(Found, I think/hope) I am looking for name of an older Martial Arts movie

[mgpaulus]

I'm looking for the name of an older martial arts movie, and maybe the movie itself. I saw it on Kung-Fu Theatre in the early 80's, on either Fri or Sat night.

The Movie:
It was about a guy who goes to a monastary/martial arts school, and he goes through several training stations/tests.
The stations had him:
Walking up a ramp/staircase holding 2 buckets of water, with a knife attached to each arm pointing down.
When he finally passes this test, he is able to stop the novice in front of him by using his foot to help the novice keep his balance.
Learning to do something on a "log", which was made of a bunch of bamboo shoots, tied together.
When he passes this test, he is able to continue doing the something, even after they cut the strips holding the "log" together, and it becomes
it's many individual shoots.
Banging a giant bell with a hammer. Issue here is that the hammer is on a 20ft + long bamboo shoot.
When he passes this test, he is able to keep rhythm with the master sounding time.

That's about all I can remember from the movie. If anyone can help me out with this, I would appreciate the info.

Thanks.

 

[MacGaven]

'Better Luck Tomorrow?'

 

[blackdogdeek]

i believe it's "the master killer". does the guy have his family killed in the beginning and the temple doesn't want him at first? he has a tough time training but eventually overcomes his difficulties and then becomes so profficient he creates his own weapon?

http://www.kungfumovies.net/master_killer.html

 

[MacGaven]

'3 Ninjas'?

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[HarryAngel]

Jackie Chan movie?

 

[HarryAngel]

Jackie Chan movie?

 

[MacGaven]

Jackie Chan movie?

 

[BoberFett]

Your description narrows things down to roughly 5,000 of the 85,000 kung fu movies of the 80s.

 

[HarryAngel]

Originally posted by: BoberFett
Your description narrows things down to roughly 5,000 of the 85,000 kung fu movies of the 80s.

 

[mgpaulus]

After looking for some info about "Shaolin Master Killer", suggested by Black Dog Geek, I think that's the movie I was remembering. Thanks for all your input guys.

 

[tk149]

Originally posted by: blackdogdeek
i believe it's "the master killer". does the guy have his family killed in the beginning and the temple doesn't want him at first? he has a tough time training but eventually overcomes his difficulties and then becomes so profficient he creates his own weapon?

http://www.kungfumovies.net/master_killer.html[/q

I agree, part of it sounds like "The Master Killer." I love this flick.
In the scene with the bamboo tied together to create a log, all he had to do was walk across the "log" which was floating in water to get from one side of the pond to the other. When he mastered that (he fell in the first time), he had to run across the UNTIED bamboo shoots floating in the water. I don't remember that hammer/bell thing though.

My bro summed up the plot of ALL Martial Arts movies. "You kill my master, I will train for x amount of time, and then come back and kill you!"

 

[mgpaulus]

Check out the pics from the program in this ebay auction:
Ebay: Master Killer Program

If you look at the 3rd picture in the bottom row, you can see where he is holding a long bamboo shoot. On the other end
is the stone hammer head hitting the bell.
And right above it is the scene where he is going up the ramp, carrying the 2 buckets of water, and the knives attached to his bicep/arm, pointing down (Thus giving him MUCH incentive to not let the arms drop, unless he needs a new breathing hole)

 

[Alistar7]

That was a great movie, I remember it clearly...