Danny Kamekona (Sato) was actually a very nice man. He was a childhood friend of my dad. All who knew him in Hawaii spoke very highly of him. Another fun fact: the little girl on the bell tower that was saved by Daniel grew to win the title of Miss Hawaii....

Forgot Daniel consoling Miagi after his father's death. It was his turn to provide his own wisdom to his teacher. Very sweet and profound.

The crane kick was never illegal, before the tournament starts Ally is explaining the rules to Daniel and says that a kick to the head is worth a point. So he won fair and square. The best part about all these movies is how they all come full circle in the series, and from all 3 movies.

Miyagi's father has not seen him since he put him on a boat to America when Miyagi was 18 years old. Kumiko's translation makes me cry every time.

Honestly, I think the reason Sato was so bitter has also got to do with the time in which they lived. When Miyagi says to Sato: "What has happened to you?" And he looks back with this almost depressed stare? Since Miyagi was old enough to serve during WW2 and Sato was still living in Okinawa during the war it stands to reason that Sato saw and had some involvement with the battle of Okinawa (one of the bloodiest in the Pacific theatre) and maybe Sato focusing all his anger and anguish and PTSD from that on his grudge with Miyagi is why he was so relentless with trying to fight Miyagi.

Daniel has more in common with Mr. Miyagi then he realizes. Both of them have a decades old rivalry with some other dude from their younger years.

That opening scene with Kreese...it's just genius ! Mr. Miyagi just let him hurt himself, an unbalanced damaged Vietnam vet who just know how to answer to life with aggression. Using his own words of teaching against him is so clever to show him the ridicule of the situation. A good teacher would have learned, realize the truth and changed his way. Anger and hatred must stop one day...It's only self-destruction in the end.

Something I've really appreciated about Daniel is how much he mentally matured in this one, also how much he loves Miyagi to the point he started learning Okinawan culture. For me, this one is the best out of the Miyagi Karate Kid films.

That swinging spike thing was the hardest damn part of the NES game.

TBR Schmitt: "What the heck is Karate Kid III even about?" Truer words have never been spoken.

I knew Sato (Danny Kamekona), he was a longtime family friend. Yes, in the movie he looked like a jerk but he was far from that. He was very laid back and funny. RIP

I love Sato's reaction to Chozen refusing to help Daniel. He now realizes the monster he created. I understand Sato's anger, but him just cutting off Chozen like that was awful. It's like, "YOU did this, my dude. Your hate has created this."

That ice breaking scene was everything when i watched it as a kid. So many memories.

There's nothing illegal about the crane kick. Punches to the face weren't legal but kicks were repeatedly scoring points throughout the tournament montage and it's how Johnny scored his first point against Daniel.

Opening of the film was actually the original ending of the first movie. But they cut it out and used it to open the sequel. Pretty good choice.

This film made me fall in love with Tamlyn Tomita. What a beauty! This was her first film - ever. A timeless beauty!

The Crane kick was never illegal. Even in real life tournaments kicks to the heads are worth the most points. Plus most of the competitors were kicking their opponents in the upper body area anyway.

Elizabeth Shue (Ali) was suppose to return for a brief role for a moment in KK2, but she had already returned to college and resumed her studies when they started shooting. She was in Harvard and she had already took time to film another movie earlier that year, that was straight to video.

Crane kick was not illegal. It is stated multiple times that the head is a target that awards points and Daniel even takes a kick to the face by another Cobra Kai fighter and that fighter is awarded a point in the prelim matches.

I never noticed until I saw this movie again recently that Sato had some tears in his eyes after his trainer/Mr. Miyagi’s dad died. There he showed there was some form of humanity in him that he just couldn’t show cause he was too prideful.

