This is the story of Huo Yuan Jia - A fighter who represents Chinese martial arts to a nation; A man, who fought his way out of the darkness into history. Young Yuan Jia was an arrogant fighter who was always spoiling for a fight. On the same day he became the best fighter in Tian Jin, he lost his mother and daughter. Crazed with grief and shame, Yuan Jia fled Tian Jin stumbling upon an idyllic village. Guided by the villagers' simple kindness and generosity, Yuan Jia began to forget his pain and his desire to fight. At last he makes his peace with world and decides to return home. Back in Tian Jin, an American wrestler is making headlines by defeating Chinese fighters and dismissing them as 'Sick Men of the East'. Yuan Jia beats the bulking wrestler easily with his graceful martial arts. This startles members of the Foreign Chamber of Commerce, who worry that Yuan Jia's victory would fan the flames of anti-Western sentiment in the Chinese people. (EDKO Video Ltd.)