Japanese Karate Sensei Reacts To "THE NEXT KARATE KID"

[@j0cr0z]

Haha, @ 13:08 you said you were confused. You missed the part of the story where She mentioned she didn’t know how to dance. This was just a way Mr. Miyagi could teach her how to dance while disguising it as a “kata”. It’s the same principle as him hiding chores for Daniel in the original, only that time it was to teach Julie how to dance.

[@HepCatJack]

At 8:15 two, the crossing back was her putting some dance into her kata. The Box steps she practiced with Miyagi was the slow Waltz.

[@seanmikhael1767]

Yeah a few things he was confused by. I thought *he* cut the video, but I guess he's watching a precut video without context that someone made for some reason.

[@kaddish13]

@@seanmikhael1767 yeah he is confused in all the movies. for example in The Karate III, he ask about the bonsai tree, but in the same scene, just a minute before Daniel explaines that Mr. Miyagi brought a tree from Okinawa and placed it there. but he was all confused and like, 'bonsai don't grow in places like that' well no, Miyagi put it there. so yeah he dosen't watch all of the movie for some reason

[@TheMixedPlateFrequency]

@@kaddish13 I think he doesn't watch the entire movie due to copyright reasons. There was like a few youtubers and reactors who got their vids taken down or blocked when they included a large percentage of the movie in their video. Crazy part is, some of them did reacts to the karate kid movies, before Cobra Kai came out, and nothing happened to their channel, until after the Cobra Kai series came out and became popular.

[@panpiper]

Yea, he's clearly not watching the movie and just skipping through to various scenes.

[@willythebluebear]

Almost 20 years later, the girl, Hilary Swank, made a wonderful film with and of Clint Eastwood about the world of women's boxing. a masterpiece.

[@richardstephens5570]

The movie was called, "Million Dollar Baby".

[@jgsrhythm100]

You won Best Actress Oscars for both " Boys Don't Cry" (2000) and " Million Dollar Baby" (2005) She is the most accomplished than anyone else in the franchise!

[@wildlifewarrior2670]

To be fair this was her first movie

[@markv1274]

@@wildlifewarrior2670 Uh, no. BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER, anybody?

[@srico7313]

​​@@jgsrhythm100She is obsolete to this franchise just a fun foot note . Kobra Kai never dies watch the seasons and learn and experience the reality and don't live in lies .

[@Von_D]

Now you've sealed your fate. Now You must do Cobra Kai. No choice. Ahahahahaha!

[@paladin313]

I always thought this film tried to stick to the more philosophical side of the art than tournaments and proving who is the best. For that much, I did appreciate the approach they took.

[@moony6692]

When I was a kid, I watched this movie before any of Daniels KK movies and as a girl (around 12) who was also "angry" cuz of life stuff.. this movie means so much to me. Could relate to Julie so much and wished I had someone like Mr. Miyagi to guide me.

[@Drachenhannes]

We all wish we had a Mr miyagi in our lives. But you seemed to have turned out great. =)

[@brycekeeney4995]

I think you would enjoy the movie "Never Back Down Undisputed." it stars Michael J White and it portrays his traditional karate versus MMA fighters. It does a good job of being accurate to Karate as far as movies go anyways.

[@Icewolf81]

Is this the 3. one? In German there is the title not the Same. But if you mean the 3. Nverver back down I had to agree. The karate, at my opinion, in the movie is good.

[@bryanaguiar1036]

Hey I was gonna say that

[@sliderx1897]

As a karate practitioner those are some of my favorite

[@mildvamp]

the movie was terrible though, i mean lets be real the only thing good about that movie was michael j white

[@jekyll2hyde822]

No. The raid redemption

[@DamonNomad82]

4:48 I knew the first time I saw this scene that there would be trouble if Julie tried to swat the roach. My great-grandparents lived in Tibet during the 1920s and 30s, and were once tried for murder because they hung fly paper in their house. (They were found not guilty because the flies were ruled as voluntarily ending themselves by flying into the fly paper.) Buddhism has a very serious view against killing living things.

[@blacjackdaniels200]

So I guess if you’re just walking on the floor and you step on a few ants, it’s viewed as involuntary manslaughter? I can’t even begin to fathom the ridiculousness of the laws of that country, but I bet they don’t have open borders like we do

[@jacobdean4833]

I love how by part 3 and this one you have pretty much caught on to the Karate Kid patterns... I love your breakdowns! Very well done on also teaching us true meanings and what's right or wrong. I would love to see you do this to other Karate movies.

