
Set in the tumultous pre-Opium War period, China was called the "Sickman of the East" and was described as a giant lion sleeping, unbeknownst that both internal and external conflicts were causing its national crisis. It were heroic figures like Fok Yuen Gap and Chen Zhen who played a key role in China's gradual awakening and sense of nationalism. "Legendary" begins its story introducing two rival families, the Fok and the Chiu (Zhao) Family, at a village. The heads of these two families were once part of the same clan (Bei Zhong Fist) but because of differences of what should be the "correct" kungfu path to follow, they split the clan into Fok and Chiu divisions. Fok Yuen Gap (Wong Yuen Sun) was one of three sons in the Fok family but because he was weak as a child, his father forbade him to practice martial arts and made him study books instead. Fok Yuen Gap, however, was very interested in learning kungfu and would always pretend to read near the training area despite being chastised. His revolutionary belief is that all martial arts shouldn't be constrained by clan separations. He believes that every clan's martial art have its good advantages and by merging and using all these advantages together, one's own skills will improve.
Fok Yuen Gap
Wong Yuen Sun