Eight Diagram Pole Fighter
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Eight Diagram Pole Fighter is a 1984 Hong Kong martial arts film from Shaw Brothers Studios, renowned for its intense pole-fighting choreography and Gordon Liu’s iconic performance in a tale of revenge and Shaolin training.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Eight Diagram Pole Fighter canonical | 1 |
| The Eight Diagram Pole Fighter | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21435785 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Eight Diagram Pole Fighter Context triple: [Gordon Liu, notableWork, Eight Diagram Pole Fighter]
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A.
The Foot Fist Way
The Foot Fist Way is a low-budget 2006 dark comedy film about an egotistical taekwondo instructor, known for its deadpan humor and for helping launch Danny McBride’s career.
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B.
Thang-Ta
Thang-Ta is a traditional Meitei martial art from Manipur that combines armed combat with swords and spears, unarmed techniques, and ritual elements.
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C.
Hung Gar kung fu
Hung Gar kung fu is a traditional Southern Chinese martial art known for its powerful stances, strong hand techniques, and roots in the Shaolin fighting system.
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D.
The Four Fists
"The Four Fists" is a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald that follows a young man's moral and personal development through a series of literal and figurative punches he receives in life.
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E.
Wing Chun
Wing Chun is a Chinese close-range martial art known for its efficient, direct techniques and emphasis on simultaneous attack and defense, famously studied by Bruce Lee.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Eight Diagram Pole Fighter Target entity description: Eight Diagram Pole Fighter is a 1984 Hong Kong martial arts film from Shaw Brothers Studios, renowned for its intense pole-fighting choreography and Gordon Liu’s iconic performance in a tale of revenge and Shaolin training.
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A.
The Foot Fist Way
The Foot Fist Way is a low-budget 2006 dark comedy film about an egotistical taekwondo instructor, known for its deadpan humor and for helping launch Danny McBride’s career.
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B.
Thang-Ta
Thang-Ta is a traditional Meitei martial art from Manipur that combines armed combat with swords and spears, unarmed techniques, and ritual elements.
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C.
Hung Gar kung fu
Hung Gar kung fu is a traditional Southern Chinese martial art known for its powerful stances, strong hand techniques, and roots in the Shaolin fighting system.
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D.
The Four Fists
"The Four Fists" is a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald that follows a young man's moral and personal development through a series of literal and figurative punches he receives in life.
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E.
Wing Chun
Wing Chun is a Chinese close-range martial art known for its efficient, direct techniques and emphasis on simultaneous attack and defense, famously studied by Bruce Lee.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Eight Diagram Pole Fighter