I LOVE MR. MIYAGI ❤️ *The Karate Kid (1984)*

[@shainewhite2781]

"Wax on, wax off." Mr. Miyagi was the perfect teacher for Daniel and he'll be missed very dearly.

[@DavidZ4-gg3dm]

He uses him as free labour.

[@TheRealPowerRanger]

@@DavidZ4-gg3dm and daniel got free karate lessons

[@KylezGotGame]

@@TheRealPowerRanger Free karate lessons, a free gi, a car, and a friend for life. I’ll paint a house and wax some cars for all that.

[@markplott4820]

wax on , whack off.

[@moiseman]

he's not real you know

[@professorbugbear]

Myagi is the teacher/mentor we all dream of having. One of my favorite characters of all time.

[@alfredsayers5969]

When this movie was on tv in late 80s/ early 90s, every boy was an expert in the crane technique on the playground the following day.

[@divemonkeys]

I was working in a NPS campground after this movie came out. One day while making my cleaning rounds there was a kid around 10ish standing on one of those short posts they use by roads, practicing his crane technique.

[@babs3241]

Quite a lot of girls, too.

[@rexmundi2986]

Also, every dad thought they could get you to polish their car by saying "wax on, wax off"

[@dnish6673]

Funny though, it turns out that “even if do right - can defend!”

[@jasonspaulding3949]

Mr Miyagi was more than a teacher he also became a father figure for Daniel

[@wikkedspindl]

Now you get in Deadpool 2 when Colossus said "it's time to fight dirty" and Deadpool responds with "sweep the leg Johnny"

[@toddjohnson5176]

Awesome comment brotha! Can't wait for Deadpool and Wolverine. 😎🥋👍🏽

[@toddjohnson5176]

Awesome comment. Can't wait for wolverine and Deadpool. 😎🥋🤙🏾

[@GenocideLv]

*Pointing Soyjak* OMGOMG U CAN UNDERSTAND 1 MORE DEADPOOL REFERENCE!!!1!

[@michaelcarey8388]

I'm impressed! Most people don't catch on to what Miyagi is teaching him with all the chores until it's explained.

[@hellowhat890]

23:22 If anyone was curious to know more about Mr. Miyagi's past. Prior to World War 2, he leaves Okinawa and emigrates to Hawaii (Why he left his home is explained in the next movie). Hawaii was where he met his unnamed wife. After Pearl Harbor was attacked, he and his wife were relocated to Manzanar the Japanese-American Internment camp. He ended up volunteering and enlisting with the U.S. Army during World War 2 and fought overseas. The 442nd Infantry Regiment is best known as the most decorated in U.S. military history and as a fighting unit composed almost entirely of second-generation American soldiers of Japanese ancestry (Nisei). Beginning in 1944, the regiment fought primarily in the European Theatre in Italy, southern France, and Germany. It was organized on March 23, 1943, in response to the War Department's call for volunteers to form the segregated Japanese American army combat unit. Much like the how the Tuskegee Airman were an all African-American fighting unit. More than 12,000 Nisei (second-generation Japanese American) volunteers answered the call. Unfortunately, while he was away fighting overseas in Europe, that's when Miyagi got the news that his wife died tragically. Daniel discovers that he's a Medal of Honor recipient and of course, Miyagi isn't one to brag or show it off.

[@poolhall9632]

A stark contrast to the reality of Pat Morita's childhood growing up in the United States Japanese internment camps during World War II. Have you seen the documentary "the real Miyagi" - it's an excellent history of Fumio Demura, on which the character of Miyagi is based.

[@hikikomicklori9290]

The Studio wanted to cut the scene about Miyagi's past. Thankfully the director stuck to his guns and kept it in.

[@CrazeeAdam]

It's honestly amazing the similarities and the differences between Miyagi and Kreese. Both fought in wars. Both were "heroes", but one man chose to silently mourn about it.. while the others shows it off any chance he can by hanging it on his dojo's wall. :(

[@CharlesEzakichi]

​@@poolhall9632 he spent time in the same camp as my grandparents.

[@larrybremer4930]

I have not known any Medal of Honor recipients but did know a Navy Cross recipient and a guy who earns an honor like that will usually tell you that earning one is much easier than wearing it.

[@stonecoldku4161]

The song "You're the Best" used for the tournament montage was originally going to be used in Rocky 3. It ended up being replaced with "Eye of the Tiger" when that song was written for the movie.

[@botz77]

"Is that Madeline Sitwell, from the boys?" I always think of her as 'The girl from Adventures in Babysitting' or 'Marty McFly's replacement girlfriend' or just Elisabeth Shue.

[@poolhall9632]

Where do I sign up to have Elizabeth be my replacement girlfriend 😮‍💨

[@John_Locke_108]

She's always been Ali with an "i' to me. I was 7 and she was one of my first celebrity crushes.

[@andrewjarvis7777]

nope, she is Jordan Mooney

[@tru3sk1ll]

Yeah when vee knows Elizabeth shue from the Boys that hurt me bad in the deep places

[@joeblankenship377]

Yeah, I figured she'd recognize her as Jennifer from BttF. Wasn't expecting her to say The Boys.

[@swordmonkey6635]

The unsung hero of the movie: Daniel's mom. She was supportive, positive and chill. She was successful at her job and was present for Daniel.

[@MrSinnerBOFH]

Truth! The mom was so supportive!

[@wantutosigh1117]

She also did nothing about her son getting beat up. So not exactly an unsung hero.

[@swordmonkey6635]

@@wantutosigh1117 she did exactly what needed to be done. She let him learn to stand up on his own with the help of a wise teacher.

[@patriciagarrison6884]

🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🐐🥇😮

[@GaryRPeters]

@@wantutosigh1117 he wasn't exactly telling her much about it.

[@shihonage]

Karate Kid 2 is different but just as good as this film. It also starts from the moment the first film ended, literally. They filmed an extended ending and then cut it, and then put it in the second film.

