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Avildsen shot hours of footage from multiple angles
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Decades after their fight at the 1984 All Valley Karate Tournament, Daniel LaRusso and Johnny Lawrence, now middle-aged, are once again rivals in martial arts. During the filming of The Karate Kid, the late director John G.
Ralph Macchio told Uproxx that there are three brand new angles of the famous crane kick
The crew behind Cobra Kai searched the studio’s archives and found a ton of never-before-seen clips to incorporate into the series in the form of flashbacks. One of them features Zabka’s real mother, seen in the stands at various angles that remained unreleased until 2018.
However, it is also interesting to note that the name given in Karate Kid II was not Miyagi’s original first name
Many people believe that Miyagi’s name on his tombstone is a continuity error, as in Karate Kid 4 (1994) his name is given as Keisuke, but previously a sign held up for him by Chozen in Karate Kid 2 (1986) read Nariyoshi. This means that it was The Next Karate Kid who changed his name, while Cobra Kai kept the name given to him previously.
Appearing on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Anthony Mackie/Ralph Macchio/Kiry Shabazz (2018)
In Karate Kid (1984), Miyagi’s first name is briefly shown to be Hideo on Miyagi’s dog tag attached to the keys of the 1948 Ford given to Daniel for his birthday. This show is the perfect mix of nostalgia, great 80’s music and badass karate.
William Zabka makes this show as Johnny Lawrence, he is everything
The storylines are interesting, the action scenes are well coordinated and everyone and their brother comes out of the theater. It’s wonderful.
