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Avildsen filmed hours of footage from the tournament from multiple angles

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Decades after their fight at the 1984 All Valley Karate Tournament, a middle-aged Daniel LaRusso and Johnny Lawrence meet again as martial arts rivals. During the original filming of The Karate Kid, the late director John G. The team behind Cobra Kai searched the studio vault and found a ton of never-before-seen clips, which they were able to introduce into the series via flashbacks.

Ralph Macchio told Uproxx that there are three completely new angles of the famous crane kick

One of these features Zabka’s real-life mother, who was in the stands from multiple angles never seen until 2018. Many people believe that Miyagi’s name on his tombstone is a continuity error, as in Karate Kid 4 (1994) his name is listed as Keisuke, but it was actually previously shown on a sign Chozen held for him in Karate Kid 2 (1986). ) as Nariyoshi.

Cobra Kai is a lot better than I thought it would be

This means that The Next Karate Kid got its name change, while Cobra Kai kept the name it was previously given. Another interesting fact, however, is that the name given in The Karate Kid Part II was not the original name given to Miyagi. In Karate Kid (1984), you can briefly see on Miyagi’s dog tags, attached to the keys to the 1948 Ford that Daniel received for his birthday, that Miyagi’s name is Hideo featured in The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Anthony Mackie/Ralph Macchio/Kiry Shabazz (2018).

I’m glad I was wrong

I grew up a Karate Kid fan, but I wasn’t sure what to expect from this and thought it would be a cheap way to get money from a kid. It’s a lot better than it should be, especially William Zabka! He is absolutely the star of this show as Johnny Lawrence.

Root for him more than Daniel (Ralph Macchio)

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