[@MagsonDare]

That scene was the actual end of the novelization of it. I think that the abrupt ending right as he won worked better as the end to the film, though, and it made for a great segue into the 2nd film by being the beginning of that one.

[@nickblood7080]

agreed. It's different and I like the first one the slightest bit better but my brother likes the second one a little bit more.

[@k.delpino1124]

The late John G. Avidsen (Oscar-winner for Rocky, 1976) directed the first 3 films of the franchise. The Rocky saga's composer, Bill Conti scored all these films too. Karate Kid was actually the name of an DC character from the Teen Titans. So the rights to the name had to be acquired in order to use it as the movie's name. I was 4 years old when this was released. One of the greatest cinematic experiences i ever had. Daniel's story hit home for so many of us kids, learning to be brave and having the right guidance to do so. This movie got me into classical karate to study and later on other martial arts. I knew of the late Pat Morita as an actor and comedian (Happy Days, Sanford & Son). Morita's voice as Miyagi was the voice of his late uncle and the dialect took some time in a few readings. Such a great performance and him being nominated for an Oscar (Best Supporting) was so cool. William Zabka (Johnny) went on to become a Oscar nominee as well for co-writing and producing a short film, Most (2003). All these things, plus "Wax on, Wax off" and 40 years later, you gotta love it. Also RIP to Martial Arts' legend Pat E. Johnson, playing one of the referees and was the film's fight choreographer.

[@tofersiefken]

Pat Morita, who many of us Gen-X and Boomers recognize as "Arnold" from Happy Days (1974-1984) really portrays the "Master Yoda" role with love, nurturing and patience.

[@Madbandit77]

He even earned an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor.

[@marioserra4916]

He is a staple from 80s movies as the wise old man. Perhaps the best portrayal for that role to be honest.

[@scipio7837]

Don't forget his appearances in MASH as Capt. Sam Pak

[@3DJapan]

He was hilarious as Arnold.

[@markplott4820]

Pat Morita was also in Babes in Toyland w/ Drew Barrymore.

[@TechnicallyTexan]

LOL!! “Carrying groceries up there must be a nightmare.” I get the idea Alli’s parents don’t carry their own groceries.

[@jlilley73]

If they do, they surely have a second entrance. Like a garage, probably 😆

[@Ghost8386]

RIP Pat E. Johnson, Pat Morita, and Rob Garrison. The film celebrated its 40th anniversary last month, on June 22nd.

[@toddjohnson5176]

Amazing comment. Pat e johnson was a really good fighter. He choreographed the fight scenes 😎🥋👍🏽

[@dwhelm84]

Her name is Elizabeth Shue, she played Jennifer in Back to the Future 2 &3, Chris the main character in Adventures in Babysitting (1987), and she was also in movie that was like, but not based off of Flowers for Algernon called "Molly", and she was directed a movie loosley based on her adolescence called Gracie.

[@MadcapMatt]

It's crazy to think that with the new TV show Cobra Kai Ralph Macchiao is older than Pat Morita was in this first movie.

[@daved2352]

I like how the kid at the end hands Daniel the trophy and proves Mr Miyagi right when he said "No bad student, only bad teacher"

[@eatsmylifeYT]

You can't even name JOHNNY? What a M O R O N.

[@JesseShadows37]

His name is Johnny Lawrence. Put some respect on his name, he’s been through a lot lol

[@eatsmylifeYT]

@@JesseShadows37 ikr?

[@JosephHernandez-u1n]

"Want a friend like him to take me under his wing," a staple of the 80s/90s mean fathers and kind grandfather types who take surrogate sons under their wings.

[@El_Deini]

Like Uncle Phil from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

[@blakefish80]

@5:20 "OMG they're in a karate gang? They're in a karate biker gang!?!... That sudden realisation of how utterly 1980's cheeseball ridiculous that scenario is was absolutely priceless 😂

[@tonytony7389]

The way the world is today who wouldn't want to be part of a karate biker gang?

[@blakefish80]

@@tonytony7389 Touché 😂

[@lightningjadejavier]

Probably people who are into another martial arts other than karate.

[@skyscavenger7732]

Cheesy, but it's still cooler than most things you see on media nowadays.

[@chadfalardeau5396]

The only thing cheeseier would be a Kung fu golf cart gang

[@dylancooper3690]

After watching Karate Kid I, II and III... you must watch the Cobra Kai series. It's beyond amazing.

[@VKunia]

👀👀 I think I might just do that.. hehe😏

[@TheChessicfayth]

@@VKunia And the remakes. It doesn't have the same charm, but its good in its own right!

[@dunringill1747]

@@VKunia YES! If nothing else, please watch Cobra Kai. Out of the movie trilogy, the first Karate Kid is my favorite. The Cobra Kai series pulls from the entire trilogy and elevates the franchise. It gives great depth to all the characters, both old and new. Incredible series. HIGHLY recommended.

[@BlamaMan]

​@@VKuniaDon't skip part 4 either

[@KurticeYZreacts]

​@@BlamaMan yes

[@CrazeeAdam]

Mr. Miyagi being drunk and thinking about his wife and... child.. in his war uniform.. just hits me hard every single time. Also i know he never states it directly but when Daniel asks: "Were you ever scared in a fight?" And Miyagi responds "All the time" I always think he's talking about the war. That fight. Not just hand to hand ones

[@petesolo70]

Pat Morita earned an Academy Award nomination for his portrayal of Mr. Miyagi.

[@DamonNomad82]

I'm so glad you've discovered the Karate Kid movies, and that you didn't start with the remake! Growing up, I had a grandfather who was a lot like Mr. Miyagi in many ways. He wasn't a martial artist, but he had a similar temperament (just replace the bonsai trees with flower gardening for a hobby) and was about the same height and build. While he wasn't ethnically Asian, he had grown up in Tibet before and during World War 2 and lived in Thailand for 23 years after that, so he had a similar East Asian "wise man" air about him and his house was full of Tibetan and Thai keepsakes and decorations.

[@MRLuckyE85]

"I hear the Pacific is freezing though." Yeah, that good old current coming down from Alaska'll do that, lol.