[@ken_9359]

Bruce quoted as saying, "I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times." I take this as meaning it's not how many kicks you know, but it's the kick that you know the best by practicing that one kick so many times.

[@gamermixy.t3664]

Yeah , Bruce Lee favourite kick was " side kick

[@mariobergnini8897]

Until a stunt guy whipped his ass lol

[@christincavanaugh2357]

He was teaching her to dance because she wanted to go to a school dance with her boyfriend. She was unsure so he used Karate to teach her. It was maybe not true to martial art but it was a cute way to get her to learn the steps.

[@Terahnee]

I get this is an old comment by now, but, yeah.... it's a bit obvious he only watched some scenes for this one and #3 when he was confused as to why things were being done a certain way. If he'd watched the whole movie he'd make the connection that he was teaching her to waltz by using what she already knew. The reaction for #3 was he didn't know why a bonsai was growing where it was. It's explained earlier that Miyagi brought the bonsai with him and planted it where it would be safe. Otherwise, I enjoyed his reactions to the movies, I just wish he'd watched all of the movie.

[@danielvillarreal6610]

I’ve always like the Mister Miyagi character. He’s a sweet old man, but he can dispense pain when it’s necessary!

[@gabrielesolletico518]

Exactly!

[@jacobmosovich]

I like the idea of receiving a belt not because its physical but because of the reminder it brings. An affirmation of all the hard work i did to be where i am now. Confidence, pride. Those are good things to have in moderation.

[@sampanda5793]

Thank you sensei for your reaction. I was bullied when I was younger going to school here in the U.S. Not every Asian American kid like me knows karate or kungfu. I learned to avoid and ignore them. Over the years I was able to find ways to not walk into their paths so I take other safe paths walking home. Karate Kid 1 is my all time favorite movie and I am now 41.

[@mikemesser4326]

I was luckier. I was at a new school every year or other year. One fight per school (shortly after arrival). Never started a fight. Never lost a fight. Never studied how to fight. All it took was one fight. Noone bothered me after that. And I usually made a friend in the process - who discovered it was better to be my friend. (Made it a point not to hurt them. It was always about like fighting a child.) And it helped that the kids with martial arts had nothing to prove most of the time.

[@KurNorock]

I'm also 41. I was also bullied in school because I was so much bigger than everybody else in my grade. I was always a foot taller than the other kids my age. Most people think that would make me popular, but the reality was it just made me different, and people who are different stand out to bullies. I took the opposite path as you. I decided that running and hiding wasn't who I was. So I stood up to my bullies and beat the crap out of them. Which wasn't too difficult since I was considerably larger than everybody else. Standing up to the bullies and not being afraid to fight back almost always took care of the problem. 9 out of 10 times the bully would stop and even try to befriend me afterwards. The other 1 out of 10 times the bully would just avoid me. Looking back though, I think that some amount of bullying is necessary for young boys. It teaches you who you are deep down. You learn to stand up for yourself, or you learn to avoid confrontation. Either way, it prepares you for the harsh difficulties of adult life. I see some younger adult men these days absolutely breaking down under the smallest amounts of pressure and I can tell they were never bullied as a kid. They have never been punched in the face. They have no idea how to handle confrontation of any sort. And it isn't good for them.

[@sampanda5793]

@@KurNorock Thank you for your reply. It’s good to see different situations being handled differently. I don’t think there’s a wrong way to handle a situation if it teaches us to become a better person. I see where you are coming from buddy. I had a black friend who was over 6 feet tall and his name was Jamal in Jr. High. Anyways, the other students would bullied him because he was tall, wasn’t outgoing, and couldn’t play basketball. They called him black sorry ass giant. The students were afraid of him because of his height and intimidations. His angry facial expressions would scare them. He was never hurt physically, but inside he was hurting. I would see him tearing while standing against the wall during recess all by himself. He didn’t have any friends. One day I introduce myself to him. I kept on coming to stand next to him every recess. As weeks goes by a word from him turned into a sentence then as time goes by we had a conversation when no one in our class would talk to him. We became friends…we shared lunches, snacks, studied at the library, and was partners in class projects. I truly regret not keeping in touch with him because of both him and I went on to different high schools. I was young and so was he so we didn’t have the thought of asking for each other’s phone number. I thought I would see him again…but we haven’t. Also, during those times there was no cell phones for the consumers or who could afford it. I myself didn’t have a computer or knew anything about email. Sorry for going off topic. Thank you again for your reply buddy. Thank you Sensie and thank you KZbin.

