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Miyagi, who in turn tells him to show him the motions he'd been using to do the chores. After doing so, Daniel realizes that all the chores Mr. Miyagi has made him do are really defense tactics, reflex and muscle building activities. Miyagi then attacks Daniel who counters all his strikes. As the weeks go by, Mr. Miyagi continues to train Daniel and improve his technique. He continues to improve his defense techniques. He teaches him to main strong balance and display offense.

Daniel is able to learn the crane kick from Mr. In the semi-final, he faces Cobra Kai student Bobby Brown who reluctantly and regretfully follows Kreese's order to perform an illegal kick and injure Daniel's knee. As a result, Bobby is disqualified and Daniel automatically advanced to the final. Daniel is taken to the locker room where a medic tells him he won't be able to finish the competition. Daniel asks Mr. Miyagi to use acupressure to fix his knee. Though Mr. Miyagi tells him that has nothing left to prove, Daniel insists he will never be able to achieve his life's balance if he knows his tormentors have gotten the best of him.

Miyagi agrees and partially heals Daniel's leg. Daniel returns to compete in the final. Right before the final round of the match begins Daniel takes up the crane technique pose and with an approving look from Mr.

Miyagi, waits for Cobra Kai's top student Johnny Lawrence to make his move. Daniel kicks out with his leg and connects with Johnny's chin and face, scoring his third point which results in him winning the match and title.

Miyagi gives Daniel an approving smile when he yells to him that they did it. Following the tournament, Mr. Miyagi notices Kreese berating and choking Johnny for losing; he goes to Kreese and persuades him to let Johnny go, and Cobra Kai student Tommy agrees with Mr.

However, Kreese threatens to attack Mr. Miyagi next. An angry Mr. Miyagi pulls Kreese off of Johnny and then Kreese attacks Mr. Miyagi, who dodges his attacks, which causes Kreese to punch car windows, severely injuring his hands as a result. Miyagi is ready to deliver a heavy blow, only for him to tweak Kreese's nose, making him unconscious as a result.

Six months later, Mr. Miyagi learns that his father is dying, and returns to Okinawa , where he is reunited with his childhood crush Yukie.

He even runs into Sato , Mr. Miyagi's childhood friend who still holds a grudge against Mr. Miyagi trying to marry Yukie despite the old Japanese custom of arranged marriages. Sato relentlessly tries to goad Mr. Miyagi into a fight him, but Mr. Miyagi just wants to make peace with Sato. Miyagi's father then passes away. He goes as far as to destroy the village in order to fight Mr. After seeing Sato destroying the village, an angry Mr. Miyagi agrees to fight him. However, after Mr.

Miyagi saves Sato from death during a typhoon, Sato renounces his hate and asks Mr. Miyagi to forgive him; the two make peace. On the night of the O-Bon festival, when Kumiko , Yukie's niece, is performing, Sato's bitter nephew Chozen grabs her and forces Daniel to fight him.

Miyagi and Sato try to encourage Chozen not to dishonor Sato, but Chozen refuses. While Chozen is getting the upper-hand in his fight with Daniel, Mr. Miyagi advises Daniel to stand down, which then allow Daniel to flip him over. Eventually Mr. Miyagi brings out his hand drum and beats it, which allows Daniel to understand how to win, and he ultimately beats Chozen. Similar to what Mr. Miyagi did to Kreese after the tournament, Daniel makes Chozen unconscious by tweaking his nose.

After returning from Okinawa, Mr. Miyagi is left unemployed while Daniel is left homeless due to the South Seas Apartment being sold and the new owner deciding to tear it down and turn it into condominiums with a spa. However, Mr. Miyagi allows Daniel to stay at his house. Daniel decides to start a Bonsai tree store after seeing Mr. Miyagi upset about having to give up his prized Bonsai Trees.

Miyagi advises him not to do that as he knows Daniel's college education is more important, Daniel uses his tuition money to purchase a Bonsai store. The two then work together at the Bonsai store. At first Daniel wants to re-enter the All Valley Tournament so that he can defend his title. Miyagi tells him not to which Daniel eventually agrees to. However, unbeknownst to Mr. Miyagi, Daniel is soon forced to enter the tournament by Mike Barnes , who unbeknownst to Daniel for a long time has been hired by Terry Silver to beat and hurt Daniel in the tournament as revenge for causing his war buddy Kreese's students to quit Cobra Kai following the previous tournament, which ruined Kreese's life.

One day while Mr. Miyagi is teaching Daniel at his house, Terry shows up and gives a both Mr. Miyagi and Daniel a fake apology over Kreese's behavior after the All Valley tournament, as well as lies to them about Kreese dying as a result of losing his students in order to gain their sympathy. Unaware that Terry is lying, Mr.

