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The 1978 [[MartialArtsMovie martial arts film]], starring Gordon Liu, considered one of the greatest and influential martial arts films of all time by many film fans.
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The 1978 [[MartialArtsMovie martial arts film]], starring Gordon Liu, Creator/GordonLiu, considered one of the greatest and influential martial arts films of all time by many film fans.
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* TrainingFromHell: The protagonist subjected to such training alongside other trainees at the temple, including carrying heavy buckets of water with arms held straight out to the sides (with bladed bracelets that cut into trainees' ribs if they lower their arms) and having to ring a bell with a heavy, long-handled hammer. With one arm, as long as one's wrists can take it. While strenous and painful, it's not for the sake of sadism -- the monks make clear what each training method is supposed to develop.
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* TrainingFromHell: The protagonist subjected to such training alongside other trainees at the temple, including carrying heavy buckets of water with arms held straight out to the sides (with bladed bracelets that cut into trainees' ribs if they lower their arms) and having to ring a bell with a heavy, long-handled hammer. With one arm, as long as one's wrists can take it. While strenous and painful, it's not for the sake of sadism -- the monks make clear what each training method is supposed to develop.develop their strength, agility and endurance necessary for the more advanced training later on, when [[WaxOnWaxOff they utilise their previously honed skills via muscle memory]] in the context of hand-to-hand and weapon-based combat.
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* WaxOnWaxOff: The methods of training are all pretty bizarre (and hurtful, even) but the monks explain in detail what every chamber is supposed to develop.
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* WaxOnWaxOff: The methods of training in the early chambers are all pretty bizarre (and hurtful, even) but the monks explain in detail what every chamber is supposed to develop.develop their strength, endurance and agility in some way, which then gets put into practice later on in the advanced chamber via muscle memory.
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* FigureItOutYourself: The master of the First Chamber prefers to teach this way, but when his students just can't figure out the second part of the training, he stops their futile efforts and gives them some guidance.
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* ConcussionsGetYouHigh: Downplayed with the Head Chamber training, which is to headbutt several rows of heavy sand bags and then light up incense for Buddha while still stumbling around from the pain, then go back to knocking rows, rinse and repeat until you build up toughness.
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* TrainingFromHell: The protagonist subjected to such training alongside other trainees at the temple, including carrying heavy buckets of water with arms held straight out to the sides (with bladed bracelets that cut into trainees' ribs if they lower their arms) and having to ring a bell with a heavy, long-handled hammer. With one arm, as long as one's wrists can take it.
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* TrainingFromHell: The protagonist subjected to such training alongside other trainees at the temple, including carrying heavy buckets of water with arms held straight out to the sides (with bladed bracelets that cut into trainees' ribs if they lower their arms) and having to ring a bell with a heavy, long-handled hammer. With one arm, as long as one's wrists can take it. While strenous and painful, it's not for the sake of sadism -- the monks make clear what each training method is supposed to develop.
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* TookALevelInBadass: Liu Yu-De goes from politically-active but over-his-head student to becoming San Te, badass Shaolin martial artist, who returns to his home town and leads a successful uprising against the corrupt government.
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* WaxOnWaxOff: The methods of training are all pretty bizarre (and hurtful, even) but the monks explain in detail what every chamber is supposed to develop.
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* ItsPronouncedTropay: When San-Te is trying to get something to eat, he falls into the water when trying to cross the wooden planks to the cafeteria. Knowing that he has to hurry or starve, he tries to enter soaking wet only to be stopped by a monk who calmly says "Do not enter the dining hall until you are fully cleans-zed."
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* YouDidntAsk: San Te spends a year doing busywork at the temple before thinking to ''ask'' to be taught Kung-Fu. The abbot informs him that's all he had to do.
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* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: The movie is based around the legendary Shaolin disciple, San Te.
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* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: The movie is based around the legendary Shaolin disciple, San Te.Te.
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* ObstructiveCodeOfConduct: Shaolin teachings that forbid interference with the outside world. [[spoiler: Until San Te, after being exiled goes to create titular 36th Chamber as a means of a loophole. ]]
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* ObstructiveCodeOfConduct: Shaolin teachings that forbid interference with the outside world. [[spoiler: Until San Te, after being exiled goes to create the titular 36th Chamber as a means of a loophole. ]]
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** Also, the elder monk doesn't try to talk San Te out of trying to start at the 35th and highest chamber. He simply takes San Te there and lets him try. It takes San Te about two minutes to figure out for himself that he needs to start with the basics.
