Karate was just the excuse. The movie was about the uncommon friendship between a loner who has been spit on by the country he defended and a loser who had no friends in school.
You have to see the context. McDojos were at their golden age so the setting was relatable for the American audience. Also karate is more expanded than kung fu. There were karate dojos in America in the early 20th century and karate founder had an advanced mind for his time, he wanted karate to be available to everyone without caring about the race or nationality. Compare to China refusing to teach kung fu to westerner demons and even ordering Bruce Lee to close his school in Seatle
i really really really really got tired of this song in the 90s and i was only 10 at the end of the 90s.
it's one of those references that is just so easy but everybody thinks they're clever and making a joke by referencing
>Poser martial artist >Will Smith's talentless spawn
The concept is great, the casting is attrocious.
Also, why not just call it "The Kung-Fu Kid"? The brand association is still there without misleading the audience.
Kino as frick. The relationship between student and teacher was amazing
>Poser martial artist >Will Smith's talentless spawn
The concept is great, the casting is attrocious.
Also, why not just call it "The Kung-Fu Kid"? The brand association is still there without misleading the audience.
Frick you. Jaden may be shit but he did a pretty good job in this film. Also Jackie Chan could still probably kick your ass.
>Kino as frick. The relationship between student and teacher was amazing
It was extremely lukewarm compared to Daniel and Miyagi, Jackie Chan is primarily a comedian, he didn't manage to match the degree of emotional depth that Pat Morita gave Miyagi, they try to do the same sad story about the dead family but only Miyagi manages to seem legitimately depressed, Han just seems bitter and disgruntled, and by changing the setting to China they removed the element of cultural clash, Miyagi fought for the US and in exchange he got ostracized and derided so he removed himself from society and indulged in his culture, Han is in his country and he is only a recluse because of his permanent stink eye.
What's worse is that they could have instead put that on Dre, but because the movie was made in the 2010s they could no longer portray asians being openly racist to blacks, so you only get the slightest of indications, and the main conflict is because of the girl.
I dont remember Jackie every making street fighting claims like Bruce Lee. Jackie also never hid his background or claimed to see some kind of master. He just used his skillset to make the best career he could
99% of Kung Fu and it’s practitioners are little b***h sissies who couldn’t win a fight if they had 10 free hits. The 1% of Shaolin Monks and Bruce Lee types are the sole reason it’s regarded as anything worthwhile, as proven by that MMA chink beating the frick out of all the so called grand masters of various schools to the point China has all but imprisoned him for insulting their national pride.
Kung Fu is more McDojo than anything else with its Qi Mastery bullshit “I can defeat my opponent with a glance” or “I could fly but I just choose not to” or “I can hit you in a way to make your heart explode”.
Karate was born of warriors wanting to frick up other warriors. But it too became pussified when it became western centric. Almost all of Japan, Korea, south east Asia martial arts are designed to frick you up and win the fight asap not frick around slapping you like Steven Segal does in all his films. Don’t learn Kung Fu unless you can go to a Shaolin monastery and live there for 10 years becoming a god, or I guess Tai chi because it’s brutal as frick when you master it. Not the gentle breathing shit the actual martial art version. Stab a homie in the ears with your thumbs type shit.
Northern Chinese (shaolin) are quite tall when compared to Koreans and (especially) japanese. Southern Chinese (think Hong Kongers) are quite small and cuckolded. The 5'4" Joshua Wong is a fantastic example of this phenotype.
>the only asians with any legitimate height or mass are mongolians
Yes and guess who mongolians raped the most, seeing as they are quite NORTH of China?
Kung fu is only cool in movies and theater because that's what it has been designed for the last several hundred years.
Karate is meant for fighting.
Watch any videos of kung fu masters taking on any actual fighters and they get their asses handed to them every single time. They often start with their hecking kung fu ching chong shit but as they realize it does not work they just start desperately b***h slapping.
Kung fu is a dance made for theatrics. Ip Man would not take out even a single one of the karate blackbelts like he did in the Donnie Yen movie.
It's pronounced karate.
heh
'70s was the kung-fu/chinese fighting age.
'80s was the superior jap martial arts and action genre general.
Karate was just the excuse. The movie was about the uncommon friendship between a loner who has been spit on by the country he defended and a loser who had no friends in school.
So it was the Rick & Morty of the 80s?
No you nonce, that's Back to the Future, Rick and Morty, Doc and Marty, duh.
>old man grooms young twink
How did they got away with this
the twink wasn't actually that young so it was okay. he was only portrayed as a teenager
You have to see the context. McDojos were at their golden age so the setting was relatable for the American audience. Also karate is more expanded than kung fu. There were karate dojos in America in the early 20th century and karate founder had an advanced mind for his time, he wanted karate to be available to everyone without caring about the race or nationality. Compare to China refusing to teach kung fu to westerner demons and even ordering Bruce Lee to close his school in Seatle
They would have been obligated to main vid related be the main song of the movie and they didn't want to pay for the rights.
i really really really really got tired of this song in the 90s and i was only 10 at the end of the 90s.
it's one of those references that is just so easy but everybody thinks they're clever and making a joke by referencing
Literally teen Rocky.