[@SoniaJbrt]

Turning 41 on Sunday. So true that hard times makes you stronger. As a woman, in my 20's I was controlled by a narcissistic man who also beat me up. I was so afraid. My sister knew self defense, she was in the police force then. I didn't know any self defense. My sister and my cousin got me out of there, I got married to the most wonderful man and I haven't seen or heard from that coward again. But now I am stronger and I have helped other women in similar situations. More emotionally. I still don't know much self defense, cause now I have an extremely strong husband by my side, tall and muscular and a deep voice, but such a gentle loving heart and so kind. I don't need self defense when I'm with my husband, cause he looks pretty intimidating, people with bad intentions just never bothers us. My husband doesn't like to fight at all. I have never seen him use his fist, but he did trim our palm tree, got all the dead branches off with his bare hands, and usually you need a ladder and a chainsaw for that! 😂

[@sampanda5793]

@@SoniaJbrt It’s great to hear your story. I’m glad people are sharing their stories. Thank you.

[@RrowdyBeast]

This was a guilty pleasure movie when I was a kid lol 11:45 Julie was sort of a loner, and her reasoning for not going to her school prom/dance was that she couldn't dance; she said this directly to Mr Miyagi. He's tricking her into thinking that they're practicing something new, but it's just him teaching her a basic Waltz lol 13:45 So the 80's got people in the US into martial arts, the Karate Kid alongside other movies and shows. But there was a lot of pushback saying that it wasn't practical, and all of the movies were winning tournaments or bad choreography. The 90's had this big boom of martial artists in more edgy, extreme roles alongside with some Hong Kongesque choreography coming into the mainstream; there was this big push to show that martial arts could be practical, so they up the ante in the movies. Kids weren't just fantasy warriors or winning tournaments with Karate against their high school bullies anymore; they're fighting criminals, crooked authority figures abusing power, etc. Looking back on it, yeah TNKK is cheesy, but it did push concepts like training somebody that already knew how to fight, a strong female protagonist, It had a decent soundtrack, aaand I guess pushing a croptop in the mid-90's was sorta brave so there's that

[@jamealjordon1376]

All that... and The Next Karate Kid still killed the franchise. And if it wasn't people taking a different look at the first three movies, especially the first, Cobra Kai (which still avoids mentioning this stinker of a flick and mentioning its Julie at all) would not exist, and would remain in the movie dustbin along with Sidekicks, The Magic Kid movies and whatever TJ Roberts else was in. Also 1994 was when The Next Karate Kid premiered, that's 1 year after Mighty Morphin Power Rangers debuted and took martial arts display and stories (even if they were of the fantastic nature) and made it for television, thus the loss of spectacle and intrigue was lost, as it could be found weekly on your local free television. Sidekicks gets a bit more, hmm nostalgia even if its the Karate (or Tangsoodo or Kung Fu) Kid with a daydreaming kid plus Chuck Norris because it came one year before MMPR, which was a juggernaut. And 3 Ninjas, came out the same year, but was played more for laughs, and then had worse sequels than the Next Karate Kid.

[@tenaciousape56]

In the dance scene it was Mr Miyagi trying to teach her a basic box step for a school dance because she did no know how to dance so he showed her using a kind of karate idea to get her moving this way to then show her how to move her feet when doing a basic idea of dancing. With Mr Miyagi every lesson he teaches can be something else, so that was what was happening.

[@amberleyssensmusic]

In the dancing scene, Miyagi found a way to teach Julie how to walz without letting her know what was going on. If she had known it was a walzing lesson, she probably wouldn't have given it a chance.

[@spacemaker8760]

The reason he dont get that s because he cant dance himself.

[@gwencrawford737]

What you missed on this one... is the dancing. Julie's father and Mr. Miyagi, served together in World War II. Mr. Miyagi taught her grandfather karate... and in return, Julie's grandfather taught him how to dance. Just as Miyagi teaches certain everyday movements as loose analogs to martial arts techniques... he used martial arts techniques, to get Julie moving roughly how she'd need to move to perform the basic couples dance known as a waltz.

[@ellobo2899]

I cant wait🤣. Yusuke is so good at Breaking movies Down and going through the techniques🤩

[@bluetopia42]

It is a pleasure to listen to you. Many greetings from Germany!

[@georgefoley9793]

Sensei, the practice around 14:00 mark is a traditional Goju-Ryu practice. We do it at the Goju-Ryu dojo where I practice at; infact, my sensei had me do it just a few days ago. It is also done with forward and backward movements in Sanchin Dachi and Zenkutsu Dachi, and of course without music.

