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We do not stop when our enemy is down! No mercy... no mercy in the studio... no mercy in competition... no mercy in life! Our enemies deserve pain!
~ Master Li to his students.

Master Li (李师傅) is the main antagonist of the 2010 drama film The Karate Kid, which is a remake of the 1984 film with the same name. He is a Kung Fu teacher who teaches his students to be completely merciless, and is the shifu/owner of the Fighting Dragons Kung Fu studio. He is the former master of Cheng and his gang and the arch-enemy of Mr. Han.

He was portrayed by Yu Rongguang.

Biography[]

Master Li is the owner and teacher of the Fighting Dragons Kung Fu studio, who teaches his students to break their opponents' bones and be absolutely merciless towards them at all costs.

One day, Dre Parker and his apartment's maintenance man Mr. Han, interrupt a lesson due to an earlier incident when some students from his dojo who attack Dre and Mr. Han intervenes. Li harshly rebuffs a peace offer and says that Dre should take care of his problems by himself. Mr. Han says that 1-1 is no problem, but 6-1 is too much of anybody. Li says that he gets it and then he orders his students to prepare for a match and wants either Han or Dre fight his top student named Cheng. When Mr. Han and Dre attempt to leave, Li says that Mr. Han attacked his students, disrespected his studio, and now they both (him and Dre) want to leave, Li ensures it will not be that easy. Li then says that since both Dre and Mr. Han both showed up at his studio, one of them has to fight. Han then notices a poster for an open Kung Fu tournament and tells Master Li that Dre will be fighting there. Li laughs momentarily and says that he and his students accept the challenge, and they also agree with a particular condition from Mr. Han. The condition that Mr. Han makes Li agree with is that Dre will enter the tournament, but Dre is to be left alone so that he can train under Mr. Han's guidance. Li then strictly instructs all of his students that Dre is to be left alone until the tournament. Li then asks his students if they understand, in which his students reply that they get it. As Dre and Mr. Han prepare to leave, Li momentarily stops them and then tells them if Dre does not show up to the tournament, he will personally bring pain to both of them.

On the day of the tournament, Li tells another one of his other best students named Liang to injure Dre's leg, and Liang succeeded in doing so. However, he gets disqualified in the process. Han then heals Dre's leg and Master Li congratulates Han for getting Dre back on the tournament and watched as Cheng fought against Dre. However, in the end; Cheng winds up getting defeated, presenting the trophy and apologizing to Dre. After this, Cheng and the rest of the Fighting Dragons students, now finally realizing Li's true nature, all bow down to Mr. Han, accepting him as their new master.

It is unknown what happened to Li after the tournament, but it is implied that he was arrested for his terrible influencing on his students and was exposed as a cheater, resulting in his studio going bankrupt and defunct.

Trivia[]

  • Towards the end of the film, as Li's students bow to Mr. Han and show respect to him, Li is seen astounded, but when Dre and Mr. Han leave the tournament, he is inexplicably seen on the floor without explanation.
    • This error is given that in an alternate ending, Master Li was very angry with Cheng for losing to Dre and showing respect towards both him and Mr. Han. Master Li is about to slap Cheng, but Mr. Han stops him, fights him and nearly defeats him. Li was seen resting angrily, and later got punched in the jaw by Dre's mother as punishment for ordering his students to brutally attack her son. It got removed apparently because it would have taken too much focus away from Dre's victory.
  • In the biggest twist of irony, despite being the titular martial art; neither Li nor the other characters of the film are shown using karate to fight, using kung fu instead. Indeed, back when the remake was in development, Sony considered to change the title to reflect this, but the franchise producer Jerry Weintraub rejected the idea, possibly to keep the title in line with that of the previous films.
  • Li is based off John Kreese from the original trilogy and Cobra Kai and Colonel Dugan from The Next Karate Kid. However, in comparison to Dugan & Kreese, Li is much darker and far more enigmatic than both Dugan and Kreese due to his lack of a tragic backstory and the fact that he physically abused his students for showing mercy and respect even before the Fighting Dragons lost the tournament.
  • Li never speaks English throughout the whole movie which might suggest that he does not know English or knows it very little.

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