[@blowba]

Saw it in the theater back in 1984. That film inspired a whole generation to take martial arts and I was one of them.

[@luxurybuzz3681]

Pat Morita, who played as Mr. Miyagi, was a comedian. He was nominated Oscar Best Supporting Actor for The Karate Kid.

[@Sigma0283]

So, the bit where Daniel is doing all the work: wash the cars, sand the floor, paint the fence and paint the house was to teach him how to block via muscle memory. The chores also teach Daniel patience, dedication and that hard work pays off in the long run to achieve something. The chores also acted as a form of payment. The last reason Mr. Miyagi had Daniel do the chores was to test him and see how far Daniel was willing to go to learn karate and wanted to make sure that Daniel wasn’t wasting Mr. Miyagi’s time.

[@DukeDarkshadow]

The girl that plays Ali is Elisabeth Shue. You've seen her in Back to the Future 2 & 3. She's Jennifer.

[@thevagrantgaming]

Well she's also apparently seen her in The Boys

[@3DJapan]

Another one to see her in is Adventures in Babysitting.

[@SJ-ty5rw]

Cocktail , Leaving Las Vegas , The Saint

[@jasonkiefer1894]

Hollow Man, opposite Kevin Bacon. She does have a good resume.

[@Knight_Who_Says_Nee]

I like My Elizabeth Shue with Val Kilmer, via the movie "The Saint." The soundtrack in that movie alone is worth listening to.

[@osanneart9318]

My dad is a (retired) judo sensei, and his movie unironically inspired a little bit of his teaching method: be friendly, teach life lessons about internal balance and like you described it, teach the sport in a method that teaches resourcefulness and have the lessons of the sport apply to life, and have the lessons of life apply to the sport.

[@reginaldgickington4793]

Absolutely recommend Cobra Kai - I think you'd love it. Pretty simple and familiar premise; new kid moves to town, gets bullied, needs to learn karate to defend himself. But instead of finding a wise and worldly Mr. Miyagi, he finds an alcoholic deadbeat Johnny Lawrence. Genuinely one of the best shows out there, IMO. Knows exactly what it's trying to be, and does it immaculately, but it also showcases a lot more depth and complexity that is really interesting to see - the idea that "there are people in life who need Miyagi's lessons; to learn balance - and there are people in life who need Cobra Kai's lessons; to learn confidence and to fight for what they want; neither is inherently worse, they just have their own strengths and weaknesses".

[@Cocytus]

15:18 - I can clarify the Detroit Answer. So Detroit Michigan, AKA Motor City, was and kind of still is the Central Automobile Hub of America. Especially for GM (General Motors). So when answering Detroit in where the cars came from, it's basically saying the Original "birth place" of the cars where they were manufactured.

[@sammylane21]

The scene with Daniel and his mom are having lunch is so unusual because not many movies feature a scene where which tells you to look beyond the characters in foreground and pay attention to the ones in the background.

[@toob1979]

Growing up, my favorite parts of this movie were the karate scenes. Now, I appreciate watching Mr. Miyagi and Daniel become teacher and student, then friends. Elisabeth Shue was among my first celebrity crushes. Her brother, Andrew Shue, also acted. He became famous on the original _Melrose Place._ He played one of the Cobra Kai students in this movie. He also played professional soccer, so he may have given his sister some tips during the soccer scenes. Eagle-eyed viewers will spot a common actor between _The Karate Kid_ and _Revenge of the Nerds._ That's right. Lamar played one of the contestants in the karate tournament. It's hard to believe Larry B. Scott did such wildly different roles in the same year.

[@cinemaclips6074]

Now you’ll HAVE to watch ALL Karate Kid movies, including the reboot & the Cobra Kai series! 😁 🥋 no rush! Just really excited to see your reactions to everything 🐍

[@English_MoFo]

Not really

[@cinemaclips6074]

@@English_MoFo yes really

[@Nightwolf_500]

​@@cinemaclips6074 the reboot has nothing to do with this Karate kid and Cobra kai so why should she watch the reboot

[@cinemaclips6074]

@@Nightwolf_500 ohh buddy you have no idea do you?

[@DeweyFinn21]

@@Nightwolf_500 Because they're making a new movie connecting the 2010 film to the originals. Ralph Macchio and Jackie Chan are starring in it. It comes out next year.

[@moriellymoproblems7842]

A testament to Pat Morita's acting: he was born and raised in California, yet played the role of Nariyoshi Miyagi to perfection. Like Miyagi, Morita and his family were interned during WWII in real life.

[@tbmike23]

No way, you've never seen this? One of the most heartwarming father son dynamic movies I've ever seen. Miyagi helped Daniel in countless ways, but Daniel saved Miyagi.

[@Aaron-io8vw]

Fun facts. Karate Kid and the first Rocky film have the same director and same composer doing the score. Pat Morita who plays Mr. Miyagi did not known Karate and was a Stand up comedian. He was well known prior to the film for his role in the early seasons of Happy Days as the diner owner Arnold as well as appearances in Johnny Carsons late night show doing his stand up routine. He also did not actually have a accent like that as he was born in The US. The villainous teacher of John Kreese was offered to chuck Norris first but he was. No longer playing bad guys in films. William Zabka who p!ayed Johnny ,.did not have a karate background prior to the film but had wrestled in high school. The film inspired him to take up marital arts specifically Korean martial art Tang So Do . One of johnnys cobra Kai buddies is played by Chad MCqueen, son of Legendary actor Steve Mcqueen(The great escape, The Magnificent seven ). Chad quit acting in the 80s and went on to become a race car driver. Elizabeth shue is seen juggling a soccer ball with Daniel several times . Her brother Andrew Shue played professional soccer in the mid 1990s for the Los Angeles Galaxy in the MLS. Andrew was also a actor who was a regular on the tv show Melrose Place in the 1990's

[@erichebert5824]

Coming from someone who saw this as a kid, this is an iconic and ESSENTIAL coming-of-age movie for any early adolescent.

