Jane is a lovely however troubled American lady backpacking by Japan, when her uncooked avenue preventing expertise draw the eye of Oshima, Japanese karate champion, who recruits and trains her to combat within the vicious, all-female, underground martial arts match generally known as "The Kumite". After months of rigorous preparation, Jane is able to face off in opposition to the deadliest feminine fighters on the earth, together with Ling, the Chinese language apprentice of Oshima's nemesis. However different nefarious forces lie within the shadows, and Jane and Ling should unite on a journey that can take them from the gritty underworld of Hong Kong to the glitz of Macao, earlier than deciding who actually is the very best feminine fighter on the planet.