[@j0cr0z]

2 things wrong. The time stamp.. it was @ 13 min.. and you also missed the point of the “dance kata” in the context of the movie. She said she didn’t want to go to the dance b/c she said she didn’t know how to dance. Had nothing to do with karate.

[@georgefoley9793]

@@j0cr0z My point is simply about the excersize of simultaneous punch aimed to the shoulder of the Uke (partners), which is why I intentionally avoided the "dance kata" reference and pointed the 14:00 time stamp point to highlight that specific movement. In Goju-Ryu, this excersize is done progressively from slow speed to full power, full speed forwards and backwards in sanchin dachi and zenkutsu dachi to develop timing in kumite / sparring.

[@j0cr0z]

@@georgefoley9793 oh boy, you are one of those 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@andysloane79]

@@j0cr0z One of "those"? As in an actual practitioner of karate who gets irked when Hollywood gets it wrong when they don't have to? For a franchise that was supposed to showcase Okinawan karate, though they are fun and mostly well written movies, they did a terrible job at showcasing authentic Okinawan karate.

[@j0cr0z]

@@andysloane79 AND THERE IT IS… 😂😂😂

[@RyFol717]

I love anything about the Karate kid and Mr Miyagi 🥋👊

[@breebrat56]

YAYSSS!!! I’ve been waiting for this last karate kid reaction!!!! It’s my favorite!

[@Deined]

Hey, Karate Dojo waku, it was interesting that you actually found some good karate techniques practiced here. The Next Karate Kid is generally considered the black sheep of the film franchise, in no small part because we don't actually see a lot of karate (or action in general, for that matter). You're definitely right about Julie's actress, Hilary Swank, being athletic. In high school, she was in swimming competitions and was one of the top junior gymnasts in her state. Hilary starred in Next Karate kid when she was nineteen, so the athleticism and flexibility were still very much there. She still occasionally does action roles to this day, including her second Oscar-winning turn in Million Dollar Baby.

[@DCFCfanatic]

I remember back when I was in the 5th grade, about 11 years old, I started to take Karate classes. Then the first Karate Kid movie came out. We ended up getting a ton of new students because of that movie. Our Sensei actually said in front of everyone not in these exact words "Most of you are only here because of a movie. I can tell you right now that most of you will be gone within the next week or so." He was right. almost everyone that was there realized it was nothing like in the movie. A few made it through. But that thing you mentioned about the wrist..yeah there were many of these kids that were constantly doing that cuz they had seen it in the movie. Our sensei would get pissed about this cuz it was always happening. he would walk up to the students and grab their hands and correct them. the rest of us would just had to suffer through all those Karate Kid wannabes. One of them caused me to get hurt. At the time we were just practicing various blocking techniques. He started to joke around. He was supposed to block a simple front kick from me and for some unknown reason he also threw a kick which made hard contact with my right foot. There was a loud snap. the guy broke my toe and I was out for a while. I just know that when I came back he was no longer around.

[@ChristophBrinkmann]

Was pretty shitty of the sensai to say "A lot of you are here because of a movie" though. I can guarantee at least some of them would've persevered had that not been said. There's nothing good that ever comes out of gatekeeping. So bad on him for pulling that shit.

[@ClockworkAnomaly]

@@ChristophBrinkmann gatekeeping has a purpose. The correct lesson is balance.

[@HepCatJack]

The same thing happened when the movie "Swing Kids" came out. Many students showed up to dance studios wanting to learn only acrobatic aerial moves. Many soon left disappointed because they had to learn basic steps and to be aware of other couples on the floor. Cool aerial moves are like icing on the cake; if there is no cake, just icing doesn't taste so good.

[@darthwolfX2]

@@HepCatJack true

[@puffyjo]

The Karate kid movie was one of favorites in the 80s. The 80s was an amazing time for alot of things. As for the series of the movies they were inspiring for most people at the time. Pat Morita was the focus of the movies for me . I love that man. Do really understand you need to "listen" and feel the relationships.

[@barrettokarate]

The writer of the original trilogy, Robert Mark Kamen (goju-ryu and isshin-ryu stylist) didn't write this movie or have anything to do with it other than the use of some of his characters. So, they didn't have a "Okinawan karate technical advisor". The choreographer, Pat Johnson instead used kata from his system American Tang Soo Do. This 7:55 is the beginning of one of our forms called "Chin Te". From there she goes into another one of our forms Nianchi Sahm Dan 7:58 & 11:02, which resembles shit-ryu's Naihanchi Sandan more than shotokan's Tekki Sandan. The weird Radio City Rockette moves she was doing prior...no idea what that was.