I was in high school when this one came out, and I must have seen it about five times in the theater. Not only was it a really amazing sequel, I developed a serious crush on Tamlyn Tomita (Kumiko) who has since this film become one of my favorite charcter actresses having done big screen films (The Day After Tomorrow, Come See The Paradise, The Joy Luck Club, & Picture Bride) and television (most recently on 'Star Trek: Picard' as the villainous Romulan Commodore Oh). One look on her IMDb page and you can see she has done tons of work, especially on TV. My personal favorites of her roles: Lt. Commander Laurel Takashima on the 'Babylon 5' pilot; Julia Chang, mother of Mike Chang on the muscial series 'Glee'; and Lt. Commander Tracy Manetti on the series 'J.A.G.' which she played with a Texas accent. She is Okinawan-Filipino American..born in Okinawa and raised in L.A. The Asian guy who looked so familiar from 'Jurassic Park' is B.D. Wong...and you should recognize him as he is in EVERYTHING it seems like. He has done movies & TV, as well as voice work. Specifically playing Shang in the animated 'Mulan' films (his character sings "I'll Make A Man Out Of You...but it's Donny Osmond who sings it). He also appeared on Broadway with John Lithgow in the play 'M.Butterfly' and won just about every theatrical award possible for his role including the Tony Award. When the play was turned into a film it starred Jeremy Irons (in the Lithgow role) and John Lone (in Wong's role)...and it wasn't very good as a film. Some of my favorite films B.D. was in: 'Father of the Bride 1 & 2' with Steve Martin, Diane Keaton and Martin Short. He played Howard Weinstein, assistant to Martin Short's Franck, and is hysterically funny holding his own with Short and Martin. Another is 'The Freshman' with Marlon Brando, Matthew Broderick, and Maximillian Schell as Edward. A small early role, but he does interesting things with it. The black actor playing the G.I. in the bar with the ice sheets that you recognized was Clarence Gilyard, Jr. He was Theo, the safecracker in 'Die Hard' ("Oh my god the quarterback is TOAST!"). Sundown, the RIO in 'Top Gun', and for many years was James Trivette on 'Walker Texas Ranger' with Chuck Norris. While I am not a fan of the next Karate Kid film...it does have two villains that are definitely memorable, one of which returned in the recent season of 'Cobra Kai'. You'll see soon enough.

In traditional point Karate tournaments punches are only allowed to the body, BUT kicks ARE allowed to the head.

In the first movie Ali clearly stated that contact with the head was allowed. Neither Johnny nor Dutch were issued penalties for kicking opponents heads, so why do people keep saying the crane kick was illegal? Plus, every organization sets thier own tournament rules. What may be illegal in Florida competition, may not be illegal in California competition. Not to mention that the referee was the stunt coordinator and the other semi-finalalist created the technique, so I'm pretty sure they both know it to be a legal maneuver.

Hands down one of the greatest sequels in movie history..and great soundtrack with "Glory Of Love"

Childhood Crush still going on on Kumiko Saying Daniel is the bad guy is just a meme. It's then developped in the show, I hope you'll watch it, in a much more mature thing. Daniel was never the bully or the bad guy. He just acted like a bullied kid.

1. Johnny was able to stand up to Kreese because of a deleted scene in the first KK where Daniel told him "Don't you ever wonder if your sensei is wrong?" and planted the seeds of doubt. 2. The reason why Ali and Lucille weren't in this sequel is that this story was about Mr. Miyagi, not Daniel. 3. Her name is pronounced YOU-KEY-AYE. 4. The actress who played Yukie had acted opposite Pat Morita in 'HAPPY DAYS'. She played Arnold's betrothed in the episode when Arnold gets married and moves away from Milwaukee. 5. Technically, the O-bon dance performed by Kumiko does not exist. Tamilyn's mother choreographed the dance moves before filming to help give some Japanese authenticity. 6. Kadena AB is right smack dab next to Tome Village. Okinawa was key to winning the war in the Pacific in WWII. 7. The casualty tally that Mr. Miyagi quotes to Daniel is real. The Japanese army decimated the villages. 8. Pat Morita developed spinal tuberculosis as a child and had to stay in a body cast off/on for 9 years. As soon as he recovered, he was sent to join his family at the 'relocation center' in AZ. 7. The Tome Village in the movie does not exist. The real village was so run down that the filmmakers rebuilt the location in Hawaii. The O-bon dance was filmed on a set in California. 8. 'Glory of Love' was written for ROCKY IV. It was nominated for 'Best Song' at the Oscars, but lost to Berlin's 'Take My Breath Away'. 9. Mr. Miyagi didn't have to take a commercial flight. Being a MEDAL OF HONOR recipient he is allowed free travel on any government transport. 10. The 'Crane Kick' is not an illegal move; Johnny kicked his opponent in the face for a win, and Dutch kicked Daniel in the face and was given a point. Anything above the waist is fair game. 11. I believe Yukie was able to find Miyagi, because once he got to Hawaii, Miyagi wrote his dad to tell him he'd arrived safely. And I am pretty sure Miyagi wrote his dad a few more times after the war to reassure him that he was alright. All Yukie had to do was go to the military installation (where she probably worked) and do a data search on her lost love. Since Miyagi was a MOH recipient, he would be known since there weren't that many recipients--at least not then.

the whole daniel being a bad guy is probably referencing 'how i met your mother' where barney saw the cobra kai kid as the main character with daniel moving in on his 'turf' and stealing his girl.

