In Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill: Volume 2, Pai Mei teaches the Bride kung fu. Gordon Liu plays Pai Mei, the legendary martial-arts master who trains Beatrix Kiddo during her recovery and preparation for revenge.
The training sequence explains how Beatrix develops the skills needed to escape from a buried coffin and continue her pursuit of Bill. Pai Mei’s instruction is severe, emphasizing discipline, physical endurance, and techniques that later become crucial to the plot.
One of the most important lessons is the Five Point Exploding Heart Technique, which Pai Mei teaches to Beatrix. The film presents it as a secret technique capable of killing an opponent after a delayed effect.
Kung fu is a broad term for Chinese martial arts, and the film draws on traditions associated with Hong Kong action cinema. It is not the same as Japanese karate or Korean taekwondo.