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Rival Dojos
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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })A pair of rival schools of martial arts, run by a pair of masters who have probably been feuding for years before the series even started. If dojo is applied to non-Japanese martial arts, its use is an example of the Interchangeable Asian Cultures trope. Most often, but not always, the two masters were students of the same martial arts style before branching off to different styles: the protagonist usually (but not always) learning under the benevolent master who teaches wisdom and self defense, while the rival school is run by an Evil Mentor who encourages its students to be ruthless, aggressive and brutal. A tough Sensei for Scoundrels who takes the pragmatic middle-of-the-road approach could substitute for either of them. A subset of this trope comes in the form of members of one school (or even an unaffiliated challenger looking to show his prowess) going to the other dojo and challenging the sensei or top student to a match, usually as an excuse to then completely ransack the dojo, maim everyone inside, and steal a memento of their victory (typically the dojo's marquee). This kind of act, whose exact term is dojoyaburi (道場破り, "dojo storming"), is Truth in Television, and there are stories about brutal dojo wars in historic Japan and more recently in the Brazilian vale tudo scene. Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })Very often comes up in Fighting Series (with an Elves VS Dwarves bent). This situation often involves or ends with the main students from both schools eventually becoming friends or at least allies (usually after one of them defeats the other), effectively ending the feud, or turning it into a friendly rivalry (if it wasn't already) instead. See also Feuding Families, Enemy Mine and Fire-Forged Friends. |
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The central conflict in the Bruce Lee film Fist of Fury is between the hero's Chinese kung-fu school, and an antagonistic Japanese karate school. By the end, an open conflict between the two schools has left everyone dead except for a few of the hero's friends from the kung-fu school. | |
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Fist of Legend has the local kung fu school as rivals of the karate dojo of the occupying Japanese. The Chinese are the heroes and the Japanese are the villains, though the most powerful Japanese master is unaffiliated with the local dojo and stands neutral in the feud, even helpfully giving a few tips and lessons to the hero that he uses in the final fight. | |
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Implied in Executioners from Shaolin, where Hung Hsi-Kuan, a former Shaolin monk who practices Tiger Style kung fu, refuses to learn the Crane Style practiced by his wife, Wing Chun, suggesting some bad blood between the two styles. Their son, Wen-Ding, combines both styles, and is ultimately able to defeat the villain where his father had failed. | |
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Almost the entirety of Juken Sentai Gekiranger is about the battles between the heroic GekiJuken Beast Arts school and the evil RinJuken Akugata school. They wind up joining forces to defeat the Long and his GenJuken school after Rio discovers he and the rest of the RinJuken Akugata have been manipulated by Long. Power Rangers Jungle Fury kept most of this, except for the part where the villains were portrayed as a school; instead showing them more like the usual Monster of the Week group. | |
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In Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger and Power Rangers Ninja Storm, three Rangers are from the Hayate/Wind Ninja Academy and two are from the Ikazuchi/Thunder Academy. They clashed at first with the Thunder ninjas acting as Psycho Rangers to the Wind trio, but eventually pulled together to fight the Big Bad. | |
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Bamboo Blade has rival Kendo schools. | |
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Pokémon Red and Blue: The current official Gym in Saffron City is dedicated to the Psychic-type under Sabrina. Immediately next door is the Fighting-type dojo, which used to be the sanctioned Gym until Sabrina and her followers crushed it (thanks to an Elemental Rock-Paper-Scissors advantage), though they still devote themselves to the practice. And then the Player comes along and sacks the Fighting-dojo a second time, forcing the Karate King to beg him not to take their emblem, instead offering up one of their prize Pokemon. | |
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Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple has the Ryozanpaku Dojo vs. the criminal organization YAMI. They both are run by superhuman martial artists (that have Charles Atlas Superpower to the point they are "Physical God"-level badasses), and they re both (in a way) Arrogant Kung-Fu Guy-types (only the former is the "Condescending Compassion because they are the only ones that can fight other Masters" type vs. actual murderous arrogance), and their conflict essentially boils down to "Thou Shalt Not Kill and use martial arts to protect people vs. martial arts should be used to kill people and lord over them". On the dojoyaburi subset, Ryozanpaku gets challenged once in a while... And has a number of specific rules designed to extort the challengers, and once they win they force them to get cured at the clinics of two of their members for an outrageous fee. In Ryozanpaku's defense, they're very poor and extorting challengers is one of their main ways to fund themselves... And the cures they provide are actually worth more than the challengers are forced to pay (Kenzei and especially Akisame are that good). |
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New Japan Pro-Wrestling, which boasted that professional wrestling was the strongest martial art in the world, was notorious for shutting the doors to its dojo when someone came in to challenge any of the professional wrestlers and then giving out No Holds Barred Beatdowns to the unlucky challengers. | |
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Jade Empire naturally has a variant on this (It's technically the same school, but the two teachers use different styles). You get to decide which master's teachings come out on top. | |
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Super Sentai/Power Rangers: In Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger and Power Rangers Ninja Storm, three Rangers are from the Hayate/Wind Ninja Academy and two are from the Ikazuchi/Thunder Academy. They clashed at first with the Thunder ninjas acting as Psycho Rangers to the Wind trio, but eventually pulled together to fight the Big Bad. Almost the entirety of Juken Sentai Gekiranger is about the battles between the heroic GekiJuken Beast Arts school and the evil RinJuken Akugata school. They wind up joining forces to defeat the Long and his GenJuken school after Rio discovers he and the rest of the RinJuken Akugata have been manipulated by Long. Power Rangers Jungle Fury kept most of this, except for the part where the villains were portrayed as a school; instead showing them more like the usual Monster of the Week group. |
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While Miyagi-do wasn't really a dojo in the original films of The Karate Kid, instead being a single master and disciple, the sequel series Cobra Kai plays this trope straight, as original trilogy protagonist Daniel LaRusso opens a formal Miyagi-do dojo specifically to counteract the rise of the revived Cobra Kai, which he considers too dangerous to ignore. This is shown to be a misguided error on Daniel's part, as despite the best efforts of both him and Cobra Kai sensei Johnny Lawrence, the rivalry escalates into violence, culminating in a massive all-out brawl that rips the local high school apart, hospitalizing both Daniel's daughter and Johnny's prize pupil, the latter with a broken spine. Later in Season 3, Johnny Lawrence opens up a new dojo (Eagle Fang) to serve as a La Résistance to Kreese's Cobra Kai with ex-Cobra Kai students (Miguel, Mitch, Bert, Hawk) as the former's pupils. Eagle Fang later forms an Enemy Mine with Miyagi-Do with the common goal of taking down Cobra Kai once and for all. |
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The two styles get revived after the events of Dragon Ball Z in Dragon Ball Online, though the rivalry is more friendly in nature since they're headed by Kuririn/Krillin and Tenshinhan. There's still a schism between their philosophies, inspired by what each took away from their time fighting alongside Goku: the New Turtle School is all about playing support, while the New Crane School focuses on performing powerful, decisive ki attacks. | |
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Pokémon: The Original Series did an episode about a pair of rival Gyms. Each of them tried to earn the right to be the town's official Gym, but their rivalry was escalating into a Mob War that was driving everybody else out of town. In the end, neither of them were worthy enough to be declared as an official Gym. | |
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