I never remember this movie being so emotional... Getting old and someone is cutting onions the whole time!!!

You guys are gonna LOVE Cobra Kai.

The whole 'Daniel is the bully' nonsense is from a show called How I met your Mother. Just keep in mind the character who theorized that tripe has the initials BS.

YES! I've got a medium pizza a cherry lemonade and I'm rushing straight home to watch this! Loved your first reaction 😃 can't wait! 💞

The scene with Mr. Miyagi confronting John Kreese at the beginning of The Karate Kid Part II was originally supposed to happen at the end of the first Karate Kid movie. It was also going to include all of the Cobra Kai students taking off their black belts and leaving the Cobra Kai. Director John G. Avildsen felt it was better to end the first movie on a more triumphant note, with the camera on a smiling Mr. Miyagi after Daniel wins the tournament, and it was decided that the original end scene would be moved to the beginning of The Karate Kid Part II.

Flashback sequences were VERY common in sequels in the 80s and earlier. You have to remember how people saw movies then .... you saw them in theater, or not ... then never saw them again unless they ran on TV. HBO was a huge hit on early cable because it ran recently out of theater movies on heavy rotation. Cable TV and VHS movie rentals became increasingly common from 1985 to 1990, at which point they were ubiquitous. Flashbacks helped people that never saw the first movie "catch up", served up cheap nostalgia for those that had seen the earlier movie(s), and were also cheap padding to the runtime!

Back in the VHS days I edited the end of KK 1 with the beginning of KK 2 and it came out smoothly to look like one continuous movie. My proud moment of the 80s...lol

Elisabeth Shue apparently approached Ralph at a Mets game years after the fact and just balled him out about how they wrote her off in KK2. Obviously, he was like 'I just act, hun'. 'I don't make these decisions.' The crazy part about this is Ralph and Liz hadn't crossed paths since they filmed KK1 together but it meant that much to her for her to talk to Ralph about it decades later when Ralph was largely inactive acting and supporting his family. I always found that story amusing.

The reason for the long flashback is even though it only came out 2 years after the first film, back in 1986 not everyone had VCRs or pay cable TV and had not been inundated with constant opportunities to re-watch the original film before seeing the sequel like we have today.

Fun fact: Pat Morita "mr.miyagi" was not considered by the producer because he was known as a comedian. The director wanted a dramatic actor. Morita audition 5 times before he got the role.

The fight scene between Myagui and Kreese was originally filmed to be the end of the first movie, but they chose not to use it. I am glad they brought it back for the beginning of this, because it gives more insight into all the characters, but I can see why they chose not to use it as the end of the first movie, because it feels more like a start than an end.

I was living in Okinawa on the air base when this movie came out. Karate was a huge part of my life at the time.

Missing Ali? Then you really should watch "Adventures in Babysitting" (1987), directed by Chris Columbus.

I believe the Miyagi v Kreese scene was originally intended to be at the end of the first movie but was never used until the 2nd movie, but the Mandela effect may be caused by the fact that it actually does appear at the end of the first of the three books based on the movies. Those books are pretty obscure from what I've heard. Just happens I still own all 3 of them from my childhood. I've been tempted to make a video based on them someday.

Daniel is not "the bad guy". That's become a running joke. As for the scene you mentioned... Mandela effect, for sure. As you now know, it's in the 2nd movie.

Elizabeth Shue wasn't available to star in the sequel due to the fact she was away in college, so unfortunately the writers wrote her character out of the sequel. But I actually liked Kumiko alot more than Alli personally.

Love love love the score and sound design on this one. You can almost feel the okinawan culture coming through!

The best way for a reactor to avoid spoilers in the comments when watching a movie or tv series is to no be there.

Great sequel b/c it breaks the sequel mold of doing the same things as the original just bigger and louder. Also one of the better movie soundtracks and scores of the '80s, a tier below Top Gun, Dirty Dancing, and Footloose

Actually around 4:12, this scene was actually filmed during the first KK, and the filmmakers were going to use it as the real ending. However, the filmmakers changed their minds as they already had the real ending that was perfect. They thought this ending would have brought it down a notch, hence the perfect beginning to this movie. The KK remake had the same ending with Jackie Chan fighting the teacher and they filmed it, but was quickly used as an extra deleted scene in a DVD.

