This is a must see for the serious student or instructor of Tae Kwon Do.Master Jhoon Rhee,who is the father ofTae Kwon Do in the United States demonstrates why Tae Kwon Do is one of the most studied martial arts systemin the world.
The film is dubbed; no subtitles, only English, no Korean or Japanese. The facial expressions look weird with American English coming out of them.The quality is mpeg 2. Poor. The picture is grainy.It's a pirated copy. The cover has been scanned poorly and printed using a poor inkjet printer. It is obvious from the appearance of the disc itself that it has been printed privately.I tried watching it this evening and threw it in the bin after about ten minutes.Don't buy this. There's a version on BluRay done by Eureka in the U.K., with good 2K resolution, subtitles, and a ton of extras and a booklet.
Arrived as described, and movie clear throughout.
Excellent Picture quality
The title doesn't seem to have anything to do with the story but who cares lots of 60s style kung fu theater ass kicking!
"Thank you."
THIS IS NOT A REGULAR DVD OF THIS CLASSIC! It is a DATA DVD. It opens with folders. I had to pick a folder to get it to start. The picture was crispy and as clear as you could get. It may indeed be a pirated copy but I could have tolerated this had it not stopped in towards the END of the freakin DVD during the final climactic fight scene and given an error message “file corrupted”!!!!!!😡I advise DO NOT BUT THIS ONE!!
An overlooked martial arts gem, starring the Father of American Tae Kwon Do and the immortal Angela Mao. If you like Kung Fu flicks, this should be in your collection. It's never looked so good on a home screen either.
Good old time martial arts movie.
DO NOT PURCHASE! ILLEGAL PIRATED MOVIE!!!
I Don't Like It. Because $29 is too much for a movie, so probably we can get it from BitTorrent.
Satisfied with quality of movie. It was very good
best of the best movie! you can't miss having these state of art from your martial arts movies library! the main actor has left his stamp by spreading kicks all over!
IF YOU GREW UP IN THE 70'S WATCHING KUNG FU THEATER ON SATURDAY THEN YOU KNOW THIS IS A MUST HAVE FOR YOUR COLLECTION
This is a typical 1970's chop-socky flick with unmatched voices and poor dubbibg. The action is pretty good and for fans of Jhoon Rhee it is an essential part of your library. Watchable, likeable, nothing to write home about.
I seen in the movies back in the day and have When Taekwondo Strikes when it was on VHS tape! It is so old it does not play anymore.The movies is great action and I like Angela Mayo.Bruce Lee,the master, taught her well. She can make such facial expression that are believable and shows she can act and fight! This movie must be a rare find for it to cost 29.00.I do not know if I will spend that,but it is a really good movie!
Grandmaster Jhoon Rhee, the principal choreographer and character of this excellent movie appeared at Black Belt magazine many years ago as the "instructor of the year". Yet, seeing this movie from the point of view of a fellow but adjacent martial artist, one gets the impression that Mr Rhee's potential has not been fully realised. He started his posture in the movie by holding a triangle with 4 of his fingers before him. This gesture is significant for those who understand it. It is exactly the same as no 8 of Ninja's interlocking finger magic and it is intended to produce a feeling of well being and coherence. Unfortunately, without any explanation, not many viewers can understand the significance of this gesture. Also, Taekwondo's famous circling back kick, which can multiply the kicking power by two or three times vis a vis a frontal front kick is nowhere to be seen. Instead, he settled with with a flying front kick, which is common to many other martial arts. Also, unlike Bruce Lee who was able to make his movements as a ballet, his execution of this movement is banal. I give this movie 5 star on the ground that the great master made his appearance there, even though his potential is nowhere to be seen. The appearance of the Queen of Kung Fu, Mao Ying, also adds a lot of spice to this movie. She is funny and when she is in a fighting mood, she is ferocious.
