Because Director Chang cheh likes naked muscular man being killed.Imao

You're right Wayne....They did him dirty in Five Deadly Venoms...Scorpion darts in his vital points under his ears, which The Snake stuck his fingers inside the same spots after the darts were removed, Then he got placed in The Iron Maiden with hundreds of spikes from his neck to his feet, after that they burned him with a device called The Iron Robe. And after that, they suffocated him with wet rice paper. Let's not mention how they did him in Kid with The Golden Arms & Crippled Avengers....Jeez Louise 🤔

@@TheToner2515 And don't get me started on how tragically his character was taken out in "Five Element Ninjas". *"GOD DAYUM!"* EDIT: Oh Wait, ... his character made it out alive in "Crippled Avengers". 😮

@@waynewilliams9388 #Facts bro

True dat Wayne, but you have to admit Northern palms against Southern Mantis was and awesome fight. If one masters both, talk about a formidable adversary, being able to take it and dish out punishment.

Your 20 years late

@@les536 nah I’ve seen this like plenty of times I’m just saying for those who haven’t seen it

That’s the point, I think. It’s so much more satisfying to see the training in detail, watch the fighter struggle to master his body and mind, and only at the end do you finally see why it needed to take so long; power is earned.

Jing Gang translates as Vajra or Diamond. Buddhist terminology meaning it's indestructible or though as nails!

michael truthson so true. I was lucky enough to live in HK when I was young and had the chance to tour the Shaw Bros lot. The scope and sheer number of movies they put out literally on a daily basis was similar to our big studio lots here in the states. Sets, entire towns, outside areas, acres upon acres of filming locales. The most amazing thing I remember was their costume and prop department. The warehouse was like 45,000sq ft and had every time period clothing, house decor and weapons you would see in the movies. That was a fascinating time for a westerner to be there before the handover. But you’re right we’ll never see the types of martial arts movies on this scale again and it’s sad 😞

Because western people have destroyed such skills when England attacked China in the past. If England did not do that in the past, such skills and even more skills would still remain not only in movies but in real world.

The skills still exist today!

@@goodguidance8209 What? Mao destroyed more traditional Chinese culture than the English ever could. Besides, nobody's stopping anybody from learning southern shaolin kung fu and making serious martial arts movies. the industry just changed and modern setting action movies & wire-fu just became more profitable in the 80s/90s (yes, in Hong Kong too).

Absolutely! 42 st NYC for me

​@@markfloors6988hahaha 😅

in a way I think it's superior to 5 venoms even tho snake is missing. the training scenes were awesome, I remember the egg parts vividly as a kid

You can learn this style too! It's called Southern Chow Gar Praying Mantis! It's a real system and is popular across the world! The diving press ups are a real part of the system...but not with eggs!

@@sjang816 no the snake is in this one he's playing the guy being trained in wing chun