This story started out as an idea for a movie back in 1985. At that time, a friend of mine, Ted Swanson, was the assistant director and production manager for the movie, "The Witness," starring Harrison Ford. Ted loved martial arts almost as much as I did, and we had talked about doing a martial arts movie. By then, most producers and directors were losing interest in martial arts films, saying that the genre had lost its appeal to the general public...