In the early years of the Republic of China, Chen Zhi, the only heir to the southern style of Wing Chun, came to Tianjin with the intention of opening a martial arts school. Out of the nineteen martial arts schools in Tianjin, only those who had kicked eight schools were eligible to open a school, but those who kicked the schools would be expelled from Tianjin, so Chen Zhi recruited a local youth, Geng Liangchen, as an apprentice, and gradually developed a master-pupil relationship.
Geng Liangchen kicks the eight martial arts halls, but suffers from a scheme and is killed. Seeing that his beloved disciple has been killed, Chen Zhi wants to take revenge, and although he kills his enemy, Deputy Officer Lin, he is also framed by the scheming big sister of the martial arts firm in Tianjin, and has to flee back to Guangdong.
2015 / China / Drama, Action, Knight-errant / Xu Haofeng / Liao Fan, Song Jia
Chen Zhi (Liao Fan), an heir to the southern school of Wing Chun, arrives in Tianjin during the Republican era and befriends Zheng Shan Ao (Jin Shijie), a leading martial arts master in Tianjin. In order to establish a foothold in the martial arts world, Zheng Shan Ao suggests that Chen Zhi use the traditional method of teaching students to kick the school to achieve his goal.
After a lot of trouble, Chen Zhi marries Zhao Guohui (Song Jia), a beautiful woman from Tianjin, and takes Geng Liangchen (Song Yang), a local young man, as his disciple to fight on his behalf, and the two of them live in the slums to prevent the enemies of the kickboxing center from coming to seek revenge.
Chen Zhi and his wife originally did not like the fighting and sex Geng Liangchen, but after contact, they also found Geng Liangchen’s desirable qualities.
However, with the involvement of the eighth martial arts school, Zou (Jiang Wenli), and a military figure, Lin Ximen (Huang Jue), the martial arts community in Tianjin is facing a drastic change. The desire to revitalize the family’s business through martial arts, the love for his wife, and his responsibility as a master, puts Chen Zhi in a dilemma.
