After studying martial arts in the Philippines and defeating his opponent Quino, Anthony Scott heads back to the U.S. to attend college and makes a new friend named Luke. Making the promise to his teacher that he will not fight, Anthony finds himself the target of the Tigers, a local martial arts gang led by bully Dick. When Dick constantly attempts to fight Anthony, Anthony refuses. Meanwhile, Anthony starts going out with Patty, the ex-girlfriend of Dick, which causes him to harass her. However, Anthony will fight under the condition that it will be a fair fight. When Dick resorts to dirty tactics, Anthony uses his special move, The Dragon Strike, to defeat Dick. Upset at his loss, Dick decides to get even through the Tigers' real leader, Dick's father, the ultimate killingmachine, Mark Sanders. Mark, in order to get Anthony to fight in another match, tries to kill Luke. Anthony informs his master, Kimura, that he has been forced into a fight, but only this time, it focuses on life or death! Kimura retrains Anthony for the ultimate battle! Who'll live, who'll die?