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Avildsen shot hours of footage of the tournament from multiple angles

Tale

Decades after their bout at the 1984 All Valley Karate Tournament, Daniel LaRusso and Johnny Lawrence rediscover each other as martial arts rivals. During the original filming of The Karate Kid, the late director John G. The team behind Cobra Kai searched the studio vault and found tons of never-before-seen clips that they were able to incorporate into the series using flash photography.

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One of them is Zabka’s real mother, who was seen in the stands from multiple angles until 2018. Many people believe that Miyagi’s name on his tombstone is a continuity error, as his name is listed as Keisuke in Karate Kid 4 (1994), but the sign Chozen held in Karate Kid 2 (1986) actually read Nariyoshi. This means that The Next Karate Kid changed its name while Cobra Kai kept its previous name.

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However, another interesting fact is that the name given in Karate Kid Part II was not the original name for Miyagi. In Karate Kid (1984), Miyagi’s dog tags attached to the keys of the 1948 Ford given to Daniel for his birthday reveal Miyagi’s first name as Hideo. Cobra Kai is so much better than I thought it would be.

I’m glad I was wrong

I grew up a Karate Kid fan but wasn’t sure what to expect from this game and thought it was a cheap kid’s allowance rip-off. It’s way better than any other company, especially William Zabka! As Johnny Lawrence, he is definitely the star of this show.

You agree with him more than Daniel (Ralph Macchio)

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