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Avildsen captured hours of tournament footage from various angles

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Decades after their clash at the 1984 All Valley Karate Tournament, middle-aged Daniel LaRusso and Johnny Lawrence find themselves once again as martial arts rivals. During the original filming of The Karate Kid, the late director John G. The team behind Cobra Kai searched the studio’s vault and found a lot of never-before-seen footage that they were able to introduce into the series through flashbacks.

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One of them involved Zabka’s real-life mother, who was in the stands at various angles that remained unseen until 2018. Many people believe that Miyagi’s name at 39 on his tombstone is a continuity error, given that in Karate Kid 4 (1994) his name was listed as Keisuke, but was actually previously shown on a sign held for him by Chozen in Karate Kid 2 (1986) to be Nariyoshi. This means that The Next Karate Kid has changed its name, while Cobra Kai has kept the name previously given to it.

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However, another interesting fact is that the name given in The Karate Kid Part II is not the original first name given to Miyagi. In The Karate Kid (1984), it can be briefly seen on Miyagi’s dog tags attached to the keys to the 1948 Ford given to Daniel for his birthday that Miyagi’s first name is Hideo.. I remember watching the Karate Kid movies as a kid and I can’t express enough how impressed and surprised I am with the quality level of this series.

Amazing work YouTube!

Successfully brings back the old "feeling" of the films while adding a new and complex plot. It truly embodies the legacy of the rivalry and yet rekindles the spirit of the films to an extent that is simply unprecedented. I can’t wait to see what they do in Season 2.