People can say what they want about KK3, I absolutely love it. I enjoy it just as much as KK1 and KK2. Terry is one of my favorite characters also! I have a KK3 poster signed by both Ralph Macchio and Pat Morita!

Kata was my favorite part of taking Karate. I'm blind in one eye and hated sparring but Kata was all about memorization and the movement, which was something I excelled at. I liked breaking boards and kata more than anything.

Terry Silver is amazing. Now the fun can begin with season four.

From now on when you watch Cobra Kai, Terry Silver will do to you what he did to all of us. He's gonna make you squirm until you like it. FUN FACT: Ralph Macchio (Daniel) is actually 5 months older than Thomas Ian Griffith (Silver).

The real mind-blowing fact is that Ralph Macchio is older than the actor that plays Terry Silver, Thomas Ian Griffith.

1. KK3 was filmed 3 years after the sequel, but still is storylined right after the events following their return from Okinawa in 1985, so basically KK3 focuses on a 3 month timeline up til the tournament. This would explain Daniel's sudden weight gain: which is referenced by Mike Barnes' henchman Snake as he is lifting Daniel's rope up the cliff by saying "You sure are a heavy wimp, Daniel". 2. At first, Jessica was made to be Daniel's love interest. Although the characters were the same age, Ralph Macchio was 11 years older than teenager Robyn Lively, hence no love scene was established

This is my favorite of the 3 kk films, the first is iconic if course, but this one holds a special place in my heart because of terry silver, he is such a great manipulator

16:59 Yeah, there were at least 442 units! 😀But in regards to how he was able to guess, I would think that there weren't that many Japanese-American units in WWII, considering Japan was one of our enemies, and we had many Japanese-Americans in internment camps during that time. Maybe there was only the 442nd? I didn't look it up, but that's what I'd guess.

Great reaction guys. You're all set for season 4 now!

I always thought it was strange how Daniel wins a life and death street fight against Chozen who was a Sensei in Okinawa. Then in Part 3 he acts like a white belt against Mike Barnes who was only a tournament competitor. We can only presume Barnes had some kind of natural talent that he honed to the fullest from an early age.

Quick thoughts: 1) the mom cameo effort was slightly lame but was kinda nice 2) they got rid of 2 Daniel-girls within the span of this 1 film! 😅 3) I liked the introduction of the new Kata score theme when Daniel inexplicably pulled it out in the match at the end 4) IMO one of the 1st times Ralph Macchio started showing his age (getting a little ponch in the front there!) 4) the club guy Daniel punched was the main actor from REAL GENIUS

Kreese saying "I like that" in cobra kai is more a call back to karate kid 1 when Miyagi goes to the dojo and Miyagi keeps making demands and Kreese says "you're a pushy little bastard...but I like that...I LIKE THAT!"

Silver guessed 442nd because that the only unit during WW2 to allow Japanese Am. & diaspora to serve in military. Silver knew that fact as a way to make his scheme work.

Now that you have witnessed 3. Get ready to enjoy Seasons 4 & 5

Also just an FYI ---- the face contact rule seems to be exclusive to this movie since every other tournament we see someone is awarded a point for kicks to the face. ------ The 1984 tournament, The 50th all valley tournament (Miguel even imitated Daniel's crane kick and gained a point) and there are plenty of times it was used in the tournament in season 4. The rules changed (Since in this tournament the former champion doesn't have to fight at all until the finals, a rule that wasn't present in the previous tournament Or either of the tournaments in Cobra Kai.

The phrase "But I like that, I like that" is Kreese's own trademark. In the first film, when Miyagi warns him to have the other students stop bullying Daniel as he trains, Kreese responds by saying "You're a bushy, little bastard, aren't you? But I like that, I like that!"

In many Karate (& Tae Kwon Do) tournaments, you can punch & kick to the body but only kicks to the head are allowed. As far as why there wasn't a romance between Jessica and Daniel. Like others wrote, the actress was under 18 at the time. While Ralph Macchio was in his 20s and married. I believe it was he, not the director or the writers, who did not feel comfortable having romantic scenes with the actress due to their age difference. So the script was rewritten and the relationship became platonic.

