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A two‑film steampunk‑infused martial‑arts saga following the rise of Yang Lu Chan, a gifted outsider whose persistence leads him into the legendary Chen Village, where every resident is a master of Chen‑style Tai Chi. After proving himself by helping defend the village from a vengeful foe wielding massive steam‑powered machines, Lu Chan is entrusted with the knowledge that will shape his destiny. The story follows Chan as he grows into the Tai Chi master who would ultimately found the world’s most popular style, facing strange mechanical armies and escalating threats while forging his heroic legacy in the 19th century.
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2012
In legendary Chen Village, everyone is a martial arts master, using their powerful Chen Style Tai Chi in all aspects of their lives. Lu Chan has arrived to train, but the villagers are forbidden to teach Chen Style to outsiders, and do their best to discourage him by challenging him to a series of fights. Everyone, from strong men to young children, defeats him using their Tai Chi moves. But when a man from the village's past returns with a frightening steampowered machine and plans to build a railroad through the village at any costs, the villagers realize they may have no choice but to put their faith in Lu Chan... who has a secret power of his own.
2012
Chinese steampunk martial arts blockbuster about the early years of Tai chi master Yang Luchan, the man who founded in the 19th century what has now become the most popular Tai Chi style in the world. The second instalment of the "Tai Chi" trilogy continues the journey of Yang Luchan, a gifted child with a fleshy growth on his forehead who helped save a village from a frightening army of steampunk soldiers bearing strange machines with the knowledge of Tai Chi that they entrusted him with.