Contact is NOT illegal when your opponent is rushing forward. The goal is to stop short of making contact, but accidents happen, and the rules reflect that. If you're moving forwards and contact is made, the point is good unless the ref deems it deliberate. Also: Anyone saying Daniel is the bad guy, should probably go back to Twitter. :D

The whole denial being bad is revisionist history enough said. it was a meme video on youtube a guy made a video about Johnny being the good guy and even when Johnny did something bad he flipped it around. I took it as sarcastic but some people ran with it.

Elizabeth Shue was literally away at college and couldn't do the sequel

This story pushed me into better understanding the Japanese culture, so I have been doing just that for quite awhile; reading, writing, speaking, and getting a tolerance for Sakai.

The guy who runs into Kumiko with Daniel and gives Kumiko a flyer for the dance and says BRING YOUR FRIEND was actor B.D. WONG. He was in lots of movies and crime TV shows.

Just watching the intro right now & I gotta say, you were NOT wrong. Daniel wasn’t the bad guy. Johnny & his pals were definitely bullies. But I won’t spoil anything. Watch the rest of the films & you can determine for yourself what happened once you start Cobra Kai.

18:19 That's BD Wong. He's had a pretty prolific career but most people definitely know him from his role as Dr. Henry Wu from the Jurassic Park franchise. You also have at 18:38 Clarence Gilyard of later Walker Texas Ranger fame.

The first KARATE KID movie came out in 1984. KARATE KID PART 2 came out in 1986. The scenes in Okinawa were actually shot in Hawaii. Daniel was never a bully or a bad guy. He's way too nice to be a bully, even when he was getting his ass kicked and didn't know Karate. Daniel was like THE ORIGINAL TIGER WOODS long before we even heard of the REAL Tiger Woods.

watching this again brought back memories of my father who passed away in August after a brief hospital stay. So that scene with Daniel consoling Miyagi really got to me. Movie was filmed mostly in Hawaii and not Okinawa. I think the Military base seen in the movie is Tripler Army Base (though I could be wrong). The main villian Cozen, reappera in the Cobra Kai season and atones for his behavior in the movie.

I can’t wait to see what you two think of Cobra Kai. It really builds upon, and even adds more depth to what was established in the movies. Each season has gotten better and better too

people arguing that Johnny wasn't bad in karate Kid are pretty rediculous

Fun fact. There was an episode of Happy Days called Arnold's Wedding, Pat Morita (Arnold) marries a woman played by Nobu McCarthy the actress that played Yukie.

18:56: Mr. Miyagi came in at just the right moment to help break the ice and defuse the situation.

While it sucks the other characters didn't return for part 2, I always forgave it because Daniel and Mr. Miyagi were so great together! As for part 3, probably one of my favorite guilty pleasures, great cinema it is not, but still entertaining! And Cobra Kai is great because rather than tarnish our memories of the original films, it expands the characters and makes them even better! Happy you 2 are continuing the franchise and look forward to more!

I have to agree with some of the others Daniel was not the bad guy in the movie nor is he in the Cobra Kai series. That started out as a satire video on the youtube and it's not meant to be taken seriously. I agree Daniel was a hot head but Johnny was definitely the bully who instigated a lot of the situations and Daniel instigated only once with the water hose prank out of payback for what they did to him in the past. There is also deleted scenes from the movie where Johnny harassed Daniel that is now on the youtube if you what to check that out. The real villain of the movie was Kreese as Johnny was product of his teachings. In the Cobra Kai series, neither Johnny nor Daniel are the bad guy but just flawed men with good and bad qualities to them which makes the show less black and white and more shades of gray. I do hope you react to the Karate Kid part 3. There is also final movie The Next karate Kid with Hillary Swank and then you can watch the Cobra Kai series on Netflix.

If I remember correctly, Alley couldn't come back, because she was playing in another movie, "Adventures in Babysitting". I always thought it weird to write her out the way they did.

I think the fact that it was so much different then the first movie made it so good.

I can't wait for yall to see the 3rd and then start the Cobra Kai series it's soooo good. Good show you two.

