Tung Fu Rue

Tung Fu Rue, also known as Tang Hu Lu or タン・フー・ルー, is a character from the *Fatal Fury* series and a guest in *The King of Fighters* series. He is a master of Hakkyokuseiken, and was the former instructor of Geese Howard, Jeff Bogard, and Cheng Sinzan. Tung Fu Rue is a diminutive old man who can dramatically enhance his physical abilities by manipulating 'chi,' even to the point of growing muscles to become massive. Despite training both Geese and Jeff, he initially intended for only Jeff to succeed him, which led Geese to murder Jeff out of jealousy. Tung Fu Rue, saddened by this, abandoned the idea of taking on a successor. In the *King of Fighters* series, he has connections with Saisyu Kusanagi and Chin Gentsai, and he later takes in the orphan Shun'ei as his disciple. Tung Fu Rue is wise and calm, always thinking before acting, and is eager to help others. He is also sometimes portrayed with a comedic nature. He combines Hakkyokuseiken techniques with Kung Fu, focusing his energy into powerful attacks.