Unter dem Namen „Karate Tiger“’ wurden im deutschsprachigen Raum mehrere weitere Filme veröffentlicht. Tatsächlich handelt es sich dabei aber meistens um keine wirklichen Fortsetzungen − Weitere Filme, die hier unter dem Titel „Karate Tiger“’ veröffentlicht wurden, sind oft entweder Einzelfilme ohne Verbindung zum Original oder stammen aus gänzlich anderen Filmreihen.
Jason Stillwell is a young karate student and Bruce Lee fanatic who trains in his father Tom's dojo in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles. One night after a training session, the dojo is visited by members of an Organized crime looking to take over all the dojos in the country. After refusing to join the organization, Tom's leg is broken by a Soviet martial artist named Ivan Kraschinsky, one of the boss' hired thugs.
Washington D.C. A bank has been held hostage by terrorists with police surrounding the building. As the lead terrorist, looks over at the hostages, a crippled hostage begins to beg for his life. When the crippled hostage is kicked down, it turns out to be a trick as the hostage's crutches are a projectile and a blade. The "hostage" is revealed to be CIA agent Casey Alexander, who in the process of saving the hostages, was shot in the arm, but is successful. We soon meet Casey's brother Will, who is a martial arts teacher who does a demonstration of using skills in real-life situations. When Will's father John calls him, Will asks what time the party starts and John asks if Will is willing to spend the weekend with him and his father. Will is reluctant, but accepts the offer.