Yie Ar Kung-Fu is a story about Oolong's quest for greatness in martial arts. He wants to become the Grand Master of Kung-Fu and honor his father's memory. To achieve this, he must face tough opponents one-on-one in battles that take place on side-view screens.
The gameplay involves executing punches and kicks by pressing the corresponding buttons together with a directional button or arrow key. Oolong has an advantage of being able to jump higher than most of his opponents, but they have unique moves to stop him, such as sumo-style leaping motions, shuriken-throwing, nunchaku-swinging, etc.