Karate Kid facts
While investigating facts about Karate Kid Cast and Karate Kid 2010, I found out little known, but curios details like:
The Karate Kid (Ralph Macchio) is now the same age as Mr. Miyagi was when Pat Morita played him in the movie
how karate kid was the bully?
they shot "The Karate Kid" entirely on camcorder before they filmed it for real (and it's on youtube!)
Where was karate kid filmed at?
In my opinion, it is useful to put together a list of the most interesting details from trusted sources that I've come across answering what karate kid actor died. Here are 50 of the best facts about Karate Kid 2 and Karate Kid 3 I managed to collect.
where was karate kid 2 filmed at?
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Pat Morita fought tuberculosis at a young age which resulted in him being in a body cast on and off from ages 2-11 and being told he would never walk, some of you might better know him as Mr.Miyagi from the Karate Kid films or Arnold from Happy Days
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Karate Kid' villain Billy Zabka is still best friends with the Cobra Kais
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Taken was written by the same guy that wrote The Karate Kid
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Ron Thomas who played Kobra Kai member Bobby Brown in 'The Karate Kid' went on to become two-time Karate world champion and a sixth degree black belt.
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For the catching-a-fly-with-chopsticks scene in the "Karate Kid", they first tired regular flies but that didn't work. Then they tried refrigerated flies (they fly slower) but that didn't work. Finally they took a piece of sweater fuzz and just hung it on a string and that finally worked.
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'You're the Best', the song from The Karate Kid, was originally written for Rocky 3 but ultimately rejected and replaced by 'Eye Of The Tiger'.
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The Karate Kid, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Ghostbusters, and Gremlins were all released the same summer
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They rehearsed the entire movie "The Karate KID (1983)" before filming, and taped it.
Why karate kid is the bully?
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William Zabka, best known for playing Johnny in The Karate Kid, was nominated for an Academy Award in 2004 after writing and producing a Czech short film called "Most".
Mr. Miyagi(The Karate Kid) was actually based off a real person, Chōjun Miyagi. This Miyagi was also from Okinawa and founded the Goju-Ryu school of karate thus popularizing the martial art. - source
The first scene in Karate Kid II, where Sensei John Kreese breaks Johnny Lawrence' 2nd place trophy, was actually supposed to be the last scene in the first movie. - source
On the 1984 Movie Karate Kid according to the USANKF Sport Karate Rules Daniel Larusso should have been disqualified in the final for his Crane Kick, kicking his opponent in the face with full force.
Martin Kove got the part of evil Sensei in Karate Kid by verbally thrashing the director. - source
When did karate kid come out?
Eye of the Tiger, the theme song for Rocky III was originally made for The Karate Kid. Stallone (the director of Rocky III) ended up using Eye of the Tiger after he was denied use of Queens Another One Bites the Dust which Stallone originally wanted as the theme song for Rocky III.
How karate kid died?
Elisabeth Shue, the actress who played Ali from "The Karate Kid", witnessed her brother die in a freak accident when a rope swing broke and he was impaled by a tree branch.
The Karate Kid was a DC Comic character first appearing in 1966.
Daniel San is now almost four years older than Mr. Miyagi was when he starred in the Karate Kid
Most of the filming sites of the original Karate Kid movie, are still the same today
