The Art of Street Fighting

The Art of Street Fighting

G 2017 · 50 min · ★ 6.0 · Documentary

Their names are Daigo, Xiao Hai, Tokido or Luffy, and they're among the best Street Fighter players in the world. Whether they hail from Tokyo, Paris or Guangzhou, these sportsmen and women of a new genre cross the planet every weekend, in search of tournaments and high financial rewards. Their daily routine? Intensive training, sleepless nights and fighting to the point of exhaustion, to the point of sacrificing everything on the altar of competition. Their status is fragile, and they know it: in the six months between Capcom Cup 2016 and Red Bull Kumite 2017, all the cards are going to be reshuffled.

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