The Avengers (TV Series)

The Cybernauts (1965)

John Hollis: Sensai

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• Sensai : Please state your business, Mrs. Peel.

  Emma Peel : I am interested in Karate.

  Sensai : Interest is for the onlooker. From students we require dedication, nightly attendance for practice and demonstration. We never tolerate absentees.

  Emma Peel : I appreciate that.

  Sensai : Then appreciate too, Mrs. Peel, that Karate, unlike Judo, is not a sport. It is a science, an art, a discipline. The word Karate...

  Emma Peel : [interrupting]  Means empy hand.

  Sensai : But the hands, though empty, can become more deadly than any weapon. It is the combination of force and a development of courage.

• Sensai : [refusing Emma into the gym]  ... It is difficult for a woman to compete in such company.

  Emma Peel : [smiling]  It's that the idea of competition appeals to me.

  Sensai : Then I'd suggest perhaps... fencing would be more suitable to your purpose.

  Emma Peel : I think not, Mister...

  Sensai : Here I'm known as Sensai - the Knowledgeable One.

  [Claps hands once; a tall blonde in karate outfit appears by the gym's entrance] 

  Sensai : Oyuka! Ms. Peel is leaving now.

  Emma Peel : [after glncing at the blonde, turns round to face Sensei again]  What makes Oyuka the exception?

  Sensai : Oyuka, the Immovable One, she's a third dan of judo, a first dan of karate. There are few men who could pass her, if she would not want them to.

  Emma Peel : And if I could?

  Sensai : I shouldn't try it, Baka, the Foolish One. But if you can, you'll be most welcome.

  Sensai : [Watches as Emma places her handbag and gloves on the floor, and bows to him with Oyuka; the women exchange holds; Oyuka is in an arm-lock and tries to scratch Emma's right leg; he shouts]  Oyuka!

  [Emma projects Oyuka to the floor] 

  Sensai : You attacked her as a woman, but she has the skill of a man... A bad mistake, Oyuka.

  [Emma bows to the sensei again, collects her things, and exits] 

• Sensai : And now a demonstration of Tameshiwari by a student of whom I'm truly proud: Aoyama

  [the tall one] 

  Sensai : , a fifth dan of judo, a fourth dan of karate. Aoyama is an example of what can be achieved with practice and dedication. I give you... Aoyama!

  [the karateka enters, and it is revealed that he is Jeffcott, owner of the toys factory company]