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* DrillSergeantNasty: Averted. Some of the masters seem like this at first, but even the toughest leaven their sternness with praise, encouragement, and (when the students just can't figure it out by themselves) guidance. And they ''certainly'' don't allow more experienced students to laugh at the novice.
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* ThisIsSomethingHeHasToDoHimself: The Arm Strength Master admires San Te's helpfulness to his fellow students, but it can't be allowed. They won't improve if he helps too much. On to the next room.
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* ThisIsSomethingHeHasToDoHimself: ThisIsSomethingHesGotToDoHimself: The Arm Strength Master admires San Te's helpfulness to his fellow students, but it can't be allowed. They won't improve if he helps too much. On to the next room.
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* ThisIsSomethingHeHasToDoHimself: The Arm Strength Master admires San Te's helpfulness to his fellow students, but it can't be allowed. They won't improve if he helps too much. On to the next room.
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* ChekhovsSkill: Every single idiosyncratic skill San Te learns in training turns out to be useful in a fight outside of the monastary.
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* TrainingMontage: Most of Liu's training is shown in considerable detail, but once he's made it through a lot of the chambers and is ready to train with weapons, there's a montage of him fighting in a huge group of initiates with various weapons.
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* TwinkleInTheEye: One of chambers involves training to get super vision and perception, which creates a twinkle in the users eye. In battle, this twinkle indicates San Te seeing people's attacks and precedes him performing an impressive dodge.
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A failed assassination attempt by a rebel leader, inspires some young men to join the local Canton rebellion. Only for the Manchu government to find out about their involvement. In order to crush the local rebellion they begin a brutal campaign to exterminate the rebels, leaving one wounded and desperate student, Liu Yu-de, to seek refuge at a secretive monastery. Fueled by his desire for justice over his loss of family and friends at the hands of the Manchu, he undergoes a grueling program of martial arts training that hones his strength, agility, and endurance in order to defeat his enemies.
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A failed assassination attempt by a rebel leader, leader inspires some young men to join the local Canton rebellion. Only rebellion, only for the Manchu government to find out about their involvement. In order to crush the local rebellion they begin a brutal campaign to exterminate the rebels, leaving one wounded and desperate student, Liu Yu-de, to seek refuge at a secretive monastery. Fueled by his desire for justice over his loss of family and friends at the hands of the Manchu, he undergoes a grueling program of martial arts training that hones his strength, agility, and endurance in order to defeat his enemies.
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* InstantExpert: Relatively speaking. San Te masters all the chambers in record time, and is promoted 8 times during the 5 years he is there.
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* UseYourHead: One of the 35 chambers is dedicated to teaching this. [[spoiler: Becomes a ChekhovsSkill in the final fight.]]
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* UseYourHead: One of the 35 chambers is dedicated to teaching this. [[spoiler: Becomes a ChekhovsSkill The Head Chamber conditions your head's toughness. San Te uses headbutts often in the final fight.]]subsequent fights.
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* DoNotCallMePaul: Liu Yu-de ultimately becomes San Te after spending his time within the Shaolin monastery.
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* TrainingFromHell: The protagonist subjected to such training alongside other trainees at the temple, including carrying heavy buckets of water with hands held straight to the side (with blades that cut trainees into trainees sides when they lower their arms) and having to ring a bell with a heavy, long-handled hammer. With one arm, as long as one's wrists can take it.
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* TrainingFromHell: The protagonist subjected to such training alongside other trainees at the temple, including carrying heavy buckets of water with hands arms held straight out to the side sides (with blades bladed bracelets that cut trainees into trainees sides when trainees' ribs if they lower their arms) and having to ring a bell with a heavy, long-handled hammer. With one arm, as long as one's wrists can take it.
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* TranquilFury: [[spoiler: San Te after his training and exile]] can be called this as he completes his RoaringRampageOfRevenge while not really giving into being to excessive in doing it.
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* UsingYourHead: One of the 35 chambers is dedicated to teaching this. [[spoiler: Becomes a ChekhovsSkill in the final fight.]]
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* UsingYourHead: UseYourHead: One of the 35 chambers is dedicated to teaching this. [[spoiler: Becomes a ChekhovsSkill in the final fight.]]
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* UsingYourHead: One of the 35 chambers is dedicated to teaching this. [[spoiler: Becomes a ChekhovsSkill in the final fight.]]
