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Avildsen shot hours of footage of the tournament from multiple angles
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Decades after the 1984 All Valley Karate Tournament match, a middle-aged Daniel LaRusso and Johnny Lawrence find themselves as martial arts rivals once again. While filming the original The Karate Kid , the late director John G. The team behind Cobra Kai dug through the studio vault and found a ton of never-before-seen footage, which they incorporated into the show via flashbacks.
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One of those is Zabka’s mother, who appears in the stands from angles that weren’t seen until 2018. Many people believe that Miyagi’s name on the tombstone is a continuity error, since in The Karate Kid 4 (1994) his name is Keisuke, but it was actually previously shown on the sign Chozen was holding in The Karate Kid 2 (1986) as Nariyoshi . This means that it was The Next Karate Kid who changed his name, while Cobra Kai kept the name he was previously given.
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Another interesting fact, however, is that the name given in The Karate Kid Part II was not his original name. Miyagi. In The Karate Kid (1984), Miyagi’s name tag attached to the 1948 Ford keys that Daniel received for his birthday can be briefly seen to indicate that Miyagi’s name is Hideo.
I’m glad I was wrong
Cobra Kai is a lot better than I thought. I grew up a fan of Karate Kid but wasn’t sure what to expect and thought it would be a cheap kiddie banger. It’s so much better than any business, especially William Zabka!
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He’s definitely the star of the show as Johnny Lawrence. You root for this movie more than you do for Daniel (Ralph Macchio). The new season of Silo is one of the biggest TV and streaming releases of the month.
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