Miyagi and Daniel accept his apology and apologize for what happened to Kreese. When Daniel decides not to participate in the tournament, he goes to Cobra Kai to tell Terry he does not want to compete, only for Terry to reveal his true motives. Mike and then Kreese appear where the former attacks and beats up Daniel. Following this, Mr. Miyagi trains Daniel for the tournament. Miyagi's teachings seem to be futile in the finals as Barnes repeatedly gets the better of Daniel and even terrifies him, causing Daniel to lose hope, Mr.

Miyagi is able to pull him together, and Daniel is ultimately able to win the tournament in the sudden death round by using the Kata move on Mike. After Daniel wins the tournament, he runs and hugs Mr. Additionally, Cobra Kai is shut down for good and banned from competing in All-Valley tournaments after In the spring of , Mr. Miyagi goes to Boston to attend the fiftieth anniversary of the nd Infantry Regiment and reunite with his war buddy's widowed wife's, Louisa Pierce.

In Boston, he meets her granddaughter Julie Pierce , who is angry over her parents recent suddenly passing. He stays in Boston in order to take care of Julie.

While she is cold to Mr. Miyagi at first, as time goes by, the two bond and Mr. Miyagi teaches her karate the same way he taught Daniel.

His lessons allow her to beat up a bully and Alpha Elite student named Ned Randall. After defeating Ned, Mr. Miyagi successfully defeats and humiliates Alpha Elite sensei Colonel Paul Dugan , who has been corrupting his students into behaving violently and unethically. Miyagi and Julie leave after defeating Dugan. The rest of Dugan's team left too and shutting down Dugan's team for good. Miyagi and Daniel continued to keep in touch.

While it hasn't been confirmed whether or not Daniel trained with Mr. Miyagi after the All-Valley Tournament in , it can be implied that he has, as several years later, an adult Daniel remembers his lessons and is much more skilled than he was as a teenager.

Miyagi also developed an extremely close relationship with not only Daniel's wife, Amanda , but also their two children, Samantha and Anthony. It is required you practice slow, so that it will come natural to you later on. Don't fool around, don't do the Ali Shuffle. The Miyagi-Do teacher, will most likely trip you if he has to if it makes you pay attention. Once finished, the student can go home, rest and get ready for the next lesson.

The 9th Lesson. In this lesson the student is tasked with another chore. Much like the beginning lessons. In this case, your tasked to build walls for an extra room on the dojo. To do so, you need to place wooden boards side by side and secure them by nailing them with a manual hammer. However, there's a catch. You have to hit each nail all the way through with one strike. Which requires focus, strength and precision.

If you find yourself out of focus, practice the following technique: Close your eyes. Place your hands together in a praying motion at the center of your chest. Breathe out of your mouth, while pushing your hands forwards. Breathe in through your nose and pull your hands back inwards. Breathe out only this time push your hands upwards. Breathe in again and pull your hands inwards. Repeat the process until you feel better and more focused, then continue the task.

Once finished, the student is free to go home, rest and get ready for the next lesson. The 10th Lesson. At this point, you the student, would wonder why you learned so few lessons, in comparison to a more expensive Dojo.

Which the Miyagi-Do teacher would respond, by stating that each lesson learned is based on quality of what you know, not quantity. At this point you learned enough that you can go into a sparring match with your teacher. If you are able to land a blow on him, the lesson is over. However, there is still more to teach after. The 11th lesson. Drum Technique. The drum technique is not just a lesson, but also the secret to Miyagi-Do Karate. The basis, is based off a principal for defense, as stated by Miyagi:.

Play around with it for a few minutes to get an understanding of it. Then go with your teacher to a location where there are ropes with hooks on it.

You stand in the designated spot, and wait for your teacher to drop the rope against you. Then once your teacher let's go, you twist your body either left or right, while raising the following hand up. It should be in a manner similar to the pellets striking the drum. If done right, that hook would hit the wall, not you. It is also possible to work a counter-punch into the technique, which Daniel incorporated.

Once mastered, the student is ready for the next lesson. This lesson is a short one hence it's not a full lesson. However it comes in handy when the situation calls for it. All you need is any item that you can fit in your hand. A cloth, wallet, you name it. Whether it's grabbed and dropped by your opponent or "Accidentally" dropped by you, upon picking it up, you are well within range of your opponent's groin. Which you strike as hard as you can. Giving you ample time to run as far away from them as you can.

Lesson Miyagi-Do Kata. The foundation of Miyagi-Do Karate and the final lesson. This Kata, is based around the workings of the Bonsai Tree. You start with your fists pointing down to the ground, your roots. Then you move your arms up to your chest and push them outwards, while opening your hands. The palms facing upwards as you do. Representing the branches growing and the leaves blooming.

Then you raise your right hand up to your forehead with your left hand pointing downwards. Your body turning and facing right as you do so. Then alternate positions, switching your hands and your stance so you're facing left. Representing the tree growing up and the limbs waving in the wind. Then repeat the pattern until it becomes a natural flow to you. You have now mastered Miyagi-Do Karate.

