

In fact, the crane kick would be extremely easy to defense against because the pose very obviously forewarns your opponent that you're about to use it.This is apparently acknowledged in Karate Kid 2, where the crane kick is defended by stepping slightly to the side. There's no martial arts move to which there is no defense. In the first film, Miyagi claims that there is no defense against a properly performed crane kick.No one working on the film could do it, so they invented a new, purely fictional kick involving a flamingo pose into a front kick. The actual crane kick is a twirling kick in which you jump, kick, and land all on the same leg.

Gets more literal in the fifth film where he uses kung fu.
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Columbia Pictures obtained permission from DC (as a professional courtesy) to use the title "The Karate Kid" because the name was already in use for the Karate Kid in DC's Legion of Super-Heroes comic, but the films draw no inspiration from the character otherwise. Many people have noticed that DC Comics is credited in the films, but contrary to popular belief, the films are not directly based on any comic book. Both Ralph Macchio and William Zabka reprise their roles, and the series debuted on YouTube Premium before undergoing a Channel Hop to Netflix starting with the third season.

Oh, and, due to Mr Han being Chinese, Kung Fu is practiced in it instead of Karate.įollowing the 2010 movie, the franchise went with an Un-Reboot series called Cobra Kai following Karate Kid antagonist Johnny Lawrence and Daniel 34 years after the first movie.
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Instead of making the student do chores, Mr Han does the same sort of Trickster Mentor approach and teaches Dre how to become a better son. The next film, from 2010, was a Hard Reboot, and focused on the student-master relationship between Andre "Dre" Parker (played by Jaden Smith) and Mr Han (played by Jackie Chan).