Silver (the ponytail guy) is like the evil mirror universe version of Tommy from Power Rangers! All he's missing is the goatee!

Silver tortured and Johnny traumatized him him kreese taunted for his depression and assaults to happen and chozen tried to kill him as well as johnny and his friends .. johnny made him fall off a cliff chozen choked him out for a full minute to a hour almost suffocated him then the match till the death thing Barnes left him and Jessica down there where they could of drowned if that water went up ... So in my eyes Daniel has every right to do what he does and acts the way he acts to chozen and all cobra kai student's and CK sensei's silver and kreese.. any normal person human being would act like Daniel to those kind of people if they did what they did to Daniel especially when it's a adult and ur a child meaning silver and Daniel

A few notes: the girl was orginally supposed to be a love interest. But she was 17 at the time and Ralph was already in his late 20s and he refused to have any real kissing or romance scenes. So they made it platonic. Silver was supposed to have a smaller part...basically just the money man, but when they found out Ian was actually a high level black belt (they didn't know when they hired him) they reworked it so he would be training Daniel and his scenes sparring and fighting)

“What was the point of that scene”? Obviously, the point of that scene is to set up a major storyline 30 years later in a TV show.

This part is essential before you guys start season 4, that is true. Can't wait till you start with S4. Thank you Phil & Andrea!

One note regarding the relationship between Daniel and Jessica. Ralph M and the actress playing her Robyn Lively had a 6 year age difference in fact she was under 18 during the filming so it really couldnt develop for obvious reasons.

I completely blame silver for Daniels behavior in this . He's an adult he shouldn't do what he and kreese did to Daniel in karate kid anyway Daniel was a child ... Following to cobra kai series Daniel remembered trauma is why he acts the way he does in cobra kai especially to kreese and silver ...

The goal wasn't just to beat Daniel, but to humiliate him, hurt him physically and mentally, and to drive a wedge between Daniel and Miyagi.

Daniel's face kick in the first tournemant wasn't illegal. During the sane fight, Johnny scored a point with a kick to Daniel's face.

Amazing like always!!

The face contact thing. In karate punches to the face are not allowed. But kicks are. So in that sense Daniels kick in KK1 was fine. But it is supposed to be light contact kicks to the head....Basically your supposed to try to pull it and not follow through. However Johnny basically ran into the kick...so from that stand point it was his own fault (which is the same argument Silver was making about throwing the dirty punch).

What led you guys to watch Karate Kid 3? lol... just seems random...

36:00 I think that's a holdover from the Rocky series, same director (as the first and fifth Rocky) also directed these films. And speaking of, you should probably add the Rocky movies to your watching list pretty soon. There's loads of references to them in the next couple seasons of Cobra Kai.

17:48 Daniel: What are we gonna do if they come back? What are we gonna do? Miyagi: Dah Dah Dahhhhh... (Truck arrives at home to stolen trees)... Phil: "There goes Mr Miyagi's mood..." Andrea: "What's he gonna sing now..." lol

Great reaction guys to the classic trilogy

Now the real pain begins Danny boy

16:30 The 442nd was made up entirely of Japanese Americans. It's obvious that if Mr. Miyagi was in WW2, he would only have been in the 442nd, which was the most decorated unit in U.S. military history.

I don't know what scene but the actor who plays mike barnes in this movie ruptured his spleen filming a non karate stunt during this and was almost replaced because of it

Will you also be watching Next Karate Kid (Hilary Swank) and Karate Kid 2010 (Jackie Chan/ Jayden Smith)? “Is Daniel even a good fighter?” Hilarious comment from Phil. Thanks for the laughs. 😂 I would say Daniel is a “good” tournament fighter but not a “real world” fighter.

And Daniel did nothing to cobra kai especially silver and even if he did something to silver whcih he didn't but if he did silver should of talked to miyagi a adult or his mom ..

