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Avildsen shot hours of footage of the tournament from multiple angles
Plot
Decades after their 1984 All Valley Karate Tournament fight, a middle-aged Daniel LaRusso and Johnny Lawrence find themselves as martial arts rivals once again. During the original filming of The Karate Kid , the late director John G.
Ralph Macchio told Uproxx that there are three completely new angles of the famous crane kick
The Cobra Kai crew dug through the studio vault and found a ton of never-before-seen clips that they could work into the show via flashbacks. One of them is Zabka’s real mom, who was in the stands from multiple angles that weren’t seen until 2018.
This means that it was The Next Karate Kid who changed his name, while Cobra Kai kept the name he was given earlier
Many believe that Miyagi’s name on his gravestone is a continuity error, considering that in The Karate Kid 4 (1994), his first name is given as Keisuke, but it was actually previously shown on a sign held for him by Chozen in The Karate Kid 2 (1986) and was Nariyoshi. Another interesting fact, however, is that the name given in The Karate Kid Part II was not the original first name given to Miyagi.
The problem is he’s been pigeonholed and never given a chance to shine
In The Karate Kid (1984), Miyagi’s dog tags, attached to the keys of the 1948 Ford given to Daniel for his birthday, briefly state that Miyagi’s first name is Hideo. They appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Anthony Mackie/Ralph Macchio/Kiry Shabazz (2018).