In ancient China, a powerful kung fu technique known as hakkyoku ken ("the Eight-Point Fist") was developed by the Imperial Guard. This technique won great admiration and many followers. Around the time of the Second World War, the Japanese army devleoped their own hakkyoku ken techniques in order to create the ultimate fighting force. Now, the only active master of hakkyoku ken - a young man named Akira Yuki - sets off to travel the world in search of enlightenment ... and worthy opponents. He finds them in the World Fighting Tournnament, where the strongest fighters have gathered to determine who stands supreme in the art of hand-to-hand combat. Any and all techniques are allowed, as long as the contestants use no weapons but their own bodies. After weeks of intense dueling, seven other warriors remain. Sarah Bryant and her brother Jacky, both skilled in sekken do ... Lau Chan and his daughter Pai, with their special variations of kung fu ... Jeffry McWild, master of the violent Greek fighting style known as pancratium ... the ruthless professional wrestler Wolf Hawkfield ... the ninja Kagemaru and his mysterious techniques .... All eight of these fighters have arrived to test their methods and their might against each other. Who will stand victorious?