[@wantutosigh1117]

"Thanks for nothing" was said by Daniel because he just beat all those kids up and was now going to leave Daniel holding the bag. It's why Miyagi quickly changed his mind. He realized Daniel was right.

[@SimpleGroke]

This movie has nothing to do with martial arts. It’s about finding family. Martial Arts is merely present in it.

[@30noir]

That's why its called the family kid. Oh wait... no.

[@shihonage]

It's about Eastern philosophy which uses martial arts as a vehicle for living one's life. It's about Budo.

[@toddjohnson5176]

Very true. But if you have never been to a pro karate tournament, it is exactly like the tournament in this movie. You have to compete to know how real this movie is when it comes to that tournament scene. I have won multiple titles and never lost. You show up there and not know what you are doing, it 's gonna be a long day.But awesome comment brotha.😎🥋🤙🏾

[@viperdemonz-jenkins]

Karate kid keyword karate.

[@RadeticDaniel]

@@viperdemonz-jenkins first, neither Pat Morita or Ralph Macchio practice any karate in the movie. That's what we mean when we say it isn't a karate movie just like The Matrix is not a movie about guns despite having them on and used a lot. Second, the term Karate was used from the 1960's to the 1980's as its original meaning of "empty hands". That's why Bruce Lee fought in "karate" championships in the USA and how Chuck Norris won "Karate World Championships" when the competitions were more similar to modern day UFC regarding rules. If you understand this, a boxing movie would also be karate, despite no form of what Japanese culture means by karate being present. Finally, you could tell the exact same story in many different ways and it would still be the same movie replacing Karate by Kung Fu as in the remake or replacing martial arts by anything else as so many other movies done. There is nothing specific of martial arts that makes the story unique, other than being allegedly the source of Miyagi's wisdom.

[@lapourjenkins9724]

Johnny: It was the summer of '82. "Rocky III" had just come out. My buddy, Dutch was a huge Mr. T fan, so we went to the local theater to check it out. Sitting in front of us was this group of cute chicks, eating popcorn. Dutch started throwing Milk Duds at them. Miguel: What? Why would he do that? Johnny: Because it's an alpha move, man. Babes love when you treat them like crap. Anyway, eventually, the girls got so pissed off, one of them stood up and started yelling at us. That's when I saw her for the first time. Miguel: Saw who? Johnny: Ali. She dumped popcorn all over Dutch, got butter all over him. [Miguel giggles] I could tell right away, man, this chick was a firecracker. Miguel: So did you ask her out? Johnny: Yeah, I hit on her a few times till she gave me a chance. We went to Golf N' Stuff for our first date. Kissed on the Ferris wheel. We were madly in love. Dated for two years. For, uh, Valentine's Day, instead of rings, I gave her this pink jelly bracelet. She gave me this. (headband) Miguel: So then what happened? Johnny: Summer before my senior year, we got into a fight. I figured we'd work things out eventually. Then Daniel LaRusso came to town. Next thing I know, he's hitting on her. I see the two of them flirting with each other. Miguel: What'd you do? Johnny: Well, I walked over to have a civil conversation with Ali. But LaRusso kept butting in. I told him to get lost, mind your own business. Out of nowhere, the guy sucker punch me. Miguel: What an [beep]. Johnny: I know, man. I did what any dude would do, I defended myself. You know, I figured that was that. LaRusso wouldn't leave it alone. At the Halloween dance, I was sitting there, minding my own business, he douses me with the water hose. I hadn't seen the guy in months. Frickin' turns a water hose on my head! So I chase him down, try to put an end to thing that night, right? Turns out the guy's got a karate master of his own. Guy comes out of nowhere, jumps us, assaults me and my friends. I think my buddy Tommy got brain damage 'cause of that fight. Miguel: Oh my God. Johnny: Eventually, we decided to work things out at the All Valley Tournament. So we both made it to the finals. It was 2-2 Miguel: What--what happened? Who won? Johnny: LaRusso won, I lost. But what's worse is that I lost Ali. Miguel: Yeah. Johnny: Alright, the reason I'm telling you all this 'cause you gotta watch out for the LaRussos.

[@Admin-qy4zi]

I guess Johnny forgot the fact that Allie broke up with him before the movie began😂

[@IDyce88]

briefing on characters without spoilers: Daniel: Daniel is a charming young man who is fairly good with girls and wants to do karate, however he is known sometimes for lacking patience. Mr Miyagi: a kind old man from Japan, Mr Miyagi has a complicated and sad background but he knows a lot about Karate. he is wise and patient. John Kreese: this guy runs the local Karate Dojo and the way he teaches karate is COMPLETLEY wrong, Karate is about self defence, but this man used to serve in the army so he has a different view on things.

[@Ambaryerno]

Kreese's army service makes his behavior even LESS excusable.

[@IDyce88]

@@Ambaryerno since when does army teach martial arts anyway...well not karate anyway?

[@jefftheref72]

This movie came out at the perfect time for me, I saw it as a 12 yr old boy in the theaters with my dad. I remember not wanting to see it when my dad took me and my dad just said trust me. Boy was he right, I'm almost 52 and I remember how this movie made me feel like it was yesterday. It was one of the best movie experiences of my life, it's still one of my top 5 movies of all time and I've seen probably a thousand movies in my life. Great reaction as always.

[@JBatGaming2]

As someone who does karate I can confirm these are all actual techniques the Mr Miyagi teaches Daniel

[@toddjohnson5176]

Right on brother. I hold 5 black belts and am going for my purple belt in bjj. I am a 3 time full contact Karate Champion from San Diego. I always wanted to be like Johnny Lawrence. Because in real Karate tournaments, and not just point fighting, fighters like cobra kai run through everyone. I did it. This depiction is perfectly done. That's dope you train Karate. One of my Black belts is in Ed Parkers's kenpo karate. Keep up the journey brotha. You're dope!😎🥋🤙🏾

[@JBatGaming2]

@@toddjohnson5176 thanks man. I’m not a black belt yet because I restarted from the bottom at a new dojo. My best friend is a black belt and another friend is a gran champion of sparring up here and our dojo holds several victories at world tournaments. Always great to meet other people training tho

29:13 The guy doing the acrobatic kicks is a real martial arts champion, he is the movie's choreographer, and he is the martial arts trainer for all actors including Mr. Miyagi 😂.