[@traviswaggoner7124]

What's crazy is that Pat Morita didn't have an accent. He had to learn one for the Karate Kid movies! I forget the name of the man who did the fight and stunt choreography for the movies. He and Pat Morita became friends and there is a wonderful documentary called The Real Mr. Miyagi.

[@DamonNomad82]

I was completely thrown off when I watched Pat Morita being interviewed about playing Mr. Miyagi and hearing his normal voice as opposed to his "Miyagi voice".

[@traviswaggoner7124]

@@DamonNomad82 He was a standup comic for a while. He did a great impression of Buddy Hackett!

[@Karatejin]

15:49 that almost happened to me many, many years ago. For a few seconds I had forgotten that you should expect no "honor", no "rules" in a street brawl.

[@Sage2000]

13:00 I think he is trying to “trick her” into realizing she can dance, she can do anything when she focus and stop being so angry. Also: yes, she is way more athletic than Daniel was back in the day. I hope she have at least a cameo in Cobra Kai b

[@curtrogers1715]

Thank you that is a nice reaction. Everyone is better than the last in the series with you. Most people are so critical but you are understanding and explain things very well. I’m gonna definitely put my friends to your site. Thanks for the fun until next time.

[@theglobalcitizenship]

The Dance Scene, from a cinematography interpretation standpoint - I think what the screen writers were trying to envision (and could be understood by Western Audiences) was that, in the beginning scene, Miyagi and Julie were practicing how to punch and Mr Miyagi noticed that she wasn't able to be in 'sync' with his movements. One such way of enabling and developing her sense of coordination and awareness was for her to learn the art of dance in unison with Mr Miyagi; this is to, I believe, theoretically allow her to trust her kinship with Mr Miyagi and then hopefully, translate those skills into being able to strike in unison. So it's not the dance itself, it's the lessons of being in sync, being aware of your partners movements and being aware of the steps and the rhythm of movement - which is the pivotal part of that scene.

[@totallybored5526]

Nah, she just felt uncomfortable dancing so he came from a perspective of karate to show she can dance and not be uncomfortable. It’s not complicated

[@SaxyLament]

@@totallybored5526 Exactly this. In the past movies he taught Daniel karate through mundane tasks. But here, he taught Julie a (not quite) mundane task through karate. She ended up not needing to be able to dance that way but it still made for a nice bonding scene between them.

[@hulky333]

Hilary Swank made a pretty awesome Ninja movie. I think is called Ninja 3 Domination😮

[@VENOMS_WRAITH]

That was Lucinda Dickey, not Hilary Swank.

[@GodlessReason]

13:00 He's just teaching her how to dance a basic walzer for her prom night.

[@puffyjo]

You need to listen to the entire movie to understand the dance scene . She says she does not know how to dance. He was teaching her how to dance. Hilary Swank is now a huge star and she's amazing. And that thing on the table was not a cockroach it was an armoured shelled wood centipede.

[@NerdTrek_stfc]

Oss. Elvis Presley and Michael Jackson used some karate moves to their performance on dance it's clear in Thriller

[@UrbanAnywhere]

In the dancing part, he was using Karate to teach her how to dance because she didn't know how to dance. It was a reverse of him using regular movements to teach Karate. It was her dance coming up and she didn't know how to dance basically.

[@christopheryochum3602]

I was hoping you'd do this one. Everyone skips it, but it''s fun. Enjoyed...and you WERE confused. Mr. Miyagi was just messing with Julie, making her think it was training, when he knew she needed to learn how to dance. Only thing I thought was stupid was after Mr. Miyagi sharpened the knife, he just started cutting. Iron filings with your salad, anyone? :) Really enjoyed this!!! Thanks!!!

[@dragonmaster3030]

Don't know if he's done it yet but shalion soccer would be one hell of a reaction

[@benbrill1384]

"Belts are only good for holding up your pants" -Bruce Lee

[@mkaplan1383]

"Itadaki masu" in the most simplest way to translate means "I humbly receive." I admire the Japanese for starting their meal. In a Christian and Messianic household where I am from, we prayed and bless the food before eating.

[@alebroker7587]

You are right, when I visited Kyoto, I was mesmerized by the way of the japanese gardens, what a beautiful city.

[@greyhawk4898]

I don't know if it makes much difference but Mr Miyagi is supposed to be from Okinawa. There is definitely American influence in this movie. As a side note, the advanced students of my sifu did blind train, but against people not inanimate objects.

