have autonomy.
But those days are gone.
So I sacrificed my apprentice because of yours!
My days in Tianjin are over.
I was too ashamed
to even meet with you.
Today I'm boarding a boat for Brazil.
I'll end my days planting cocoa.
This is a gift for your new school.
Please accept it. Tell people I designed it.
This is the last of my legacy.
This is the first time I've seen your front door.
Someone's coming with me.
You've met her.
I shouldn't have accepted your knives.
They were too heavy to carry.
I used some tricks.
One more time?
No.
There's a doctor in that church up ahead.
If you move too fast, the daggers will cut deeper.
You injured six of my men,
so think of this as punishment.
Sounds fair.
Once you've healed,
never come back here.
This is the school's punishment for you.
I'm not leaving Tianjin.
I've killed over 200 people.
Thieves, liars, cheats...
I've lived over twenty years in Tianjin.
What kind of man would I be if I ran away?
You people from Tianjin are all bark and no bite.
I dare you to run towards Tianjin.
Tianjin's a tough place.
The eldest sons of poor families
get kicked out at fifteen
and have to learn to fend for themselves.
I am the eldest.
Whatever.
Eight years ago,
my parents and two sisters left for the Northeast.
I never heard from them again.
I'm the last person from Tianjin in our family.
Have a cigarette; it smells like blood in here.
Boss.
Stop the car!
If he runs like that he won't survive.
When we get back, tell the police to come collect the body.
Yes, sir.
You couldn't stop foreigners from learning our tricks,
so you made a foreigner your wife.
Very clever.
Goodbye, Brother.
Brother Zheng,
keep your eye on this woman.
She is much younger than you.
I think she's only in it for your money.
She was born poor,
of course she's very selfish,
but what good is a man's money if there isn't a woman to spend it?
Liangchen!
Don't scare her.
Geng, you're no longer one of us.
I'm leaving Tianjin today,
let me do this one last time.
So, this is how your apprentice developed his skills.
Your school will be located in the busiest area of town.
A big mansion with twenty-two rooms.
Officer Lin bought it.
It will be the largest academy Tianjin has ever seen.
I've booked a hotel room for you.
You can stay there until the school is finished.
I'll stay in my slum.
It's grown on me.
To gain a reputation like this...
I know it's not what you imagined.
If it were me, I'd be disappointed too.
But that's life, right?
Someone's here to see you.
I'm sorry, I'm not feeling well.
Please give Geng an honorable funeral.
We've already buried him.
Master Chen,
if there's anything you need, we want to help.
Anything I need?
Before he died, Geng pushed a cart.
He earned a coolie's living.
He was one of us!
We'll avenge his death!
Coolies against real fighters?
What a joke!
You!
If I can take your button,
I can cut your throat.
Are we clear?
My school is going to open tomorrow.
I came to Tianjin to open a school,
and I won't tolerate any disturbance.
Geng was your apprentice!
My son would be eleven this year.
I wonder what he looks like.
Probably like that.
any years have passed; I can't find him.
But what if he comes looking for me?
I can't leave Tianjin.
If they can't get to me,
they'll take revenge on you.
You're my husband.
If they do come after me,
so be it.
I didn't have time to have my picture taken for you.
This is all of my savings from 13 years working at sea.
Wait for me at the train station tomorrow.
If I don't come, get on a train and leave.
Get off at Canton,
or anywhere else,
and stay there for ten years.
You can return to Tianjin afterwards.
Your son will be twenty-one;
he'll be able to come for you.
Sounds like a good plan. Okay.
This is impressive.
Officer Lin.
Yes?
It's improper to be in uniform during a civilian event.
First time I've heard that rule.
That's the rule.
You still have time to change.
You're no longer required here.
You're all dismissed.
Go home with me to change clothes.
Face me.
Stop the car.
You're lending books here as well?
It's my friend's stall,
he died recently.
His master sent someone to tell me that he'd left it to me.
"Master..."
Your friend was a fighter?
Are you new in town?
My friend is the famous Geng Liangchen. He defeated eight kung fu schools.
Geng Liangchen? I think I heard about him on the train.
He's a legend.
He was set up by someone terrible...
people are outraged.
His blood is stained on some these books.
Really?
Can you show me?
We're going to be late.
Miss... Can I keep this?
You have the air of someone important.
I'm guessing you're some kind of official.
If I give you this, please help bring his killers to justice.
From what you say about him, I'm sure he was a good man.
Thanks for your support everyone!
Show's over!
Put up the doors.