IIRC You're The Best Around was originally written for a Rocky sequel
Should have married his Sensei's niece who really wanted him
It would be one of the better 80s sequels but Daniel-san went for the boring white broad
Kung fu is chinese, Miyagi is a japanese surname.
>Kung Fu would have been cooler
Uh huh, right
>Poser martial artist
>Will Smith's talentless spawn
The concept is great, the casting is attrocious.
Also, why not just call it "The Kung-Fu Kid"? The brand association is still there without misleading the audience.
They did call it the Kung Fu Kid elsewhere, but in the US they wanted to sell it on the Karate Kid's name.
Where? that french poster clearly says Karate Kid, and in my country was named the same
Kino as frick. The relationship between student and teacher was amazing
Frick you. Jaden may be shit but he did a pretty good job in this film. Also Jackie Chan could still probably kick your ass.
>Kino as frick. The relationship between student and teacher was amazing
It was extremely lukewarm compared to Daniel and Miyagi, Jackie Chan is primarily a comedian, he didn't manage to match the degree of emotional depth that Pat Morita gave Miyagi, they try to do the same sad story about the dead family but only Miyagi manages to seem legitimately depressed, Han just seems bitter and disgruntled, and by changing the setting to China they removed the element of cultural clash, Miyagi fought for the US and in exchange he got ostracized and derided so he removed himself from society and indulged in his culture, Han is in his country and he is only a recluse because of his permanent stink eye.
What's worse is that they could have instead put that on Dre, but because the movie was made in the 2010s they could no longer portray asians being openly racist to blacks, so you only get the slightest of indications, and the main conflict is because of the girl.
I dont remember Jackie every making street fighting claims like Bruce Lee. Jackie also never hid his background or claimed to see some kind of master. He just used his skillset to make the best career he could
Racist as frick. Karate is of Japan, Kung Fu is of China. West cucks can’t even tell the different.
Who needs Bruce Lee when you could have Bruce Leroy instead?
99% of Kung Fu and it’s practitioners are little b***h sissies who couldn’t win a fight if they had 10 free hits. The 1% of Shaolin Monks and Bruce Lee types are the sole reason it’s regarded as anything worthwhile, as proven by that MMA chink beating the frick out of all the so called grand masters of various schools to the point China has all but imprisoned him for insulting their national pride.
Kung Fu is more McDojo than anything else with its Qi Mastery bullshit “I can defeat my opponent with a glance” or “I could fly but I just choose not to” or “I can hit you in a way to make your heart explode”.
Karate was born of warriors wanting to frick up other warriors. But it too became pussified when it became western centric. Almost all of Japan, Korea, south east Asia martial arts are designed to frick you up and win the fight asap not frick around slapping you like Steven Segal does in all his films. Don’t learn Kung Fu unless you can go to a Shaolin monastery and live there for 10 years becoming a god, or I guess Tai chi because it’s brutal as frick when you master it. Not the gentle breathing shit the actual martial art version. Stab a homie in the ears with your thumbs type shit.
Your average chinese kung fu master could heem a korean or jap simply by height and mass alone lol. Kung Fu is the origin of all asian martial arts.
Ih yeah, the legendary bulk and mass of chinks.
Northern Chinese (shaolin) are quite tall when compared to Koreans and (especially) japanese. Southern Chinese (think Hong Kongers) are quite small and cuckolded. The 5'4" Joshua Wong is a fantastic example of this phenotype.
They're all yayoi bullshit, the only asians with any legitimate height or mass are mongolians and jomon.
>the only asians with any legitimate height or mass are mongolians
Yes and guess who mongolians raped the most, seeing as they are quite NORTH of China?
Kung fu is only cool in movies and theater because that's what it has been designed for the last several hundred years.
Karate is meant for fighting.
Watch any videos of kung fu masters taking on any actual fighters and they get their asses handed to them every single time. They often start with their hecking kung fu ching chong shit but as they realize it does not work they just start desperately b***h slapping.
Kung fu is a dance made for theatrics. Ip Man would not take out even a single one of the karate blackbelts like he did in the Donnie Yen movie.
>Karate is meant for fighting.
My 12 year old niece is a black belt in Karate.
now she can join junior classes with some teenagers and get a crush and get pregnant too early
Why was Taekwondo for kids so popular in the early 2000s?
its the sissier version of kung fu. flashy kicks
Why didn’t he marry kumiko.
Daniel-san failed
Karate kid but it's an old guy being taught by a youngster and he is starting to dhow signs if dementia.
Call it Kung Fugue
Frick off Nick.