The BotW DVD contains a "deleted scene", an alternate take of the openning battle of the film, with not only Mani, but Fronsac kicking ass martial arts-style also. Had they had used that take, instead of the one they did for the finished film, with just Mani fighting the soldiers, then that whole "I'm suddenly a kung-fu master" feeling at the end woulda made more sense....
bt, I can see why they didn't go with that scene, because even though on a techinal side it's a beautiful scene to watch....it would've thrown the pacing off for the whole film.