Today's opening is something new;
not an opera, but a film:
The Burning of The Red Lotus Temple
I'd like a croissant, please.
Master Zheng? Is that Master Zheng?
Officer Lin isn't just a soldier.
He's a martial artist.
Everyone just witnessed his skills.
He has surpassed his master.
We once bowed to Master Zheng;
now we should bow to Officer Lin.
Are there any objections?
Can we watch The Burning of The Red Lotus Temple now?
Of course.
Burning of The Red Lotus Temple
is based on The Legendary Fighter
by Xiang Kairan.
Director: Zhang Shichuan
Wherever there are academies, there are challengers!
I'm here to issue a challenge.
Who will go first?
My apprentice defeated eight academies.
I will try for the ninth.
How about you, Master Zou?
You defeated Master Zheng,
you must be tough.
Will you fight me?
You want to challenge me?
Aren't you forgetting your place?
It seems like you've been planning this for a while...
but this is a bad idea.
Are you aware of how tough human bodies are?
How many can you kill before your blade loses its edge?
We sympathize with your loss;
so we'll treat this little outburst as a joke.
Officer Lin hasn't taken any offense, has he?
No.
I was like you.
I couldn't wait to sacrifice Geng.
Beat eight schools, get exiled from Tianjin.
Sacrifice a genius to glorify Wing Chun.
I'm not his master.
I'm just a fellow conspirator.
Are we going to watch a movie or not?
Show the film!
I'm sorry but you'll have to leave,
this isn't a restaurant.
See! You look just like him.
What are you talking about?
When I was seventeen, I met someone.
He didn't leave me a photo,
but he looked a bit like this.
He didn't give this to me,
he just left it.
I pray to this photo and, because he owes me,
my prayers should be answered.
Today I asked him to protect someone for me.
That someone is only two hundred yards away.
I'm afraid if I move too far away
my prayers won't work.
This is valuableXas expensive as products from New York.
I'll take fifty buns. Please do me this favor.
He's sitting right next to you. Everyone is worried.
I didn't kill your apprentice;
it was his own thirst for blood.
I never thought I'd meet someone so strong willed in my lifetime.
The Deputy Governor isn't, and neither is my master.
They are smart and powerful men,
but they don't even come close to your apprentice.
I wish he were still alive,
for the sake of the academy.
Did you see the killer?
Yes.
Duan Rui.
I know your secret.
You're the son of Master Zheng's butler.
You served Lin and plotted against your master.
Now that Lin is dead,
you have no place in the army.
Serve me and you'll have a chance to survive.
I'm eternally in your debt.
That's for Master Zheng.
For twenty years warlords have pillaged
our merchants, our railroads, our banks.
The academies are just a small piece of the pie.
We get by,
one day to the next.
Everyone saw you kill Officer Lin.
I guess so.
We are thankful for what you've done,
but you must die here.
Do you have a last request?
I haven't yet had a chance
to fight any of Tianjin's kung fu masters.
In that case,
today you'll have all the knives Tianjin has to offer.
Before Zheng, the Grandmaster of Tianjin was my late husband.
A woman must fight to protect her husband's legacy.
Life's too short.
I'll repay you in the next one.
Let the students wear the equipment
that Master Zheng designed.
Maybe they can learn something from my final fight.
If we don't share our secrets, we'll never train great fighters!
If I die,
Wing Chun will die with me.
Let me show them my secrets;
and if a champion is born, you can take the credit.
Southerners are tricky.
There will be knives in the streets of Tianjin today.
This scar that I have given you
will be a mark of honor for the rest of your life.
I've taught you the art of knife-fighting.
The rest is up to you.
Good move.
Good weapons.
This is between masters; get lost.
Am I not good enough?
No, you're not.
Go!
He fights to maim, not to kill.
I won't let him go even if God wants him alive.
Master Chen should have asked us for help.
Unload the cart.
Get out of the way! Get out of the way!
She already left?
Get out of the way!
Relay our greetings to Master Chen!
She's with me.
Do you know what your husband has done?
How much do you know?
Whatever he's done, I'll take full responsibility.
Our rule says running away means he's dead.
It's over.
She bought a ticket all the way to Canton.
When you see Master Chen give him this.
He'll keep his mouth shut
and live out his life in obscurity.
What does it say?
Oh, empty formalities.
The content isn't important.
If he knows we can send him a letter,
he knows we can kill him.
We're so far away.
Are you sure he'll keep the promise?
Yes.
He has a wife...
...and Wing Chun is dead.