[@FeaturingRob]

Mr. Miyagi was played by Pat Morita, who was a Nisei Japanese-American. Prior to The Karate Kid, Pat was best known as a stand-up comedian and comedic actor. On Happy Days, he played Arnold and on M*A*S*H he played Captain Sam Pak. The accent of Mr. Miyagi was inspired by Pat's uncle, because Pat had a California-flat accent in real life. As a stand-up, Pat had a very un-PC nickname he was sometimes called and that he used himself. There are clips on KZbin of his stand-up, including one for a Playboy produced show with Hugh Hefner and some of the Playmates in the late 1960s. No one wanted Pat to play the role of Mr. Miyagi, mainly because of Arnold on Happy Days. He couldn't even get an audition for the longest time. When he was finally able to, he nailed it and was hired. He was nominated for the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, but unfortunately lost to Dr. Haing S. Ngor for The Killing Fields. Pat did the next two Karate Kid films with Ralph Macchio, and then they tried to re-launch the series with The Next Karate Kid, and the student named Julie Pierce was played by future Oscar-winner Hillary Swank. Karate Kid II picks up immediately after the tournament! Personally, it is my favorite of the main three. The main trilogy was directed by John G. Avildsen who was the Academy Award-winning director of Rocky. Cobra Kai begins 34 years after the first Karate Kid, and initially focused on Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka), but it changed during its run for the best when it started balancing the Johnny and Daniel stories with that of the new generation of karate students. When Ralph Macchio returned to play Daniel, he was the same age as Pat Morita when he first played Mr. Miyagi, 57 years old. When the original was filmed, Ralph was 23, Elizabeth Shue (Ali) was 20, and William Zabka (Johnny) was 18. Cobra Kai is an AMAZING show and you really should watch it as it connects to the main Karate Kid films in so many cool ways. Unfortunately, the series will be ending this year with Part 1 of the 6th season posting on July 18th on Netflix. Almost every major character of the Karate Kid films, and many supporting ones, have appeared on the show. The one glaring exception has been Julie Pierce, Hillary Swank's character. Many fans, myself included, hope that she will show up if only for a cameo before the series ends.

[@thelionsshare6668]

Pat was also in an episode of the Odd Couple, as a Japanese WW2 veteran (for the Japanese side). Felix had met him on an island. He claimed to have been a Kamikaze pilot, but he got nervous, and landed safely. When Felix asked why he didn't go back, he explained "They only gave me one way map."

[@RalphiesWifey]

I love the immediate "I trust this man with my life" in the scene where Mr. Miyagi was showing Daniel how to trim the bonsai trees lmao

[@DaNaviOG]

"do we have to call the police on this" that's a perfect way to describe the whole karate kid saga and the cobra kai tv series.

[@Ambaryerno]

Honestly, that's how the movie would ACTUALLY end in real life: Kreese in jail and slammed with a lawsuit that would lead to his dojo being shut down.

[@jenshoppe607]

Yep, as much as I like both this movie and the Cobra Kai series, I can't help thinking "isn't there an adult present somewhere who can call the police on these guys?!" :)

[@wantutosigh1117]

Well especially in the Cobra Kai series. In the 80's kids were kind of left to handle their own bullies.

[@NealMarchuk]

Thanks for watching one of the best films of my youth, V! Glad you enjoyed it so much. This movie inspired me to try out karate lessons for myself, and even though I didn't stick with it past my high school days, I can tell you that what we saw from Mr. Miyagi isn't typical martial arts training. But Daniel had to prepare for competition against people who had been training for years, and had only months to gain the skills he needed. I think that's why Mr. Miyagi chose a very unorthodox training style. How effective it would have been in real life I can't say, but it's a lot of fun to watch. I also can't speak to the "Cobra Kai" series -- although I'd like to watch it, I'm not subscribed to the right service. However, if you decide to go through the original trilogy, I think you'd also like the 2010 remake. It has its own charm, with lots of thanks to Jackie Chan, as well as a number of respectful nods to the first film.

[@tulacagas]

I just learned that Pat Morita’s wife, Evelyn Guerrero was a lowrider model and the chola girl in blood in blood out. Awesome.

[@arcanask]

Damn. Pat had some based taste in women.

[@berserkrhadley]

I really liked her as Donna in the Cheech & Chong movies

[@trip189n]

You can see her fully nude in 1978's Fairy Tales where she is an S&M dancer.

[@StCerberusEngel]

I started taking Isshinryu Karate when I was 8. A lot of what Miyagi Sensei taught Daniel was very similar to what we learned. These are real techniques. The teaching methods are unique, but the form is pretty accurate. That's what I love about this movie. It's a very real depiction of the philosophy in martial arts. And then there's the relationship between Daniel and Miyagi. We all need friends like them.

[@GreenArrowHunter]

Enter the Dragon (1973) is another classic martial arts movie that you should watch next.

[@toddjohnson5176]

Phenomenal comment my brotha. That is in my opinion,the best martial arts movie of all time. When I got my kenpo black belt,I got a tattoo of Bruce on my forearm. One of my friends is Eddie bravo. The creator of 10 planet jiu-jitsu. Bro, on you tube look Eddie bravo and Joe rogan talk Bruce lee. You're dope brother. Bruce lee was next level!😎🥋🤙🏾

[@GreenArrowHunter]

@@toddjohnson5176 Thanks and you are right Bruce Lee is a legend that will never be forgotten.

[@TheRubberDuck77]

Fun Fact: Was reminded of an actual fun, fun fact when I got to the end and the, sweep the leg, scene. The band No More Kings did a song called Sweep The Leg which is based on this scene. And both Ralph Maccio (Daniel) and William Zabka (Johnny) are in the music video, and it is amazing.

