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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, middle-aged Daniel LaRusso and Johnny Lawrence are once again martial arts rivals. During the filming of the original The Karate Kid, the late director John G. The Cobra Kai crew went through the studio vault and found tons of previously unseen footage 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 shot
One of them features Zabka’s mother in the stands from various angles that hadn’t been seen until 2018. Many people believe that Miyagi’s name on the tombstone is a continuity error, as in Karate Kid 4 (1994) his name is Keisuke, but it was actually previously shown on the sign that Chozen plays in Karate Kid 2 (1986). .
This means that The Next Karate Kid changed his name, while Cobra Kai kept his previous given name
However, another interesting fact 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 keys to the 1948 Ford that Daniel was given for his birthday briefly reveals that Miyagi’s name is Hideo.
There’s so much more to learn and explore
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Anthony Mackie/Ralph Macchio/Kiri Shabazz (2018). This series took me back to my childhood and how much I loved the movies and characters growing up. It was amazing how well the characters have been updated and now engage a younger generation.
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