https://padlet.com/janaiwilliams2/9x7ml5lo9jv1m0xk By: Janai Williams & Yasmell Gonzalez-Perez en-us 2021-01-14 16:47:53 UTC 2021-01-15 04:41:31 UTC hello@padlet.com janaiwilliams2 https://padlet.com/janaiwilliams2/9x7ml5lo9jv1m0xk/wish/1089938460 In search of a fresh start, the widowed mother, Sherry Parker, and her 12-year-old, Dre, move from Detroit to Beijing, China after a job transfer. ]]> 2021-01-15 03:52:20 UTC https://padlet.com/janaiwilliams2/9x7ml5lo9jv1m0xk/wish/1089938460 janaiwilliams2 https://padlet.com/janaiwilliams2/9x7ml5lo9jv1m0xk/wish/1089940328 Dre faces a language barrier and the struggle of acclimatizing to a foreign culture and a new school. He later catches Cheng’s eye, the school’s fearsome bully. As Dre tries to impress the young violinist, Melying, he learns that his pitiful karate is no match against Cheng’s excellent but vicious Kung Fu. ]]> 2021-01-15 03:53:51 UTC https://padlet.com/janaiwilliams2/9x7ml5lo9jv1m0xk/wish/1089940328 janaiwilliams2 https://padlet.com/janaiwilliams2/9x7ml5lo9jv1m0xk/wish/1089941416 Later on in the movie, Cheng and his friends keep harassing and humiliating Dre around the school. During a particular beating by Cheng and his friends, Mr. Han, the enigmatic maintenance man of Dre’s building, comes to the rescue, revealing himself as a Kung Fu master. ]]> 2021-01-15 03:54:44 UTC https://padlet.com/janaiwilliams2/9x7ml5lo9jv1m0xk/wish/1089941416 janaiwilliams2 https://padlet.com/janaiwilliams2/9x7ml5lo9jv1m0xk/wish/1089942267 Cheng’s Kung Fu teacher, Mater LI, challenges Dre to a fight and threatens him saying Mr. Han and him will not be allowed to leave unless one of them fights. Han insists the fight take place at the tournament and that Li’s students leave him alone. Han takes the responsibility to train Dre for the tournament. The spends hours taking off his jacket, hanging it up, dropping it, and then putting it back on again. Han explains that the arm movements was a technique of teaching blocking and striking. ]]> 2021-01-15 03:55:25 UTC https://padlet.com/janaiwilliams2/9x7ml5lo9jv1m0xk/wish/1089942267 janaiwilliams2 https://padlet.com/janaiwilliams2/9x7ml5lo9jv1m0xk/wish/1089942886 Han emphasizes that the movements Dre is learning ally to life in general, and the serenity and maturity, not punches in power, are the true keys to mastering the martial arts. During one lesson in the Wudang Mountains, Dre notices a Cobra imitating a woman. He tries to reflect the technique is unsuccessful. ]]> 2021-01-15 03:56:00 UTC https://padlet.com/janaiwilliams2/9x7ml5lo9jv1m0xk/wish/1089942886 janaiwilliams2 https://padlet.com/janaiwilliams2/9x7ml5lo9jv1m0xk/wish/1089943881 The annual karate tournament is in town. Dre ‘s enemy, Chang is One of the top semi finalists. Dre decides to fight Chang at the tournament to prove that he can take down a bully.]]> 2021-01-15 03:56:54 UTC https://padlet.com/janaiwilliams2/9x7ml5lo9jv1m0xk/wish/1089943881 janaiwilliams2 https://padlet.com/janaiwilliams2/9x7ml5lo9jv1m0xk/wish/1089947290 At the tournament, Dre feels under confident. He kind of feels as if he doesn’t have a chance to beat the other competitors. But, he is able to achieve the semifinals and is up against one of Li’s students. ]]> 2021-01-15 03:59:56 UTC https://padlet.com/janaiwilliams2/9x7ml5lo9jv1m0xk/wish/1089947290 janaiwilliams2 https://padlet.com/janaiwilliams2/9x7ml5lo9jv1m0xk/wish/1089957196 Dre and Han, Li’s student, fights it off. Dre is winning at that point. Li ordered him to wound and severely hurt Dre’s leg, in which he succeeds. ]]> 2021-01-15 04:07:45 UTC https://padlet.com/janaiwilliams2/9x7ml5lo9jv1m0xk/wish/1089957196 janaiwilliams2 https://padlet.com/janaiwilliams2/9x7ml5lo9jv1m0xk/wish/1089965710 Dre is left incapacitated And was told he shouldn’t participate in the rest of the tournament. But Dre decides he wants to finish the fight because he doesn’t want to be scared and overcome his fears of Chang once and for all.]]> 2021-01-15 04:14:06 UTC https://padlet.com/janaiwilliams2/9x7ml5lo9jv1m0xk/wish/1089965710 janaiwilliams2 https://padlet.com/janaiwilliams2/9x7ml5lo9jv1m0xk/wish/1089969214 So, Han uses his fire cup ping tech to trend his leg to heal it , which works. Dre gets back on his feet and makes his way back to the ring to finish off the fight.]]> 2021-01-15 04:17:01 UTC https://padlet.com/janaiwilliams2/9x7ml5lo9jv1m0xk/wish/1089969214 janaiwilliams2 https://padlet.com/janaiwilliams2/9x7ml5lo9jv1m0xk/wish/1089976372 Dre and Chang  are fighting in the ring. It ends up being a tie. Dre hit Chang, almost leaving him with a bloody nose. Chang goes to Li  and he tells Chang to show no mercy. So, Chang messes with his injured leg, making it feel worse. Almost breaking it. But, Dre gets up and uses a special, signature backflip move and wins the tournament]]> 2021-01-15 04:23:01 UTC https://padlet.com/janaiwilliams2/9x7ml5lo9jv1m0xk/wish/1089976372 janaiwilliams2 https://padlet.com/janaiwilliams2/9x7ml5lo9jv1m0xk/wish/1089990104 Chang then decides to give Dre his trophy, stating his way of saying “good fight”, leaving them on better terms. In the end, Dre finds his new skill in kung fu and no longer has to be afraid because he knows how to defend himself. Everything is left off on good terms with everyone being friends. ]]> 2021-01-15 04:35:04 UTC https://padlet.com/janaiwilliams2/9x7ml5lo9jv1m0xk/wish/1089990104