Actual-life kung fu grasp Nathan Ingram stars on this gritty, low-budget martial arts epic as an area karate college proprietor who clashes with a gang of drug traffickers posing because the house owners of a rival dojo. Director Charlie Ahearn (who helmed the landmark hip-hop movie Wild Type) used the housing tasks subsequent to his New York Decrease East Facet condominium as his central location on this 1979 traditional, shot on a classic Tremendous 8 digital camera.