That technique is to cope with people who run.
4 seconds sound clip from the Heroes of the East (1978) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:19:01.038 in the DVD version of the movie.
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- Not bad.
- This is the Yari. Hey, don't run.
- That technique is to cope with people who run.
- Hey!
- What's the problem? Just let her practice.
- No, but she practices Karate. And we've got no place for that.
- Hey, you have. You've that big gymnasium.
- She's real stubborn. Probably wouldn't want to use a Chinese gymnasium.
- Master! Master, trouble! The mistress has taken all her weapons to your gymnasium.
- All right, she can practice in there.
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