[@barrettokarate]

The trilogy was written by an American who spent time in Okinawa in the 1960s. This movie was written by an American, who had never been to either Okinawa or mainland Japan.

[@Shanethefilmmaker]

What he was doing with that Kata, was that he was doing a reversal of his usual tricks. Only instead of Chores leading to Muscle Memory blocks, he was trying to teach her the Waltz through Karate. She earlier mentioned that she didn't know how to slow dance and she had a date to a dance.

[@awp_fan7292]

I know this because I’ve studied Japanese culture and martial arts my whole life, I love the discipline and philosophies of Japanese people very beautiful culture and people

[@Ozymandias1]

There always has to be a burning oil drum in the background of street fights in movies. 😅

[@StrainXv]

I would love for you to watch fight scenes from the Raid and do some analysis from a Karate Sensei of Silat. Also, Buddhist monks are known for enjoying some fun and playing practical jokes. The ones I met in Korea were good natured and enjoyed a laugh now and then.

[@VenturiLife]

The Raid 2 is primarily Pencak silat. It has little in common with Karate, and probably originated from India in the dark past and was introduced to Indonesia. It's very dynamic and probably has more in common with Kung Fu (also introduced to China from India originall).

[@StrainXv]

@@VenturiLife He's done reviews on movies that don't primarily focus on Karate, see his analysis of The Jackie chan "Karate Kid."

[@marcelosilveira2276]

5:16 this scene reminds me of when I was praticing kenjutsu... at the last training of each month we would go to a bar next to the dojo, and in one such nights I saw an ant walking toward my pizza, so I crushed it... then the sensei looked me in the eyes and asked "why did you killed it?" and I had no reasonable answer to it, since it wasn't actually at my food.

[@jayve4433]

Did you notice that ichiro the old guy playing the music at the Shinto shrine temple in karate kid 2 when Daniel and Mr. Miyagi went to Tomi village in Okinawa is one of the monks here in the next karate kid, Mr. Miyagi told Daniel when he leave Okinawa that old guy was in the same place doing the same thing playing the same tune, he is the monk that shoots the arrow at Mr. Miyagi before they leave the monastery, he’s the one Daniel helps carry his cart or wheelbarrow of carrots to get weighed by Chosen after he dropped them in front of where Daniel was staying with Mr. Miyagi in Okinawa

[@andysloane79]

Yes, it's the same actor but not the same character.

[@tonygallagher6989]

The popularity of Karate was at a high here in the UK when this came out. The original Karate Kid film had been responsible for much of that. It meant that this film was seen for what it was though. Maybe it was the same in other countries too.

[@jayve4433]

Now you just need Cobra Kai, and Sidekicks

[@DblTap317]

That's interesting about the monks dancing being "American" I think it gives the audience something about them to relate to. I think we have trouble distinguishing refrain, self control or sacrifice and being forced not to do something or denied something which I think are vastly different things from the way monks or even nuns may see. But the audience has to be told they are like us too and different. Not just different.

[@jimmyrodriguez5670]

At 3:15 I was also freaking out at how dangerous it was the first time I watched it years ago. Funny to see how your reaction was so similar. I still get nervous when watching it.

[@victorialira]

I liked the reaction! But you left out the jump on to the car in the beginning of the movie

[@Ateezwooyoung]

He didn’t even watch the whole movie. It’s infuriating and annoying tbh.

[@ericmarshall8097]

I loved it that you didn't see that Miyagi was teaching her how to dance through Karate. It was the wax on wax off moment if this film. It is more evidence that you are truly nihonjin and a Karate teacher thinking it was an actual karate lesson he was doing.

[@JavaJane87]

We (some people) say grace before a meal. Similar concept. Thanking and asking for blessings for those who have helped provide this meal from the growing to the eating. There's more to it than that, but that's the basic example.

[@martinmanuelrochon4517]

11:45 miyagi, what are you doing? AJJAAJAJ

[@fossilkingdom]

We call that "grace" before a meal, same thing. Giving thanks to everything you have, your meal etc.

[@markv1274]

Except the Japanese say it with one word. Christians prattle on so much, the soup gets cold before they start eating.

[@firepoet6926]

To explain the dance. The student has a dance that she is going to and Myagi offered to teach her dancing. He basically used the sequence to teach her to be comfortable with dancing and tells her karate is in everything

[@gamblincabbie9505]

Two things: One the "Karate Waltz" was due to Judie-son saying how could she go to dance, what if they play an old time music like a waltz. As M has been teaching her Karate, he figured it would be easiest to set up learning how to waltz to karate movements, as he knew she already knew those. Also, the folks in the Karate Kid movies (1-3 + Next) were taught by the same man who was the head referee in the tournament scenes. He learned from his time with American action star Chuck Norris. Edit: Also surprised you didn't reference the Zen-Archery or Zen-Bowling scenes.

