Hakuda
'Period of Training'. Sometimes used for Kempo. Influenced
the Yoshin-Ryu.
Ho-jutsu
A 16th century unconventional school of martial arts (generally called
Kobudo) which uses the techniques of the Yo-ryu, the use of the arquebus.
Hero
In ancient times China was divided into six kingdoms. Qin, the king of the
northern province, is under permanent threat of assassination attempts. His
greatest fears are the warriors "Broken Sword", "Flying Snow" and "Sky". One day
one of the magistrates of his kingdom enters the palace, claims that he defeated
all three of the emperor's adversaries and tells his story; how he beat "Sky" in
a duel and used the love between "Broken Sword" and "Flying Snow" to subdue
them. Jet Li, Ziyi
Zhang. Director: Yimou Zhang. 2005
House of
the Flying Daggers
During the reign of the Tang dynasty in China, a secret organization called "The
House of the Flying Daggers" rises and opposes the government. A police officer
called Leo sends officer Jin to investigate a young dancer named Mei, claiming
that she has ties to the "Flying Daggers". Leo arrests Mei, only to have Jin
breaking her free in a plot to gain her trust and lead the police to the new
leader of the secret organization.
But things are far more complicated than they seem...
Ziyi Zhang, Takeshi Kaneshiro,
Andy Lau. Director: Yimou Zhang. 2004.