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Avildsen shot hours of footage of the tournament from multiple angles
Narrative
Decades after the 1984 All Valley Karate Tournament, Daniel LaRusso and Johnny Lawrence are once again revealed as martial arts rivals. During the original filming of Karate Kid, the late director John G. The crew behind Cobra Kai went through the studio vault and found a bunch of previously unseen clips that they were able to incorporate into the series using flashbulbs.
Ralph Macchio told Uproxx that there are three brand-new angles of the famous crane kick
One of them features Zabka’s real-life mom in the stands from various angles that hadn’t been seen until 2018. Many people believe that Miyagi 39; The name on his tombstone is a continuity error, considering that in Karate Kid 4 (1994) his name is listed as Keisuke, but it was actually shown on the sign Chozen held in Karate Kid 2 (1986) to be Nariyoshi. This means that it was The Next Karate Kid who changed his name, while Cobra Kai kept his previously given name.
Cobra Kai is so much better than I thought
However, another interesting fact is that the name given in Karate Kid Part II was not the original name given to Miyagi. In Karate Kid (1984), Miyagi’s dog tags attached to the keys to the 1948 Ford that Daniel was given for his birthday show that Miyagi’s name is Hideo. The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Anthony Mackie/Ralph Macchio/Kiri 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 one, thinking it would be a cheap rip-off of the kids’ money. It’s so much better than any business, especially William Zabka! He’s definitely the star of the show as Johnny Lawrence.
You’ll agree with him more than Daniel (Ralph Macchio) on that
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