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Avildsen filmed hours of tournament footage from multiple angles

Chronology

Decades after their 1984 All Valley Karate Tournament match, middle-aged Daniel LaRusso and Johnny Lawrence find themselves as martial arts rivals once again. During the original Karate Kid shoot, the late director John G.

Ralph Macchio told Uproxx that there are three new angles of the famous crane shot

The team behind Cobra Kai dug through the studio vault and found a ton of never-before-seen clips, which they were able to sneak into the series via flashbacks. One of them includes Zabka’s real mother, who was in the stands from multiple angles that were only seen in 2018.

This means that it was The Next Karate Kid that changed his name, while Cobra Kai kept the name he was previously given

Many people believe that Miyagi's name on his tombstone is a continuity error, as in Karate Kid 4 (1994), his name is listed as Keisuke, but it was actually shown earlier on a sign held for him by Chozen in Karate Kid 2 (1986) as Nariyoshi. Another interesting fact, however, is that the name given in The Karate Kid Part II was not the original given name for Miyagi.

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In Karate Kid (1984), it can be briefly seen on Miyagi's dog tags, attached to the keys to the 1948 Ford given to Daniel for his birthday, that Miyagi's first name is Hideo. Appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Anthony Mackie.

The problem is he was set up and never given a chance to shine

In Cobra Kai, it's his show and he shows a side of Johnny that is a real human experience.