The Deadly Art of Survival (1979) on Netflix
A karate school owner on the Lower East Side takes on a gang of drug traffickers who pose as the owners of a competing dojo known as the disco dojo.
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Plot summary
Real-life kung fu master Nathan Ingram stars in this gritty, low-budget martial arts epic as a local karate school owner who clashes with a gang of drug traffickers posing as the owners of a rival dojo. Director Charlie Ahearn (who helmed the landmark hip-hop film Wild Style) used the housing projects next to his New York Lower East Side apartment as his central location in this 1979 classic, shot on a vintage Super 8 camera.