Nah. Danny isn't the "bad guy". It's just dumb internet meme-ing. He wasn't a perfect good guy...probably.

I'm so glad you two enjoyed The Karate Kid Part II. This one is my favorite out of the entire franchise. The story, the musical score and the absolute awesome theme song of the movie Glory of Love all top notch

The difference between Johnny and Chozen is that Johnny was teach for few years in Cobra Kai to despise weakness. Chozen was raise for his whole life by Sato who despise whole Miyagis village.

"Danielson! ....THIS NOT TOURNAMENT......THIS ....FOR ....REEEEEL!!"

Once you get through all these sequels, you need to start watching Cobra Kai. So fun watching the continuing saga from a slightly different perspective and yet have flashbacks to the original movies as well as original actors in the movies doing cameos in the show too.

Miyagi’s conflict with Krese in the beginning of this film foreshadows the drum technique

If it wasn't obvious that Daniel & Mr. Miyagi see each other as father & son the scene with Daniel comforting Mr. Miyagi shows the depths of their relationship. Also you have to love how when Miyagi visits Sato he drops his broken English act then speaks as clearly & plainly as possible. Always loved how Sato isn't technically wrong either, Mr. Miyagi was afraid to fight Sato not because he'd lose but because he might win & kill his best friend

OMG - You need to get through Karate Kid 3 - and then RUN to the first episode of Cobra Kai. Cannot wait for your reactions!

Cant wait for 3 bcuz of one man, one legend. The best character in the series

80s franchises commonly included recaps in sequels. The reason being VCRs were not fully ubiquitous, and a recap was seen as an awesome thing because it might have been years since you've seen any Karate Kid footage. I think that's why recaps were a thing.

Let me start out by saying I'm so excited for this. I've been waiting eagerly for you to watch this after the first one. This film series and Cobra Kai are extremely special to me. Don't pay much heed to the people who say Daniel is the real villain, or the kick was illegal. Neither are true. Ralph Macchio has videos explaining the legality of it. Cobra Kai makes it a lot more gray, but this was made in the 80s. Villains and heroes were more black and white, not to mention larger than life. Johnny was written to be a villain. Hands down.

Karate kid is like a good example of how people have different mind sets. The people who were bullies or punks in school always side with Johnny while the people who got bullies side with Daniel.

You gotta do Part III, which is my personal favorite! 😁

KK 2 is one of my favorite movie ever. I love everything about it, and a lot of things tou mentioned! I adore the music of the film as well. As for Chozen, he was definitely a bad guy, but this guy was teached in anger and hate by Sato. All of his life he was trained to hate Miyagi… so in a sense I think he’s a tragedy… I don’t excuse his action, but when Sato turned on him at the end, he was lost… and lost his mind. Sato has lot to atone for. Anyway, such a good film!

It’s one of the first love stories I ever remember. Peter Cetera’s “Glory of Love” is an absolute staple of 80’s music, too. I have the 7” record around here somewhere.

Cobra Kai is based off the KZfaq video "Danielle is the real bully". It's inspired by that video in the sense that everything is not always as clear as it seems. The series is pretty self aware with a few nods and winks to the audience. It's worth watching the KZfaq video before the series, just for perspective.

The beginning recap: you have to remember that the eighties were a completely different time. Hollywood thought they were getting away with things by "making the same movie all over again and charging people for it". I know we don't see sequels like that nowadays, but Hollywood boardrooms did back then. They couldn't assume that people had it on Home Video, and of course, there was no such thing as the internet and streaming. When you made a sequel in Hollywood, you had to make the movie completely stand alone. In other words, you had to make it in such a way where the audience member was not required to see previous films to completely enjoy the one that they were currently watching. Older sequels usually had recaps of the previous film, even if it was just in exposition (think: Ripley explaining about the alien). Related, post The Empire Strikes Back, sequels almost always picked up right where the last one left off. Then, they started a trend where you would just pick up with your protagonist a few years later, or at another stage of life. Eventually, home video, then the internet, then streaming, then the Marvel Universe changed everything into what we have now.

As with the Rocky Sequels (after 2), the Karate Kid franchise's strength comes from the relationship between Daniel and Myagi. Where the stories start to falter, the films are picked up by the sincerity and intimacy between the leads.

