When an underground resistance network against the brutal Manchu Qing regime is uncovered, two students flee for their lives and seek asylum at Shaolin Temple, the mother-church of kung fu. San Te (Gordon Liu) completes the journey and aspires to join the ranks of fighting monks, but first he must be humbled by the abbots and accept their Buddhist creed. San Te persists despite the quite literal obstacle courses, seeking his dream of using kung fu to equalize the fight against the Qing overlords.![]()
