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Miyagi starts Daniel's training with several seemingly non-karate-related house chores, albeit with specific rhythmic patterns: the first day of training sees Daniel waxing Miyagi's various cars; on the second, he sands the wooden floors of Miyagi's house; on the third, he paints a fence with vertical strokes; on the fourth, he paints Miyagi's ...
Daniel is initially upset with Mr. Miyagi over the arrangement, but Mr. Miyagi assures him that with the proper karate training, Daniel will no longer have to worry about Cobra Kai. Mr. Miyagi has Daniel do mundane chores at his house such as waxing his classic cars, sanding the wood floors, painting the fence, and painting the house.
Through Miyagi's teaching, Daniel learns both karate and essential life lessons, such as the importance of personal balance, reflected in the principle that martial arts training is as much about training the spirit as the body. He applies the life lessons Miyagi has taught him to strengthen his relationship with Ali.
After being beaten up by the Cobra Kai gang in an after-school fight, Daniel finds an unlikely friend and karate sensei in his apartment complex's handyman, Mr. Miyagi, a proficient karate master. Making a deal with Johnny's merciless sensei, John Kreese, to end the fighting, Miyagi trains Daniel to compete at the All-Valley Karate Tournament.
Ralph Macchio knows the importance that the late Pat Morita's Mr. Miyagi brought to the original Karate Kid films – which is why season 6 of the franchise spinoff Cobra Kai will honor the "magic ...
Netflix's Cobra Kai creators and Karate Kid star Ralph Macchio reveal why we will keep seeing flashbacks to Pat Morita’s Mr. Miyagi in the series, now on Season 4.
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Ralph George Macchio Jr. (/ ˈ m ɑː tʃ i oʊ / MAH-chee-oh, Italian:; born November 4, 1961) is an American actor.He is best known for playing Daniel LaRusso in four Karate Kid films (the 1984 film The Karate Kid and its sequels, The Karate Kid Part II in 1986, The Karate Kid Part III in 1989, and the upcoming Karate Kid: Legends in 2025), as well as in Cobra Kai (2018–present), a sequel ...