While some are similar to Miyagi's, Daniel himself has added his own spin to them as well as incorporated never before seen lessons and moves Miyagi has taught him. The second lesson. This lesson requires a flagpole, a rope and a flag. The goal is to raise your arm high enough and fully extended. Then grab the rope and pull it down to raise the flag with one hand while alternating with the other hand. Repeat the process until the flag is raised.

This lesson is meant to exercise your arms, as well as improve your hand eye cooridiniation. Once raised, continue the other lessons until you are needed to lower the flag. The third lesson. Wash the Windows. Similar to Paint the House, the lesson requires you to move your hands side to side while moving a squeegee across the windows. Once done, you move on to the next lesson.

The fourth lesson. Jack up Car. In this lesson, you need a car and a jack. Unlike the traditional way, in which you use the jack with both hands. Instead you turn around facing the car and get down bending one knee down and one knee up, while moving the lever down in reps. Pushing your down knee along with your leg with the arm. Watch options. Storyline Edit. Documentary Action Biography Sport. Add content advisory. Did you know Edit. Quotes Billy Blanks : He was so masterful User reviews 2 Review.

Top review. A nice portrait of a great in the martial arts world While I studied karate for a few years when I was a teen, I am not in the target market for this documentary.

I am not a martial arts afficiado and think it's important you know this, as it definitely has a bearing on my review and how worthwhile it is for you. I have a few friends who are nuts about the subject and one who is perennially on the US national martial arts team This film is a biography of Japanese-born Fumio Demura, a man reputed to be one of the greatest practitioner of martial arts in the 20th century and a guy who had a huge impact on this in the States.

Additionally, he was the stunt double for Mr. Miyagi in "The Karate Kid" and the film follows his life. Overall, this is a very interesting film--made more so since Demura is still alive and participated in making the movie. This one probably won't change your life, though it's nice hearing so many people speaking so glowingly and fondly about the man.

MartinHafer Jan 17, Shimpo ended up spending years in China, learning the secrets of the country's martial arts during his stay. When he returned to Okinawa with a Chinese wife and two kids in tow a decade after he accidentally left, Shimpo used what he had learned to develop a style of karate that would be passed down for generations and ultimately used by LaRusso in his battles against the unscrupulous Cobra Kai dojo.

Miyagi wasn't the only kid that his father entrusted with the secrets of the family's ancient karate. When he was old enough to work, Miyagi got himself a job with the dad of his best friend, Sato Toguchi Danny Kamekona. In return, Miyagi's father taught Sato karate, and this arrangement worked well — until Yukie Nobu McCarthy came along. Arranged marriages were commonplace in Okinawa at the time, and Sato was in luck. His proposed bride was a beautiful young woman, so beautiful that his best friend couldn't take his eyes off her.

Despite the fact that she was engaged to marry Sato, Miyagi fell hard for Yukie. He believed he had the right to fight for her hand in marriage, and that's exactly what he did. The loved-up Miyagi proclaimed that he would abandon local tradition so he could be with Yukie, which didn't go down well with his fellow villagers, Sato in particular.

Miyagi was told in no uncertain terms that he'd dishonored his best friend, who wasn't about to let him walk away with Yukie on his arm. Sato challenged Miyagi to a fight to the death, which he promptly refused.

Instead of facing his former BFF in what would've surely been a legendary encounter, Miyagi emigrated to the United States and started a new life. Miyagi's life in America got off to a pretty good start.

Then, World War II happened. Miyagi immediately joined the United States military to do his part for his new country, and that ultimately saved him from imprisonment. This decreed that all Americans of Japanese descent would be sent to camps. It was a move intended to stop espionage, but it's now seen as "one of the most atrocious violations of American civil rights in the 20th century," according to History. Sadly, actor Pat Morita didn't have to use much imagination when the subject of the camps came up in The Karate Kid.

Speaking to the Television Academy , the actor revealed that he spent time in hospital for spinal tuberculosis as a child. He made a miraculous recovery, but as soon as he was back on his feet, he was sent to join his parents in a so-called relocation center. Japanese-Americans were banned from applying for the military after Pearl Harbor, but the powers that be soon decided that letting them prove their loyalty to the States was a better tactic.

They were initially sent to Italy and were later redeployed to southern France, where they helped liberate cities under Nazi control. The regiment became one of the most highly decorated in U. In the Karate Kid universe, Miyagi was among those recipients.

The Okinawan signed up for the U. Army as soon as World War II broke out, and he would rise to the rank of sergeant during a decorated military career. We got a good look at his impressive medal collection as he drunkenly recounted his past during The Karate Kid. A war between the dojos loomed, but the medal was returned before things got violent. Miyagi's first stop after leaving Okinawa was Hawaii, where he landed a job in the sugar cane fields.

It was during this time that he met and fell in love with his future wife, a co-worker on the plantation and a "damn good cane cutter," according to Miyagi. The happy couple tied the knot, and Mrs.