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{{nihongo|'''Fuuun Shourinken'''|風雲少林拳|Fūun Shourinken|lit. "Element (or Wind) Shaolin Kung-fu"}}.  Is a one on one fighting game developed for the [[Famicom Disk System]] by [[Jaleco]], and published in [[1987]].  It predates the original [[Street Fighter]] by only a couple of months, and features similar concepts such as a distinction between punch and kick attacks, relative directions, and a health bar for each fighter, depicted as a series of paper fans.

| The first two fighters that you encounter, Lee-Pairun and Lee-Shaorun, are traditional kung-fu fighters.  They will attack with a set of moves that are similar to your own.  Many attacks are effective against them, including crouching punches, foot sweep kicks, high punches and jump kicks when you are the proper distance apart (approximately two body-lengths).  Lee-Shaorun isn't much more challenging than Lee-Pairun, except that he has a higher tendency to leap about.

| Kuan-Taren and Kuan-Yuen are very tall fighters.  As a result, you will find certain attack ineffective against them, including a high punch or kick, and foot sweep kicks.  However, jump kicks, low kicks, and crouching punches work fairly well.  You can actually leap up to the blue structures off the floor and attack from those platforms.  You will do significant damage if you manage to hit them in the head with a sweep kick.  Both Kuans attack with powerful kicks that have incredible reach.  You are generally safe from attack if you stay inside their range.  A gourd of some kind will float across the screen during your fight with Kuan-Taren in stage 3.  It's purpose is not fully known at this time.

| Fuei and Ryan are a special pair of fighters who possess the ability to project two instances of themselves at one time.  They will start out with one instance of themselves stacked on the shoulders of the other before leaping off and attacking you with both visions.  Little more distinguishes Fuei and Ryan than that which separates Lee-Pairun and Lee-Shaorun.  In fact, despite the fact that there are two of them, they fight identically to the first pair of fighters you encountered.  As such, they are susceptible to the same set of attacks.

| Raichen and Yuechen are a pair of ancient mystics, who can tap into schools of knowledge that allow for powers such as levitation and pyrokinesis.  They both have the ability to rise up in the air and float there for an extended period of time.  While there, they like to attack by showering you with a trio of fireballs.  While Raichen has a tendency to stay on the ground for a while before returning to the air, Yuechen's visits to the ground are extremely brief, making fighting him an extremely arduous task.  Additionally, Yuechen will surround himself with a circle of fireballs when his meter is down to one fan, but these fireballs do not hurt as badly as the ones he throws at you.  To help you fight against these hovering opponents, you can press the {{nes|A}} button on these stages to leap high into the air, and follow it up with an attack.  Low kicks are extremely effective against these two when performed in mid-air.  A good strategy is to face the left edge of the screen, and wait for the old men to float over there before you leap up and attack.

| The last scene takes place over three stages, as opposed to two.  The three opponents are primarily the same fighter, but the conditions of the scene change.  All three men, Gyoku-Ryu, Rai-Ryu, and Ten-Ryu, are masters of kung-fu, and have the ability to toss explosive blasts at your feet.  In addition, they cannot be defeated by normal means.  Even if you remove all of the fans from their health meter, they will not fall unless you perform one specific action.  In each stage, a sword will appear on a column.  Once you pick it up, you can launch it forward with {{nes|A}}.  If you hit the fighters in the face with a sword when they are sufficiently low on health, they will be defeated.  You must hit them in the head, no where else will work.  Once you toss it, you will have to pick up another one if you missed.  In Stage 11, the position of the sword remains fixed.  In Stage 12, the position of the sword moves about from column to column until you collect it.  Stage 13 is just like Stage 12, except that the sword is invisible.  You must leap about the room and listen for the sound that indicates that you have collected the sword before you attempt to throw it at Ten-Ryu's head and beat him.