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Avildsen filmed hours of footage of the tournament from various angles
Narrative
Decades after their fight at the 1984 All Valley Karate Tournament, middle-aged Daniel LaRusso and Johnny Lawrence meet again as martial arts rivals. During the original filming of The Karate Kid, the late director John G. The team behind Cobra Kai dug into the studio’s vault and found a number of previously unseen clips that they were able to incorporate into the series through flashbacks.
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One of them features Zabka’s mother standing in the stands from different angles that weren’t seen until 2018. Many people believe that Miyagi’s name on his tombstone is a continuity error, as in The Karate Kid 4 (1994) his name is listed as Keisuke, but it was previously shown on the plaque he held for him in The Karate Kid 2. (1986) as Nariyoshi.
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This means that The Next Karate Kid changed its name, while Cobra Kai kept the name it was given before. But another interesting fact is that the name given in The Karate Kid Part II was not Miyagi’s first name. In The Karate Kid (1984), Miyagi’s dog tags attached to the keys to the 1948 Ford that Daniel was given for his birthday briefly show that Miyagi’s name is Hideo.
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The problem is that he was typecast and never got a chance to shine. In Cobra Kai, it’s his performance and it shows a side of Johnny that is a real human experience. The new season of The Shiloh; is one of the biggest TV and streaming premieres this month.