THE FUSE

There's a common trope in martial arts movies that depicts a wizened and sage old master tutoring some young tiger on their way to defeat a bad person and thus support the cause of justice. What we don't see as often is the backstory of the old master beyond a brief training montage or flashback. We don't see much about how they actually got to where they are now, or explore what it was like to train with others for so many decades. The training didn't happen in a vacuum, but rather as a specific part of society.