This attention to emotional character beats is what made The Karate Kid a cult classic, and it is the same lesson that the makers of its spinoff series, Cobra Kai learned as well. Miyagi, who had seemed like an enigmatic character up to that point whose only purpose was to teach Daniel karate, became a flesh-and-blood character with his own past and his own regrets. Thankfully, Robert Mark Kamen won that battle, and the scene stayed in the picture. If it doesn't work, you can take it out." He did, and it worked. I went right to Frank and I played my mentor card. It slows the story down, blah, blah, blah." And I said, "This is the heart of the movie." John Avildsen and I felt that way. And despite what he said later, Jerry Weintraub was all ready to cut it. Columbia wanted to cut it out of the movie. Miyagi drunk and talking about his ex-wife, which is going to play a very significant part in the stage play. “Very important."The big creative battle was to keep the scene with Mr. “Don’t forget to breathe,” he tells Daniel. Miyagi, the physical discipline of karate cannot be separated from its broader philosophical and practical underpinnings. Underneath lies an enlightened, mischievous, and extremely generous old man. Miyagi’s broken English and various idiosyncrasies make him somewhat inscrutable to the untrained eye. Personality… mysterious, reserved, and wise. “Train so you don’t have to fight,” he tells Daniel. Miyagi teaches Daniel that karate isn’t about fighting. Their training continues through his unorthodox Mr. Miyagi was teaching him defensive karate maneuvers via the muscle memory conscripted in the specific hand motions of each task. Daniel questions the usefulness of these tasks, but soon learns that Mr. Miyagi agrees and sets him to work waxing his antique cars, sanding his wooden deck, and painting his fence (both sides) and his house. He wants to defend himself against some bullies at his school and ultimately defeat them in the All-Valley Karate Championship. Miyagi never remarried, and still celebrates their anniversary, sometimes with a big helping of liquor.Ĭhallenge… mentoring a young man named Daniel LaRusso, who approached Mr. She and their son died there due to birth complications. She was sent to the Manzanar internment camp around the same time he joined the army. Interests… fishing and taking care of his bonsai trees. He is also a karate master, but that is not very lucrative. Profession… maintenance man at South Seas Apartment Complex. “If man can catch fly with chopsticks, he can accomplish anything,” he explains.
Sometimes, he’ll sit and try and catch a fly with chopsticks.
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Miyagi spends much of his free time in his small complex, complete with wooden wind chimes, bonsai trees, and a backyard garden.
He immigrated to the United States, enrolled in UC-Santa Barbara, and joined the army to fight in World War II, eventually earning the Congressional Medal of Honor for his bravery. Miyagi learned karate from his father, a fisherman. Grew Up… in Okinawa, the chain of islands between Japan and China.
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