[@markm4033]

Blindfolded, you begin to use your ears. Feel vibrations.

[@biguy617]

I like this new protagonist. I don't like the writing of the conflict though. I wish that was done better but I do want to see her come back in Cobra Kai to meet Daniel. Maybe they can be like siblings.

[@Joreel]

Being blindfolded and learning to sense what's going on around you is actually a technique used in military training. The point of it is to learn to listen to your surroundings in order to hear what your eyes cant see, as this can be very helpful when deployed in a warzone.

[@armouredpuppy]

You are correct, The garden reminded me of Kyoto. First thought I had.

[@JBearwa]

I came here for a review on the movie. I am staying because this is a delightful lesson on life. And a wonderful education. Sincerely thank you

[@fredricclack7137]

NEVER overstated ☯ Philosophy EVER!

[@shawndamccormick278]

I have never been able to watch this film. But I watched this just so I can watch with you.

[@angelalita77]

I came here because of the thumbnail reaction. I almost sprayed my drink out in laughter. 🤣

[@jayve4433]

You need to watch The Perfect Weapon, Best of the Best, Bloodsport, Shootfighter, No retreat no surrender, The Last Dragon, Revenge of the Ninja

[@kimberlytaylor5886]

This is my favorite Karate Kid movie. When I took Taekwondo, a couple of use did practice with a blindfold. One person would be blindfolded, the “opponent” didn’t wear one, and a third person was there to ensure we didn’t get too close to a mirror or the windows or bystanders.

[@MattyDemello]

I think politics ruined it.

[@XRos28]

The actress, Hillary Swank, won an Oscar - but this was her first movie... :)

[@Speculativedude]

I have the DVD collection of the series and in the commentary track for the first movie they have all the main cast and they kept (jokingly) giving Pat Morita crap for doing this one. Also it was very funny because they refused to say Hilary Swank's name and just kept calling her "That Oscar girl' every time they mentioned this movie, since she would later go on to win an Oscar.

[@internetgod5407]

Actually she was in Buffy the Vampire Slayer first

[@slake9727]

She won two oscars.

[@gbraadnl]

6:05 殺生(shāshēng) in Chinese. To take the life of a living creature. Related to Buddhism.

[@sophiasingleton7543]

When she stepped on the sand 😂

[@jayve4433]

I think in the scene Mr. Miyagi dancing with Julie I think he was trying to find a way to show her how to dance

[@gwendolynnowlan2427]

she should show up in cobra kai season 5

[@nathanmincey2087]

He was saying you can adapt a kata to use like a dance and or use the karate to transfer it to dancing

[@DarkmanEsq]

that drop kick at like 15:20 ,... put force into the kick before you release your hand,... increases centrifugal force,... hard to use it on an actor though xD

[@SoniaJbrt]

I have great respect for your Japanese culture. That is why my husband and me have enjoyed watching the Karate Kid movies, all 4 of them. My favorite is number 2 where Daniel goes to Okinawa with Mr Miyagi.

[@RyFol717]

Best part of this movie is at 7:53 when the monks find Julie listening to music while doing kata and they start dancing to it 🤣🤣 makes me laugh everytime

[@commonsensegaming1756]

First movie is the only movie anyone ever needs to see

[@samm7390]

I am really enjoying your content, if you want more to react for the crazy kid there is actually a series called Cobra Kai that takes place years after the first movie through the view of Johnny Lawrence who was the person that Daniel face in the first movie. It's three seasons but honestly it's really awesome day did a awesome job with staying true to the series and just being a really good well-told story.

[@jovanquinones8579]

Love tour reviews. You should do no retreat no surrender.

[@stephenwalsh4481]

Right you should review the Last Dragon Movie not on DVD here in the uk but its mostly on KZbin the Kung Fu one with Bruce Leeroy Green! You'll lovvvvve it!

[@Katarax]

13:00 he was teaching her to dance so she could go to her school dance... she didnt want to go because she didnt know how so miagi taught her how to dance using karate

[@HyperMediaCompany]

I just watched all the karate kid movies and iam suprised that they were all pretty good, normally with movies they get worse after the first one.

