Fearless Hyena (1979) (AKA: Revenge of the Dragon, The Fearless Hyena, Superfighter 3 and The Shadowman) Directed by: Jackie Chan and Kenneth Tsang. Cast: Jackie Chan, James Tien Chun, Yen Shi-Kwan, Lee Kwan, Ricky Cheng Tien-Chi and Dean Shek Tin.

The evil Yen scours the land; hunting and killing the practitioners of Xinyi Quan style kung fu. The leader of the Xinyi clan, Cheng Peng-Fei, is old and ailing, and lives a quiet life with his grandson Sheng whom he teaches the ways of Xinyi Quan.

Cheng warns Sheng not to use his kung fu, but Sheng’s nature is bound to get him into trouble, and after fighting off three gamblers he winds up fronting a dojo for an opportunistic businessman. As every other martial arts master in the area comes to face off against the new ‘master’, they get palmed off to his ‘cleaner’ Sheng and are soundly beaten, but the display of Xinyi Quan style leads Yen to come calling and results in Cheng’s death at Yen’s hands.

Thus, Sheng’s desire for revenge and training by a crippled Xinyi master so that he might defeat Yen.

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