* MeaningfulName: All of the martial artists' ki symbols. Hakim "The Machine" Alston got his name because he had to gain iron control of his own emotions in order to prevent another screw-up like the time he lost his temper at Steve. "Red Dragon" was the name of the first martial art Chris Casamassa trained in. "Superstar" harkens back to Ho Sung Pak's tenure as a film movie star. "Olympus" is named after the time Herb Perez won the 1992 Gold Medal in the Olympics. Richard Branden sketches yin yang symbols as a hobby, hence "Yin Yang Man". "Bam", a.k.a. Willie Johnson, shouts "Bam" instead of a kiai. "Mouse", or Michele Krasnoo, had really high-pitched kiais as a child. "Great Wolf" is the translation for Jamie Webster's Native American name. "Baby Doll" Bridget Riley's father gave her that nickname as a child. Eric Betts claims to be able to move as fast as a "Panther". Hien Nguyen got the idea for "Tsunami" from Bruce Lee's admonishment to move fluidly like water instead of in a rigid fashion. Johnny Lee Smith got the name "Tiger Claw" from his tiger claw technique. Finally, Taimek's name is Aztec for "Striking Eagle", so that's his ki symbol. There were no explanations revealed for the other ki symbols, such as why Michael Bernardo calls himself "Turbo" or why Ho Young Pak calls himself "Star Warrior" for example.

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* FeudEpisode: At one point in the show, Great Wolf and Tiger Claw got into a heavy feud, despite having been close friends beforehand. The reason is because in their backstory, Tiger Claw taught Great Wolf a very dangerous move in which the user jumps up and clamps both of his feet onto each side of his opponent's head, which results in a guaranteed knockout. But Tiger Claw only taught Great Wolf the move on the condition that both Tiger Claw and Great Wolf never use the move on ''each other''. The problem is, at the beginning of the "Broken Promise" episode, Great Wolf breaks his promise and uses the move on Tiger Claw. This gets Tiger Claw royally pissed off at Great Wolf, because Great Wolf had ''already'' broken his promise once before, but at the time had seemed sincere in apologizing about it and had promised not to make that mistake again. Eventually, the feud is resolved in a later match when Great Wolf uses the move again but Tiger Claw figures out how to block it this time, and now that Tiger Claw has a defense against the move, Tiger Claw is willing to forgive Great Wolf and they both move on.

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