Despite the moves, Daniel gets up each time.Įventually, Daniel and Johnny are tied, with the next point deciding victory. Johnny looks horrified at the order but reluctantly agrees after Kreese's intimidation. Kreese directs Johnny to sweep Daniel's injured leg, an unethical move. The match is paused for Johnny to be looked at by Kreese. The championship final is a seesaw battle, as neither Johnny nor Daniel is able to break through the other's defenses.ĭaniel successfully uses a scissor leg technique, tripping Johnny and delivering a blow to the back of the head, giving Johnny a nose bleed. As Johnny is about to be declared the winner by default, Daniel hobbles into the ring. He gets Miyagi to use a pain suppression technique to allow him to finish the tournament. Daniel is taken to the locker room and checked out, with the physician determining that he cannot continue, but Daniel believes that if he does not continue, his tormentors will have gotten the best of him. Bobby reluctantly does so, severely injuring Daniel and getting disqualified in the process. Kreese instructs Bobby Brown, one of his more compassionate students and the least vicious of Daniel's tormentors, to disable Daniel with an illegal attack to the knee.
Johnny advances to the finals, scoring three unanswered points against a highly skilled opponent. Miyagi has taught him to strengthen his relationship with Ali.Īt the tournament, Daniel surprises everyone by reaching the semi-finals. Miyagi's teaching, Daniel learns not only karate but also important life lessons such as the importance of personal balance, reflected in the belief that martial arts training is as much about training the spirit as the body. Daniel also discovers that the outwardly peaceful and serene Miyagi received the Medal of Honor for valor against German forces in Europe. The loss of his family and Daniel's loss of his father further strengthen the father-son surrogacy. Miyagi lost his wife and son in childbirth at Manzanar internment camp while he was serving overseas with the United States Army during World War II. Miyagi shows how while doing these chores Daniel has been learning defensive blocks through muscle memory.Īs Daniel's training continues more overtly, his bond with Mr. Daniel fails to see any connection to his training and these chores and eventually feels frustrated, believing he has learned nothing of karate. Each chore is accompanied with specific movements involving clockwise/counter-clockwise and up-and-down hand motions.
He begins Daniel's training by having him perform menial tasks such as waxing cars, sanding a wooden floor, and painting a fence and Mr. Miyagi becomes Daniel's teacher and, slowly, a surrogate father figure. Kreese orders his students to leave Daniel alone, but warns that if Daniel does not show up for the tournament, the harassment will resume and Miyagi himself will also become a target. Miyagi also requests that the bullying stop while Daniel trains. Miyagi agree to a match between Johnny and Daniel in two months' time at the "All Valley Under 18 Karate Tournament," where Johnny is the defending champion, and the Cobra Kai students can fight Daniel on equal terms.
They meet with the sensei, John Kreese ( Martin Kove), an ex-Special Forces Vietnam veteran who sneers at the concepts of mercy and restraint. Miyagi refuses, but agrees to go with Daniel to the Cobra Kai dojo in order to resolve the conflict. Miyagi sees the gang giving Daniel a savage beating, he intervenes and single-handedly defeats five attackers with ease. Thereafter, Johnny and his gang of Cobra Kai students torment Daniel at every opportunity. Daniel knows a little karate from books and a few classes at the YMCA, but Johnny easily defeats him in their first encounter. Johnny is the best student at the Cobra Kai dojo, where he is taught an unethical, vicious form of martial arts. Their apartment's handyman is an eccentric but kindly and humble Okinawan immigrant named Keisuke Miyagi (Noriyuki "Pat" Morita).ĭaniel befriends Ali Mills ( Elisabeth Shue), an attractive high school cheerleader, at the same time angering her arrogant ex-boyfriend, Johnny Lawrence ( William Zabka). Spoiler warning: The following contains plot details aboutĭaniel LaRusso ( Ralph Macchio), a high school senior, moves with his mother ( Randee Heller) from Newark, New Jersey to Reseda, a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, California.
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