Circle of Iron (1978)

Pursuing a course of study in the martial arts is about more than being able to kick the crap out of all those haunting bullies at your twenty-year high-school reunion. The way of the hand-to-hand warrior is an elevated path, not meant to be exploited and despoiled in crass entertainments of punch-drunk, ham-fisted heroics. Mastery of the ancient disciplines of defense is actually a sacred journey to wisdom and spirituality, as mapped out in Circle of Iron (1978). Follow in the footsteps of a devoted novitiate who is entrusted to embark upon a quest for the Book of all Knowledge. His search will take him far and wide. He will be aided and hindered. He will kick the crap out of haunting bullies, all the while seeking a book that, for all he knows, will turn out to be written in a language he cannot understand.