I liked this sequel just as much as the original. We get a back story about Mr Miyagi. KK3 once again writes the previous characters out leaving viewers thinking WTF?! KK3 is just okay. I think after KK3 you can stop watching the movies and can then transfer over to the Cobra Kai series if you want. A small spoiler…some characters from KK2 will make an appearance in Cobra Kai S3! That was so cool to see with old grudges revisited with a new twist! Happy viewing 🙂

I'm interested in seeing your thoughts on the third movie. A lot of people don't like it but I thought it was good.

😂😂😂😂 oh no! The whole Johnny was the good guy thing is sort of just a fun conspiracy theory. You will never see that played out in the films lol

Something that I really liked that sadly the writers regressed on was the relationship between Daniel and Mr. Miyagi. In the first movie that were not just student and teacher, but friends with leanings toward father and son. In this one they almost become like brothers at some points, especially when Daniel consoles Mr. Miyagi after the passing of his father. Then sadly in the 3rd movie it feels like it regresses back to student and teacher without the father/ son undertones.

Quick note: Anyone who says the Crane kick was illegal is flat wrong. Ali tells Daniel at the beginning of the tournament that strikes to the head are legal. Also, in the very same match, Johnny sweeps Daniel's leg and then kicks him in the face. Real world karate tournaments of the time did allow "controlled strikes" to the head (source: I used to compete). Now, there was supposedly a scene scripted and either not filmed or deleted where the ref tells the fighters "no strikes to the face," but since it was not in the film, we still have to go by Ali's explanation of the rules. Where the kick becomes hazy is that it clearly causes Johnny to recoil in pain, suggesting it might not have been a "controlled strike." On the other hand, as noted, Johnny earlier kicks Daniel to the face with a strike that knocks Daniel to the ground. Johnny also punches Daniel in the face, another strike that knocks Daniel to the ground. So clearly the ref is allowing face strikes to count, and if Johnny wants to cry foul, he needs to also admit that he also should have been disqualified. The much more questionable technique Daniel used was the strike to the back when Johnny was face down. The fact that it was both a strike to the back AND caused injury (bloodied Johnny's nose) should have been at least a warning, if not a loss of point to Daniel. HOWEVER, having said all of that, it is a fantastic storytelling hook that Johnny would begrudge that kick all these years.

I tell you, kiddies, I can't wait until you get past Part III and then into the Cobra Kai Seasons! I guarantee you'll be mesmerized and enraptured by it all! And for me It's like I'll be watching it for the first time all over again!

Sato's nephew probably has the best character arc in the movie/series.

22:36 "Sato is ridiculous." Spoken like a man who has not met Terry Silver yet

Recently a guy at work mentioned that Daniel crashed the car in the original Karate Kid. I was like "What? No he didn't." I think it was the same thing, with people mistaking 1 and 2.

About 5 minutes in and, while I loved your first reaction and am excited for this one, I'm sorry you had to deal with those "Daniel is the real bully" morons. That YT video was meant to be satirical, but a group of uneducated people took it seriously fsr. Johnny was clearly the bully (no matter the revisionist history he gives in Cobra Kai). The crane kick was not illegal; I even saw a good article on that the other day; I could find and link if u want. 😉

Easily my favorite of the trilogy.... Which is probably why 3 frustrates me so much. Once you see it, you'll know what I mean. The origin of Miyagi karate is a personal favorite scene for me, and Kumiko is just adorable and perfect for how dweeby Daniel is.

11:48 The third movie and The Next Karate Kid unfortunately aren't written as well. But Cobra Kai actually goes back and provides retroactive context to make the movies even better. Also, Daniel isn't the villain of Cobra Kai. It's just that instead of him being the protagonist this time, Johnny Lawrence is the main protagonist (at least early on) and the two of them are still at odds.

The kick to the face was not illegal. If you rewatch, you'll notice that there were other kicks to the face that counted as points i.e. Dutch's kick to Daniel's face. It was punches to the face that were illegal.

The comments saying Daniel is the bad guy is just a meme.

Also Johnny kicked several tournament opponents in the face (including Daniel) in the first Karate Kid. So yeah, if Johnny can do it, Daniel can do it. LEGAL!!

Scene between Mr. Miyagi and Kreese is interesting because I remember reading the novelization of the first movie, and that fight scene was at the end of it! But it wasn't in the movie. Then, when this movie hit, it had the scene in the beginning!

That cameo with Daniel and Kumiko was B.D. Wong. Youre right; he has been in everything. Loved him in Father of the Bride partnered with Martin Short's Faunk.