<sod>{{more plot|date=September 2015}}<eod>
<sod>Barry wants to learn the martial arts, but is rejected by the arrogant dojo owner Kelly Stone ([[Joe Piscopo]]) for being too weak. Instead, he is taken on as a student by an old Chinese man called Mr. Lee ([[Makoto Iwamatsu|Mako]]), the sly uncle of his teacher and the owner of a local Chinese restaurant, "Frying Dragon". Mr. Lee finds creative ways to teach Barry to defend himself from his bullies. Lee devises training methods that increase Barry's endurance, which helps his asthma. Lee also deduces Barry's hero worship of Norris and from that, deduces at least some of Barry's daydreams. He creatively incorporates this into Barry's training, creating training scenarios that seem more dangerous than they are so that Barry will feel heroic for succeeding at them.<eod>