[@stevenstackpole9470]

I would like him to react to "Best of the Best". It is about the US Karate Team competing against the South Korean Team. Also the training leading up to that point.

[@fugitiveunknown7806]

I remember the end fight of that movie causing me to laugh hysterically as a kid. Bloodsport might be funnier. It's based on the "True Story" of Frank Dux! ;)

[@twooharmony2000]

12:51 she tells herself she can't dance. But would like to. This Mr. Miyagi learned dancing from her grandfather. And storywise, he is repaying the father by giving the family Kung fu of dancing to the daughter--family legacy can continue. He is connecting what she knows, moving Karate and using cognates, in Language (things that have the same meaning, and are said in almost the same way having almost the same sound, very similar, but from different languages) between the two languages of Dance And Karate. Dance uses Stepping and weight shifting. If you get general enough, stepping and weight shifting can also be said of Karate. He is finding what is common to what she would like to do with what is familiar to her.-Ernie Moore Jr.

[@Speculativedude]

I feel that it is a low point for the series, and to be fair, it was written and directed by a completely different group because the original writer/ director was disappointed in how the Karate Kid 3 had turned out. I have the DVD collection of the series and in the commentary track for the first movie they have all the main cast and they kept (jokingly) giving Pat Morita crap for doing this one. Also it was very funny because they refused to say Hilary Swank's name and just kept calling her "That Oscar girl' every time they mentioned this movie, because she would later go on to win an Oscar.

[@markv1274]

THE KARATE KID PART III is one of the dumbest movies in existence. Poignant? Yes. Enjoyable? Yes. Intelligent? No. Not one person involved in THE KARATE KID PART III had any right to give Pat Morita crap for doing THE NEXT KARATE KID. A tycoon has nothing better to do than go after a high school kid who won a karate tournament against a karate school that was known for thug tactics. All Ralph Macchio had to do was say "no" to the movie, and it wouldn't have happened. I mean, I enjoy THE KARATE KID PART III, but really, it's a rather idiotic film. Mister Miyagi's motivational speech to Daniel-san is excellent, but really, that's about it. And please, don't give me that "it's a movie, it's not meant to make sense" crap. People who say "it's a movie, it's not meant to make sense" are the ones who have spent their lives _only_ watching movies that don't make sense.

[@masculinogenerico]

I very much enjoy your videos, sensei.

[@OGDweeb]

"Dreams" by the Cranberries was one of my favorite songs to sing in the day. I love that scene ❤

[@lvrbc]

We all luvd mr. Miyagi character💛

[@nathanmincey2087]

Also remember Miyagi was supposed to be from Okinawa and using some kind of okinawian version of karate

[@goldenshark3182]

Karate originated in Okinawa

[@camiloiribarren1450]

I admit I watched all 4 original Mr Miyagi movies of the Karate Kid and I enjoyed this one. It’s very fun and very 90’s back then.

[@sonnentag1]

When they added the blindfold I kinda felt they were just playing to that trope you'll see in a lot of american karate movies. It reminds me of students of wing chun doing chi sao blindfolded, which definitely doesn't make any sense here. It's the point in the film when you know they've jumped the shark and any expectation of authenticity goes out the window.

[@Csillasza]

At 13min scene the girl didn't know how to dance, and this was how Miyagi taught her to dance. We do this kind of distance exercises.

[@tommynocka7765]

Where is the Cobra Kai Reaction? Its a very nice Series with the original actors from Karate Kid! Greetings from a German Martial arts fan😀

[@sevfregoso556]

I can tell your have actually have been in a really fight. I wonder who would to fight such a nice guy?

[@granadosvm]

15:21 "Don't do that, guys, it's not as powerful as it looks" I normally agree with your technical assessments, but I must say I have seen shoulders dislocates, jaws broken and knock downs resulting from descending kicks. The style where I started allowed them, and the accidents were not fun. The technique to making power is leaning the back leg slightly forward, to keep the hip in front of the base foot, making the entire body weight go with the kick, we used to count them as point when hitting in the chest, but when they hit the head by accident, they were no fun and once a class mate hit another on the clavicle socked of the shoulder, the the shoulder got dislocated. Those kicks were not allowed in official tournaments, though.

[@welshtiger86]

We use blindfolds a lot when sparring, I guess it depends on the type of fighting you study

[@pdraggy]

Hillary Swank... she used to be bigger than she is now lol but she grew up to star in many movies love to see childhood actors that grow up to be stars. You need to review the newest one with Jaden Smith :).

[@jamesfrance57]

From my limited Japanese I understand _itadakimasu_ as _I humbly receive_ .