Midweek Mention... The Eight Diagram Pole Fighter

About this episode

The episode discusses the film 'The Eight Diagram Pole Fighter', highlighting its combat scenes and themes of betrayal and vengeance.

The lads open with the Wu-Tang connection (RZA has this high on his all-time kung fu list), then jump straight into what makes this film such a riot: a betrayed warrior clan, relentless set-piece combat, and some of the most creative pole/staff fighting you’ll ever see. They unpack the story of the Yang brothers being ambushed, the surviving brothers’ trauma and vengeance, and Gordon Liu’s turn as the Fifth Brother as he channels rage into monk training before the movie detonates into a legen...

People in this episode

Host: Bad Dads

Topics covered

• kung fu
• film review
• combat
• betrayal
• vengeance

Keywords

• Wu-Tang
• kung fu
• Gordon Liu
• pole fighting
• Yang brothers

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Eight Diagram Pole Fighter

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