Yeah this whole movie was a mess. The writers didn't want it this way, but the studio forced it upon them. A lot of people also feel this movie should have been the second and the second should have been the third. Because Daniel downgrades, he just fought Chozen to the death in KK2 and is suddenly whimpering in fear? Also sorry to say, but no one really says this about this movie but Mr. Miyagi also doesn't make sense in this movie. He has guys breaking into his business and his home harassing, they could of killed Daniel on the cliff, and his response is do nothing? But in KK2 when they broke in to destroy the dojo and Chozen was choking out Daniel, Miyagi says tomorrow they're going home. As for Jessica leaving abruptly in the movie, long story short the actress was 17 years old and Daniel's actor was 27 years old, and he was not feeling comfortable doing scenes with her. Also Karate's bad boy is confused by kata? So with all that said, this is rated the worse KK movie, and in Cobra Kai they try to... correct..if that's the word, the writing of the third film. As for tournaments, usually kicks are allowed to the head, and not to the back of the head, not punches. In the first film when Johnny fights Vidal, I don't remember if they scored it a point but they showed Johnny punches above Vidal's face. He was indicating he could of scored a point, but he wasn't actually going to hit his face. Many Karate tournaments have separate portions just scoring for Kata .When I was in TKD, it was "forms".

38:15 The reason there was no romance between Daniel and Jessica, was because the actress who played her was actually 16-17 at the time, and Macchio was an adult (20s). The writers decided not to make it romantic. Because of actress being underage.

The way that guy says "Danielle" oof gives me the creeps lol

The rules didn't make sense. It wasn't fair for everyone else in the tournament for Daniel to defend his title only in the final match. He didn't compete thru out the competition. And it’s pretty insane that Ralph Macchio is older than Thomas Ian Griffith (Terry Silver) in real life.

I read the novelization of this movie back when I was a kid and, in true snob form, the book was much better. In the book Miyagi taught Daniel the other side of Goju-Ryu which is softness. He taught Daniel to counter Mike Barnes hard fighting style with soft techniques.

Daniel's college money went for a round trip ticket to Okinawa (Part II). The music, guys, the music, wow! Do you know why Jessica was not another girlfriend? Simple, the actress was in her teens, Ralph Macchio was already 22... So, they "gave her" a boyfriend. The 442nd unit was the only Japanese unit, that is how Miyagi doesn't suspect, other Japanese were in camps during the war, it was (swiftly explained) in the first movie... I hope you enjoyed that movie as well, even though it's the lowest in the ratings, now you are ready for the next season of Cobra Kai! :)

Every US Japanese solider was put into the 442nd

Daniel kicked Johnny in the lower chin in the first movie, (right about the neck). Not his actual face.

Looking forward to your reactions for seasons 4 and 5.

Kicking the back don't get you points but the pain is still inflicted so that was their plan

Cobra Kai made this movie better for me.

Lo me ha pasado en las serie en Cobra kai lo que en es el mejor saga de karate kid 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊 En que me ha pasado em las vidas de los alumnos de Serie en las cambio en toda las momentos de serie 😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮

Nope, same rules. Remember in the first movie when Ali was telling Danny Boy the rules she says no contact to the face. Johnny was right.

how did he know about 442nd? terry is uber wealthy and has tons of people researching, so that is likely how

He couldn’t “beat Mike more” Mike was too good, if Silver and Kreese had just let Barnes fight HIS fight he’d have won pretty easily. He was a specialist tournament fighter and won a few competitions around the US, some bigger than the all valley.

Love Part 3. Hate the Boring Part 2

This is my least favorite of the Karate Kid films, the writing is actually bad in parts, there is zero character development. Daniel-san lived through a fight to the death with Chozen but now he can't seem to remember that and he's afraid to compete in a tournament? When this came out I saw it as a studio manipulation, in the 80's studios loved sequels as cash cows, make money and give zero attention to the artistic integrity of the original vision. That being sead, I am happy with the way the antagonists of KK3 are brought into Cobra Kai, they have much more character development in the series than they had as cartoon caricatures in this movie.

This sequel was very lazy .

he threw one punch the entire tournament and won lol, not much of a champ.