An international cast highlights this spectacular fight fest. Our story takes place in Korea, where the Japanese are in control. It begins when a freedom fighter (Carter Wong, "Born Invincible", "Big Trouble in Little China") is tailed to a Catholic church, where the Resistance leader (10th degree Tae Kwon Do black belt Jhoon Rhee) is working as a gardener. All are exposed defending the American priest when he is questioned and beaten. They escape and go into hiding. Jhoon Rhee then asks his Chinese friend and sympathizer Angela Mao ("Enter the Dragon", "Snake Deadly Act") to go back to the church to check on the priest. She does so and is discovered, sending her on the lam as well.I've been waiting to see this movie for a long time and it was worth it. No, the fights aren't lightning quick, but they're awesome anyway. This was the only movie that Jhoon Rhee was ever in, and that's a damn shame. His kicking skills are on full display and he does not disappoint. And if that's not enough, Angela Mao's Hapkido is even better. Those of you who thought she was cool as Bruce Lee's sister in "Enter the Dragon" ain't seen nothin' yet. This is her movie, plain and simple. Sammo Hung and Hapkido Grandmaster Ing-Sik Whang also have great fighting roles as Japanese bad guys, along with Tae Kwon Do kicker Ann Winton, in her only film role as the priest's niece.Had I known that Fortune Star had remastered and released this version I'd have bought it a long time ago. The picture quality doesn't come off as well as remastered Shaw Brothers selections, but it's still quite nice. The audio is only available in Mandarin with Chinese or English subtitles. I would like to have a dub option and some special features but I'll take what I can get. If you like old school, you can't go wrong with this. Highly Recommended.1973. aka: Kickmaster; Sting of the Dragon Masters
If you are wondering about the quality of this DVD edition, get it! This is the best version out there aside from the VCD print. It was great to finally see this movie in it's original widescreen scope.There isn't too many movies with hapkido displayed and taekwondo master Jhoon Rhee staring in it. It begins with action and ends with hapkido mayhem!Angela Mao Ying is awesome followed by an all star cast ,Sammo Hung,Carter Wong, Whang Ing-Sik and more.
Finally, kung fu fans can see WHEN TAEKWONDO STRIKES (1973) for the first time in its intended version--letter-boxed and in its original Mandarin language (with English subtitles)--in a new legit, high-quality edition from the Fortune Star/Legendary Collection line of classic Golden Harvest titles. Throw out your old VHS tapes and bootleg discs of STING OF THE DRAGON MASTERS, the film's English-dubbed version, released only in pan-and-scan/cropped editions where you couldn't see half of the action in any fight scene and which featured a patched-together soundtrack where the music (mostly cribbed from Richard Strauss' "Also Sprach Zarathustra," the bombastic theme used in 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY) frequently drowned out the dubbed dialogue.This is one of the two best showcases for the considerable martial arts talents of Angela Mao, the 1970s' reigning kung fu diva (known for playing Bruce Lee's sister in ENTER THE DRAGON). Here she plays a Chinese hapkido expert living in Seoul, Korea during the Japanese occupation in the 1930s who winds up helping the Korean resistance led by Li Jundong (Taekwondo expert Jhoon Rhee). Two of Li's students join the effort, including a young Korean (Carter Wong) and a French girl (Anne Winton) whose uncle is the local Catholic priest (played by Golden Harvest executive Andre Morgan). There are six fight scenes in the first 43 minutes, three of them inside the Catholic church and three involving Angela. The Japanese are played by Japanese, Korean and Chinese martial artists. One of the lead villains is Sammo Hung, later a frequent co-star of Jackie Chan and a prominent kung fu movie director in his own right. (Curiously, everyone in this Korean setting--Korean, Japanese, Chinese, French--speaks Mandarin. And although it's set in the 1930s, the costumes and sets look at least a hundred years older. There are swords aplenty but nary a car or gun in sight and only rarely a military uniform.)The one thing that keeps this from being Angela's very best showcase is that she has to share the stage with so many other prominent martial arts performers and doesn't get the spotlight as often as her fans would like. Still, the other performers are exciting to watch as well and the film boasts a compelling story, interesting characters, and plenty of superb fighting action involving karate, taekwondo, hapkido and possibly one or two other forms I'm not familiar with. This film represents quite a contrast with the rival Shaw Bros. kung fu adventures of the era, which rarely depicted such a diverse array of different martial arts forms in one film and rarely employed non-Chinese martial artists. The film's original trailer is included on the disc and identifies each of the martial artists featured in the film and their particular specialty.The Fortune Star/Legendary Collection line has also given us a new DVD edition of Angela's absolute best showcase, BROKEN OATH (1977), in which Angela maintains center stage throughout, and which I've also reviewed on this site.