* UsingYourHead: One of the 35 chambers is dedicated to teaching this. [[spoiler: Becomes a ChekhovsSkill in the final fight.]]
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** ''If Shaolin techniques could be taught here, then the people could use them to fight Manchu troops! [[CaptainObvious That would be GOOD]]!''
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**''If Shaolin techniques could be taught here, then the people could use them to fight Manchu troops! [[CaptainObvious That would be GOOD]]!''
**''If Shaolin techniques could be taught here, then the people could use them to fight Manchu troops! [[CaptainObvious That would be GOOD]]!''
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* RiteOfPassage: Liu Yu-de, after being accepted into the Shaolin monastary is renamed and his advancement through the 35 chambers is seen as something like a RiteOfPassage.
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* ObstructiveCodeOfConduct: Shaolin teachings that forbid interference with the outside world. [[spoiler: Until San Te, convinced them to create titular 36th Chamber as a means of a loophole. ]]
* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: The movie is based around the legendary Shaolin disciple, San Te.
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* AllMonksKnowKungFu: [[spoiler: Subverted, San Te after being accepted into the ranks of the Shaolin spends nearly a year just sweeping and meditating. He later finds out that [[YouDidntAsk you just have to ask to learn kung fu]] in order to go through the chambers. ]]
* EnlightenmentSuperpowers: The elder at highest level of the 35 Chambers displays this when San Te tries to skip ahead and start at the top.
* HardWorkMontage: Not an UrExample but one of the earliest examples and unique instead of glossing over what he does to improve, the film goes into great detail early on at least to show him learning how to get of the basic steps that each chamber is supposed to instill.
* ObstructiveCodeOfConduct: Shaolin teachings that forbid interference with the outside world. [[spoiler: Until San Te,convinced them after being exiled goes to create titular 36th Chamber as a means of a loophole. ]]
* TrainingFromHell: The protagonist subjected to such training alongside other trainees at the temple, including carrying heavy buckets of water with hands held straight to the side (with blades that cut trainees into trainees sides when they lower their arms) and having to ring a bell with a heavy, long-handled hammer. With one arm, as long as one's wrists can take it.
* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: The movie is based around the legendary Shaolin disciple, SanTe.Te.
* EnlightenmentSuperpowers: The elder at highest level of the 35 Chambers displays this when San Te tries to skip ahead and start at the top.
* HardWorkMontage: Not an UrExample but one of the earliest examples and unique instead of glossing over what he does to improve, the film goes into great detail early on at least to show him learning how to get of the basic steps that each chamber is supposed to instill.
* ObstructiveCodeOfConduct: Shaolin teachings that forbid interference with the outside world. [[spoiler: Until San Te,
* TrainingFromHell: The protagonist subjected to such training alongside other trainees at the temple, including carrying heavy buckets of water with hands held straight to the side (with blades that cut trainees into trainees sides when they lower their arms) and having to ring a bell with a heavy, long-handled hammer. With one arm, as long as one's wrists can take it.
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A failed assassination attempt by a rebel leader, inspires some young men to join the local Canton rebellion. Only for the Manchu government to find out about their involvement. In order to crush the local rebellion they begin a brutal campaign to exterminate the rebels, leaving one wounded and desperate student, Liu Yu-de, to seek refuge at a secretive monastery. Fueled by his desire for justice over his loss of family and friends at the hands of the Manchu, he undergoes a grueling program of martial arts training that hones his strength, agility, and endurance in order to defeat his enemies.
The 1978 martials arts film, starring Gordon Liu, considered one of the greatest and influential martial arts films of all time by many Martial arts film fans.
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!! This film provides examples of:
* ObstructiveCodeOfConduct: Shaolin teachings that forbid interference with the outside world. [[spoiler: Until San Te, convinced them to create titular 36th Chamber as a means of a loophole. ]]
* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: The movie is based around the legendary Shaolin disciple, San Te.
The 1978 martials arts film, starring Gordon Liu, considered one of the greatest and influential martial arts films of all time by many Martial arts film fans.
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!! This film provides examples of:
* ObstructiveCodeOfConduct: Shaolin teachings that forbid interference with the outside world. [[spoiler: Until San Te, convinced them to create titular 36th Chamber as a means of a loophole. ]]
* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: The movie is based around the legendary Shaolin disciple, San Te.
