Daniel-san/Chozen fight

[Hart]

I recently saw Karate Kid II and thought the final fight between Daniel and Chozen was cool, but at the same time realistic. Like the part where Daniel attempted to use the crane kick, Chozen simply caught his leg and pushed him down. The two of them also got bloodied up and tired during the fight--something that would happen in real life. Aside from the ending--villagers rallying around Daniel by playing those "drum paddles?"--I thought the director did his homework in presenting Karate realisticly. Does anyone else have thoughts on this?

[mean fighter]

I believe the fight was very realistic I just think if the guy was able too kick solid stone with just one kick.......... he would Daniel

[yasureubetcha]

Lol, I always thought the movies presented it well. Like there was never alot of special effects or cheap tricks ... just the basics, specially in the first one. Thats what made them such classics.

[IronWarrior]

Yes, the karate kids where excellent movies, wish there where more like it.

[Ben Martin]

^agreed

[Gen_Tora]

Personally I'd like to know what happen to Daniel after 3. See a middle age Daniel teaching some kid about karate & passing on the legend of old apartment super who could break support beams with his bare hands, leap over fences to drop 4 younger, stronger & faster black belts like they were made of paper & easily be one of the most dangerous men in the world. Yet, refused to fight unless it was life or death & forgave even his enemies because it was honorable.

[Meguro]

I never bought into the karate kid-mythology: dweeby-kid overcomes loneliness and victimhood by mastering a magic-no-defense technique. It insults winners and also-rans by discounting the hard work required by all who want to participate in competition and in life. Nope, there are no short cuts, even for dweebs with no talent but a heart in the right place. I suppose my view is a little too harsh for Hollywood fantasy. My bad. I'm only on my first cup of coffee.

[phatkata]

Daniel have decline karate kid 4 and the story xhanged after that for the girl. the original script would be huge different.

[PrideampPoise]

Nope, there are no short cuts, even for dweebs with no talent but a heart in the right place.

I guess it can be viewed that way, but I don't think that was the intended message, or the message most got from the movie. Daniel put in a lot of hard work and showed a lot of perseverance to defeat cocky and arrogant opponents.

Really, its the "Cobra Kai" that were taking the shortcut, learning nothing about the philosophies or "art" of Martial arts, and simply learning how to fight.

True, the short time in which Daniel was able to progress isn't really consistent with that when you think about it, but the movie presents it in a way that shows he basically ate, drank and breathed karate for the period in which he trained.

Certainly the message is that hard work and balance are the preferred route, and that shortcuts are not the answer. This was even stated several times when Daniel wanted to learn "more" stuff faster.

[Zorba]

i always loved the last fight in kk2. infact, a friend of mine was recently in bali, and managed to find and buy one of those drum paddles thing. looks just like the myagi one.