[@OhnnyTsunami]

What a great series to start, Mr Miyagi is such a wonderful influence 🙏🏽Hopefully you make your way down to Cobra Kai! 👏🏽

[@HamillDavid]

It don’t take hundreds of years for a bonsai tree to grow 😂

[@magicwithpj7938]

The 2010 one was some of the best acting in Jackie Chan's career

[@magicwithpj7938]

How on earth do you live under a rock how do you not know Cobra Kai was a spin-off from this movie

20:35 Affirmative, those are real karate blocking movements. I'll try to remember correctly their names. Painting up is Kakuto Ate. Painting down is Harai Otoshi Uke. Waxing or Sanding from the inside to the outside are Kake Ukes. And Waxing/Sanding from the outside to the inside are Mikasuki Ukes, this last one I am not sure if they were mikasukis. 21:05 Dojos in beaches areas would drill students against the waves but with the whole uniform on 😂, the salt water add a lot of weight to the karate gi uniform.

[@NintendoCapriSun]

These movies were such a huge part of my childhood. I even had the paperback books based on them. It's funny 'cause they never actually say the Cobra Kai teacher's name in this or KK2. So I had to find out via the books that his name is John Kreese. Then they say it a lot in KK3, which everybody (except for me, seemingly) hated for like the first 30 years until the Cobra Kai show made references to it. I actually find Kreese to be pretty hilarious in KK3, but here in the first movie he's definitely detestable. He's barely in KK2. KK2 picks up right where this one left off, literal minutes after. And if you loved Mr. Miyagi in this one, he's just as great in that one. Cobra Kai is great too (Johnny Lawrence is still my favorite character in it) but I won't add to the deluge of requests that you'll probably start getting for it. Haha

[@christophercurtis4131]

One of my all-time favorite movies. Ralph Macchio as Daniel and the late Pat Morita as Mr. Miyagi were amazing. Elizabeth Shue, who played Allie, was also Jennifer in the second and third films in the Back to the Future trilogy. She was also in the 80's comedy film Adventures in Babysitting. And the one Cobra Kai member you said dyed his hair was played by Chad McQueen, the son of my favorite actor, Steve McQueen. The unit that Mr. Miyagi served in, the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, was a real unit. It was comprised of Japanese-American soldiers and fought in the European theater during World War Two. It was also one of the most highly decorated combat units in the ETO. Several of the men were recipients of the Medal of Honor.

[@dylancooper3690]

Can't believe you've gone this long in life without watching The Karate Kid!

[@jackprescott9652]

You can`t believe because is not true. All this "first time reaction videos" are crap. Just a way you tubers can get followers.

[@tru3sk1ll]

To be fair she's like 12, ok not really, but still

[@jackprescott9652]

@@neptunusrex5195 i didn`t, i came here by mistake. I saw the coment and i wrote an answer to this fellow above.

[@aankwenti]

@@jackprescott9652 bs

[@alfonsobiggers2452]

This is a childhood favorite of mine, and a beloved film of my whole family's. Everyone I know has some fond memory of _The Karate Kid._ Mine involves recreating the crane technique on the playground, my mother had a crush on Ralph Macchio back in the day, my dad finds it an inspirational film from his youth, but if we are all united on one thing, it is a love of Mr. Miyagi. I think only Forrest Gump comes close in being as beloved of a character as Pat Morita's iconic role. It is a defining performance in cinema that transcends the movie. We remember "wax on, wax off" of course, but we mostly remember his kindness and strength, and not just in karate. This is more than a film, it is as Mr. Miyagi says of karate, a "lesson for whole life".

[@PhysicalMediaPreventsWea-bx1zm]

Ali is played by Elizabeth Shue. She also was the second Jennifer in Back To The Future II and III. She would go on to star opposite Nicolas Cage in Leaving Las Vegas (receiving an Oscar nomination for Best Actress). More recently she played Jennifer Lawrence's mother in the horror film The House At The End Of The Street and was a series regular during the final years of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.

[@mikeaninger7388]

Don’t forget Hollow man.

[@Chris_Marrero]

"You...beginner luck." LOL! I love Mr Miyagi! To kinda answer some of your questions, when this movie came out it set off a HUGE national surge in our fascination with Karate and martial arts in general. Dojos sprang up all over the place. Everyone was obsessed with it. Really hope you continue watching the movies, and maybe even Cobra Kai series after that (it takes place after the movies and is REALLY good, nostalgic fun).

[@smavtmb2196]

A fun movie from my childhood. Love it. Fun fact: the station wagon used for Daniel's mom's car actually had an automatic transmissions, So push starting it isn't really possible. Even better fun fact: The car Mr Miyagi gives Daniel for his birthday is a 1948 Ford Super De Luxe, and after the movie the producer did actually give it to Ralph Macchio and he still owns it. It's even seen in the Cobra Kai series. VKunia I definitely suggest watching atleast the second movie. You'll learn more about Mr Miyagi. If you plan to watch the Cobra Kai series then it's important to watch the second and third Karate kid movies.

[@tearstoneactual9773]

Maaaan, how about that Terry Silver.

[@smavtmb2196]

@@tearstoneactual9773 no spoilers 🙂

[@tearstoneactual9773]

@@smavtmb2196 - Oh no, wouldn't dream of spoiling anything.

[@lect0n7]

I’m a 3rd degree black belt in Shaolin Kempo Karate, I began at age 4. I was formally taught blocking forms, I wax my cars with a pneumatic power sander that’s got a buffing sleeve over the wheel which special circular sheets of sandpaper which are like the soft loop part of Velcro (which is hook & loop fastening system), I use the same tool to sand floors)_

[@thenerdwholovesentertainme1721]

After you watch The Karate Kid Part II & III, You have to binge watch the Cobra Kai series.

[@Sigma0283]

Here’s some fun trivia: The car that Mr. Miyagi gives Daniel, it was given to Ralph Macchio when filming was finished. He still owns the car to this day.

