The Master + Hai Zi (short film)

The Master

In the 1930s, few people had heard of Wing Chun. Chen Shi, a Wing Chun practitioner, came to the then “Kung Fu Capital” of China – Tianjin, hoping to open a school to promote this martial art. Little did he know that the local rules required that if one wanted to establish his own school, he first had to challenge eight established schools and emerge as the winner. One must also recruit a young local as his disciple to fight for him. After winning the challenge, the young disciple would be forced to leave Tianjin, with the master staying back to start the new martial art school.  

Training a disciple took time, so Chen Shi conveniently married a Tianjin woman before finally finding someone who could sacrifice for his plan. Everything went smoothly as dictated by the custom and his school was about to open. However, a warlord took control of the local martial art community. When his soldiers were evicting Chen Shi’s disciple, they accidentally killed the young man. The master then decided to give up promoting Wing Chun and take revenge for his disciple. He assassinated the warlord when the latter was hosting the opening ceremony for his school and faced the besiege by all martial art schools in Tianjin head-on. In the end, Chen Shi fled from Tianjin, only to find himself already deep in love with his temporary wife.

When the lifetime goal was achieved so easily whereas something obtained out of expediency turned out to be truly valuable, how would one choose between the inner self and worldly desires? Witness how Wing Chun withstood the chaotic era of warlords while relishing the true saga of China’s martial arts schools and the most authentic Chinese Kung Fu. Director Xu Haofeng, an outstanding martial arts practitioner himself, will illustrate the things that masters hold dear in the hustle and bustle of the martial art circles through his fresh take on Kung Fu moves.

20世纪30年代，咏春拳是无名气的小拳种，咏春拳师陈识带着振兴咏春拳的使命，来到全国武术中心天津，想开武馆。不料天津的规矩是挑战八家武馆获胜，才能在天津开馆，并且自己不能挑战，得收个天津年轻人当徒弟，由徒弟挑战，徒弟获胜后被赶出天津，师父留下开武馆。授徒耗时长，陈识娶了个做为暂时情感寄托的天津女子，选了个做牺牲品的徒弟。按照天津规矩，开馆计划将成，不料军阀接管了武行的领导权，将陈识徒弟逐出天津的事由军人办了，结果出错把徒弟弄死了。陈识放弃为咏春拳扬名，选择为徒弟报仇，在开馆之日，刺杀主持开馆的军阀，迎战天津全体武行的围杀，逃出天津的时刻，却意识到自己对那位临时夫人有着真情。自以为终生以赴的，反而俯仰可得，曾临时寄托和借助的，反而牵动身心，本心与外欲，军阀纷争，咏春横竖，看到最原味的武馆纷争，看到最纯正的中国功夫，在江湖的喧嚣交错间，在徐皓峰式新武侠的招式间，是初心，还是真情？看中国武术大师徐浩峰与你娓娓道来。

Hai Zi (short film)

Zhang, an old single man, lives with his grandson happily, although the little boy makes some trouble occasionally. One day, Zhang took his grandson out as usual, but the boy was missing by accident. To find his grandson, Zhang asked the policeman Liu for help. When Zhang’s son, to his surprise, learnt the news from Liu, he discovered it was not that simple…

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