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Five Elements Ninjas (Chinese title: 五遁忍術) is a 1982 Hong Kong martial arts film directed by Chang Cheh. The film is about a Chinese martial arts school that finds itself outclassed by their rivals, so they hire an elite ninja from Japan to destroy the school.
Five Elements Ninjas: Ninja In The Dragon's Den: Raw Force: Shaolin Temple: 1983: Fearless Hyena Part II: The Eight Diagram Pole Fighter: Revenge of the Ninja: Project A: Shaolin and Wu Tang: Shaolin vs Lama: Winners and Sinners: Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain: Legend of the Eight Samurai [5] 1984 Opium and the Kung-Fu Master: Kung Fu ...
The five animal martial arts styles supposedly originated from the Henan Shaolin Temple, which is north of the Yangtze River, even though imagery of these particular five animals as a distinct set (i.e. in the absence of other animals such as the horse or the monkey as in tai chi or xingyiquan) is either rare in Northern Shaolin martial arts ...
Wuxing (Chinese: 五行; pinyin: wǔxíng), [a] usually translated as Five Phases or Five Agents, [2] is a fivefold conceptual scheme used in many traditional Chinese fields of study to explain a wide array of phenomena, including cosmic cycles, the interactions between internal organs, the succession of political regimes, and the properties of ...
Five Elements Ninjas: Shaw Brothers: 4/21/82: Five Element Ninjas, Super Ninjas, Chinese Super Ninjas, Chinese Super Ninja: Lo Mang The Weird Man: Shaw Brothers: 1983: Attack of the Joyful Goddess: Hong Kong Chang He Motion Picture Co., Ltd. 10/3/83: Attack of the Venoms, Five Venoms Attack: Lu Feng, Chiang Sheng Death Ring: Hong Kong Chang He ...
Each of the master's previous pupils (the titular "Five Deadly Venoms") practices a unique animal-themed style, with the animals being based on the Five Poisonous Creatures of Chinese folklore. Five Deadly Venoms is considered one of the most popular martial arts films of its era, and has gone on to be considered a cult film.
Godai (五大, lit. "five – great, large, physical, form") are the five elements in Japanese Buddhist thought of earth (chi), water (sui), fire (ka), wind (fu), and void (ku). Its origins are from the Indian Buddhist concept of Mahābhūta , disseminated and influenced by Chinese traditions [ 1 ] before being absorbed, influenced, and refined ...
Regardless, the nine syllables of the kuji have developed several correlations and associations with religious and philosophical aspects of Japanese esoteric Buddhism. They are associated with the five chakras (五輪, gorin), the five elements (五大, godai), certain directions of the compass, colors, and deities. [citation needed]