[@maurer3d]

27:39 Cobra Kai (the show) is a continuation of the Karate kid movies (the originals 1, 2 and 3, not the reboot). It is also a pretty great show.

[@timmooney7528]

Kind of poetic as well since Daniel and Johnny are around the age of Mr Miyagi in the first film.

[@Danno-tl4rp]

This is a father & son movie. One of my favorites. A classic for all time.

[@levantreven9659]

The 2010 one isn't bad. It just should have been called the Kung Fu kid and been marketed not as a remake, but as a spiritual successor/adaptation. Jackie Chan is great in it.

[@flynnoldman3542]

100% agree

[@syn420951]

I said the same thing, and Kung fu kid actually sounds good as well

[@acdragonrider]

Right?! I saw the original when I was a kid, and then in comes the new one. I LOVED IT. One reason may be that I am Chinese so I just loved the experience of Chinese culture rubbing off on me in the movie both the good and the bad. The fight choreography is a lot of fun and Jackie Chan just really does a great job.

[@toddjohnson5176]

Phenomenal comment. I completely agree. They should of called it something else. It's not karate kid genre. It's lime with the new Crow movie.Calll it something else but that isn't Brandon lee. That's how you tank a movie. I respect Jackie. That was Bruce's friend and he was a stubborn double in enter the dragon. But that movie wasn't karate kid franchise good.😎👍🏽

[@toddjohnson5176]

​@@syn420951 Exactly.They should of called it kung fu kid. That'd been dope.😎🥋👍🏽

[@christopheryochum3602]

You're the first reactor I've seen who picked up immediately that Mr. Miyagi was teaching Daniel movements and muscle memory. Very perceptive! :)

[@joneljustbecause]

As a proud New Jersey native.. Who hurt you, V? ☹️😂

[@MrSchrantastic]

Seriously tho. Multiple unprovoked shots fired 😂

[@artembentsionov]

There was an alternate shot of the final kick made that showed a close-up of the kick in slow-mo. They decided not to use it but kept it. For Cobra Kai, they finally used it in a flashback to show the event from Johnny’s perspective

[@mouseshadow5828]

Noriyuki "Pat" Morita(Mr. Miyagi) was an actor from California. He didn't even speak Japanese😄

[@PhysicalMediaPreventsWea-bx1zm]

He didn't even have an accent!

[@midlifecrisis2988]

I love the fact that Daniel and Johnny are still friends.

[@midlifecrisis2988]

Well, Ralph and William.

[@PowderedToastMan420]

Miyagi=GOAT

[@VKunia]

YES HE ISSSS 📢🗣‼‼

[@nightfangs2910]

Watched this in the theater back then word spread of how good this film was and it stayed playing at the theaters for months

[@nintenmetro]

I’m not sure if anyone told you this behind-the-scenes fun fact, but the location where they filmed for the original Cobra Kai dojo is in North Hollywood. You can look it up to get the exact location, but to give you an idea it’s on southbound Lankershim between Magnolia and Weddington just a few blocks south of the Red & Orange Line station. We also have two Golf n Stuff locations here in SoCal: one in Ventura and another in Norwalk. Now that you watched this one, there’s no turning back. We look forward to you reacting to the other movies and of course Cobra Kai. If and when you do, we’ll gradually have a lot of talk about.

[@tonydeluna8095]

Mr. Miyagi is the da bomb! You’ll love this movie VKunia! You look incredible!

[@Knight_Who_Says_Nee]

Also, some details about the training in this particular Karate Kid movie (specifically referring to Miyagi's training methods to Daniel); The ancient okinowans and Japanese alike got the beginnings of what would later be called "Karate," from Chinese who began immigrating into late Samurai-Japan and brougt their various Kung Fu styles with them. As they did, they eventually started teaching what would very quickly become ever more varied & further-developed branches of Kung Fu to local Japanese-native students. Upon achieving various levels fo mastery & instructorship these Japanese Kung Fu students-turned-masters would later start adding their own individual training phylosophies and new techniques, based on their own experiences. This was how Chinese Kung Fu began the long process of Japanization into what would later be called Kempo and finally Karate. The Karate of Okinowa was also partly the resulrt of this process, but soon took on a diverging development life of its own around (and largely as a direct result of) the times when Samurai-Japan began trying to conquer Okinawa. But one such invasion of Okinawa failed when Okinawan natives defeated a fully armored and heavily armed Samurai force with unarmed Karate alone, with the exception of the fact that Okinawans, denied the legal right to official weapons, would go on to start turning farm tools into new weapons (and these former farm tools are now official Karate-specific weapons for all time). Among the training methods the Okinawans used to practice Karate were in fact those similar to what you saw in the movie, as well as a plethora of other seemingly everyday tasks that had been re-purposed into secretly disguised techical movements matching those made by the human body in combat. Thus, this film was in fact cuturally correct in the most grandiose way by putting on full display the classic Okinawan martial tradition of making everyday tasks into martial arts training methods with devastating effect. So too, once this tradition became a permanently integral tradition in Okinawan martial society, did the Okinawans begin learning how to re-adapt those martial arts practices and phylosophies back into their everyday lives in new and ever more enlightening ways. This, the Okinawans learned from the Chinese themselves, as did the Samurai of Japan. Now, such a tradition has become integral to virtually the entire martial arts communirty at large, in virtually every martial arts style planet-wide. In the case of what you saw in this film, Miyagi was doing more than just teaching Daniel how to manage breathing in tandem with his movements, his 'wax-on wax-off' method of training was designed to address the refined technical development of the fighting movements themselves - The inward & outward circular movements of the hands, the up & down ones, the side-to-side ones, etc... these were thusly programmed into Daniel's muscle memory in a profoundly powerful way by doing this. But it doesn't stop there; Did you notice how Daniel was sweating his tushie off while you could also tell he was sore in his arms and shoulders? In short, not only was muscle memory being cemented into place, but so was muscle STRENGTHENING-- particularly, as applied to the fighting techniques Daniel would eventually use in his Karate. And I'm happy to see how you saw that all of these things were clearly different components of the same single stand-alone body of knowledge, both technical and otherwise. Further, there was a reason Miyagi did all this without telling Daniel straight out from the beginning, that this was his intended purpose for all the chores. Miyagi wanted all of the resulting skills to already be fully instinctual in Daniel's physical reflexes and reactions, so that Daniel would never have to struggle through an initial over-thinking stage in learning the moves. Anyway, I hope this helps you further understand the very literal Zen of what you just saw. I myself practice Hapkido, and so I have some insight into the way things are done in the martial arts comminity. And I also hope you do some reactions to the various martial arts movies I suggested to you in my other comment on this reaction you posted. Thank you.

