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Avildsen shot hours of tournament footage from multiple angles
Chronology
Decades after the 1984 All Valley Karate Tournament match, middle-aged Daniel LaRusso and Johnny Lawrence find themselves once again as martial arts rivals. During the original filming of Karate Kid, the late director John G. The Cobra Kai crew searched the studio vault and found a number of never-before-seen clips that they were able to introduce into the series via flashbacks.
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One of them includes Zabka’s real-life mom, who was in the stands at various angles that were not seen until 2018. Many people believe that Miyagi’s 39; the name on his tombstone is a continuity error, as in Karate Kid 4 (1994) his name is listed as Keisuke, but it was actually previously shown on the sign Chozen held for him 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 the name he was previously given.
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However, another interesting fact is that the name given in The Karate Kid Part II was not the original given name. Miyagi. In The Karate Kid (1984), Miyagi’s first name is briefly shown to be Hideo on Miyagi’s dog tags attached to the keys to the 1948 Ford that Daniel received for his birthday.
I’m glad I was wrong
Cobra Kai is way better than I thought it would be. I grew up a Karate Kid fan but wasn’t sure what to expect and thought it was going to be some cheap kiddie draw. It is much better than any trading company, especially William Zabka!
He is absolutely the star of this show as Johnny Lawrence
You root for him more than Daniel (Ralph Macchio) in this one.
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