The Foot Fist Way

In this gutbuster, a self-deluded tae kwon do instructor attempts to drum up business for his strip-mall studio while managing his misfit students., A self-deluded tae kwon do instructor attempts to drum up business for his strip-mall studio while managing his misfit students., Taekwondo instructor Fred Simmons talks a big, macho game but falls to pieces when his wife betrays him., A new hero of martial arts rises from a North Carolina strip mall in this independent comedy. Fred Simmons is one of the world’s most gifted practitioners of the Korean fighting style known as Taekwondo — or at least that’s what he likes to tell people. Despite his supposed skills, Fred teaches students out of a shabby dojo, where for the most part, he browbeats kids into learning the aggressive points of the martial arts without having much understanding of the philosophy or reasoning behind it. Not that most folks care — in the small town where he teaches, Fred is considered to be the real deal, and his talent as a fighter earns him plenty of respect. But Fred’s reputation (and ego) takes a serious blow when he learns his wife, Suzie (Mary Jane Bostic), has been fooling around with another man, and Fred challenges him to a fight that doesn’t go well. Falling into an emotional tailspin, Fred goes on a pilgrimage to meet his hero and role model, martial arts celebrity Chuck “The Truck” Wallace (Ben Best). The Foot Fist Way was the first feature film from writer and director Jody Hill., Jody Hill’s low-budget, high gag-count martial arts mockumentary comedy stars Danny McBride as an instructor who unwittingly embarks on a journey of personal enlightenment. Fred Simmons is an arrogant, strict Taekwondo teacher with a small gym in a small town in North Carolina. His pupils are largely a bunch of eccentrics and people lacking in self-confidence, in whom he tries to instil the noble virtues of courtesy, self-control, perseverance, integrity and indomitable spirit. His acolytes also turn to their instructor for off-mat advice, which is ironic as Simmons doesn’t appear to know how to hold his own life together. After hearing shocking news about his wife, he decides to seek help from his own hero, the z-list action movie star Chuck ‘The Truck’ Wallace. And that’s when Simmons’s troubles really begin…