[@biguy617]

Karate Kid 1 and 2 are my favorite. I mildly like the third movie. The remake changes the martial art from Karate to Kung Fu. Pat Morita started his career on Happy Days. Ralph did a few other movies Crossroads where he plays guitar, The Outsiders which is based on the S.E. Hinton young adult novel. Ralph costars with Tom Crusie, Patrick Swayze, Emilio Estevez, C Thomas Howell, Matt Dillon and Diane Lane. Then there is My Cousin Vinny which he does with Joe Pesci, Fred Gwynne AKA Herman Munster, Marisa Tomei. The romance in this movie is what I think of when I hear the song Uptown Girl.

[@jeffreyphipps1507]

Karate is this big all over the world. When I was at a tournament, I once saw a mistake where two people went to throw a kick at the same time and they caught on each other. As they fell, both broke their knees on the connected legs. The sound was palpable. The popping out of one person's bone was more... memorable. After that, you are definitely more motivated to learn to block.

[@dave9302]

The rabbit-hole of martial arts movies is very deep. Next up lets try Kung Fu Hustle 😁

[@John_Locke_108]

Fun bit of trivia, Ralph Machio still owns that yellow car.

[@nateb188]

Man I love the karate kid series 😂😂 while a lot of people hate the 2010 reboot, I fucking LOVE it. Maybe we will get to see cobra Kai reactions too because damn cobra Kai cooked wayyy better than I thought it was going to

[@oneopinion6806]

The whole wax on, wax off thing is an homage to martial arts cinema. There are many old kung fu films where a master (especially a crotchety old man) trains someone using what seem to be random actions only for them to build into a martial arts basis. Pat Morita plays his character masterfully!

[@shanerossplus]

I’d recommend Karate Kid 2-4 after this and then the remake after if you want to watch all that! Then you could move onto Cobra Kai with the final season coming out soon😆

[@Mauther]

The scene with Miyagi is important because it referred to a little known (outside of WW2 nerds) unit. Mr. Miyagi served in the 442nd Infantry Regiment, a US Army unit composed exclusively of soldiers of Japanese descent. Fighting in Europe, they were the most decorated unit in the US military, earning over 4,000 Purple Hearts, 4,000 Bronze Stars, and 21 Medals of Honor (over 18,000 individual citations in WW2). They did all of this while many had family members interred in concentration camps (not death camps, but still pretty ugly) and their family's property were seized.

[@RicoRaynn]

Hands down one of the best IPs to span so many decades. While you have to buy into the premise that karate rules the Valley and assault isn't a thing completely, Cobra Kai really made me appreciate these films on a different level.

[@xjoemallardx]

The show honors the trilogy so well.

[@TerryAllenSwartos]

It was great to see how much you enjoyed this. Yes, it ended abruptly. I recommend watching the next one asap. It picks up immediately from the end of this one.

[@chrisleebowers]

The 2010 remake isn't bad, and worth checking out... But if you've *never* seen a martial arts movie... You *gotta* see - "Enter The Dragon" "Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon" "Hero" "Rush Hour" "Police Story" "Drunken Master 2" "Project A" "Police Story 3: Supercop" "The Matrix" "Kung Fu Hustle" "Kill Bill" Marvel's "Daredevil" series "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" "The Last Dragon" "Once Upon A Time in China" "Romeo Must Die" "The Protector" 2005 (AKA "Tom Yum Goong") "The Raid: Redemption" "Everything Everywhere All At Once" And a couple of more obscure gems that are personal favorites of mine: "The Storm Riders" "Banlieu 13" (AKA "District B-13) "Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story" "Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey" (2000) "Ninja Assassin" "Tai chi Zero"/"Tai Chi Hero" "The Bride with White Hair" "Man of Tai Chi" That'll get you started. "You have taken your first step into a larger world..."

[@syn420951]

The “bone breaking scene” in the movie the protector…… don’t take his elephant… lol

[@eliascarrasco1063]

The yellow convertible that Daniel learns wax on wax off..the car Mr Myagi gives him cuz he got his license. Was actually given to Ralph after filming the movie by the producers. . As of 2025 Ralph is over 60 yrs old & still owns that car.

[@JitteryJackanape]

I loved these movies so much. I took martial arts for a good 3 years as a kid because of it. Mr. Miyagi was and is an all time film mentor! The 2010 remake isnt bad! You should check it out there are changes worthy enough to warrant a watch. Its actually kung fu which alone makes it worth it to me.

[@joellenglass2344]

Girl martial arts movies are EVERYTHING!! I could give you a whole list!

[@Pryimevil]

Please watch Karate Kid 2 & 3, and then Cobra Kai...you will not be disappointed!

[@crunchb3rry]

Seen this a dozen times. Something I never noticed: Daniel chooses the yellow car. The keys have Mr.Miyagi's dog tags on them. You could assume that the car was also Miyagi's favorite, but he gave it to Daniel anyway.

[@etxkevin7452]

"Is this really how you karate?" 🤣🤣🤣 She's adorable!

[@vwlssnvwls3262]

I love the disc track by The Bloodhound Gang called something like "Ten Best Things About New Jersey" and it is just 30 seconds of silence.

[@beckhamreyes1588]

So is this the start of karate kid/ cobra Kai series? Plssssss