When it comes to martial arts films, The Karate Kid was a game changer when it came out in 1984. Its lasting cultural impact was a landmark advancement for the western understanding of the martial ...

The Karate Kid was one of the biggest surprise successes of the 1980s. For a relatively modest low-budget drama about a young boy's bond with an elderly martial arts master, its financial return of ...

With the games set for Japan, the martial art will at last debut at next month’s competition Tony Perrottet; Photographs by Jun Tsuboike Yakumo Academy High School karate team members practice a kata.

Jackie Chan, Ben Wang and Ralph Macchio in Columbia Pictures 'Karate Kid: Legends' (2025). He added, “To me, this was just about carrying the honesty and truth of Daniel LaRusso and what Miyagi, his ...

When the dust settled, it was Daniel LaRusso who put Johnny Lawrence in a body bag. Run down the rabbit hole on YouTube and you’ll find that for every one authentic martial arts film – those flicks ...

Charlie Sheen's career would have been wildly different had he been the star of The Karate Kid, but he had already signed on ...

Mr. Miyagi didn’t know Karate at all. Noriyuki ”Pat” Morita, who immortalized Mr. Miyagi into a cultural icon with his signature “wax on, wax off” lessons, had not studied the Japanese martial art ...

SideKick Karate of Salisbury hosted a national martial arts event, the first annual American Karate Academies National Association (AKANA) Family Reunion and Seminars, on Aug. 3-5. AKANA-chartered ...

Moroccan karate champion Saïd Oubaya picked up a silver medal in the men's -67 kg kumite category yesterday at the 2025 ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: If you loved the Cobrai Kai series, then you don’t want to miss the new Karate Kid movie, Karate Kid: Legends, which is coming to digital platforms to buy and rent ...