| "The Karate Kid" is a very entertaining and inspirational | | | | to train him for two months with the provision that he |
| film, starring Ralph Macchio and Pat Morita. Both of | | | | fight them by entering a karate tournament with them. |
| them do a great acting job in this film. The karate | | | | He also tells his adversaries to lay off Daniel until after |
| scenes are also terrific. | | | | the tournament, to which they agree. |
| Daniel LaRusso (Macchio) is a teenager from New | | | | Daniel's training begins in a very unorthodox way. |
| Jersey whose mother gets a job in Los Angeles and | | | | Miyagi tells Daniel to wax his used cars and paint his |
| decides to move there, much against Daniel's wishes. | | | | fence and house in the way he tells him to, in circles, |
| Daniel meets a very pretty blonde named Ali at a | | | | up, down, and sideways. Daniel becomes very irritated |
| beach party. The two hit it off quite well. However, Ali | | | | after a couple days of what appears to be slave |
| has some tough friends who go after Daniel and give | | | | labor, but Miyagi then shows Daniel that he'd been |
| him a black eye. | | | | really teaching him various karate defense moves. |
| The beginning of the school year turns out to be a | | | | Later Miyagi teaches him offense as well as balance. |
| disaster. Daniel is enrolled in the same school as Ali | | | | Finally the big day of the tournament arrives. Daniel |
| and his adversaries. He tries to join a karate club, | | | | battles his adversaries one by one, beating most of |
| which his adversaries turn out to be enrolled at. After | | | | them. One of them cheats however, kicking Daniel in |
| leaving class, they knock him off his bike into a ditch. | | | | the knee and seriously injuring him, becoming |
| In his new apartment complex, Daniel meets a very | | | | disqualified as a result. Miyagi manages to fix his knee |
| nice old Japanese man named Miyagi, who fixes his | | | | with his special technique, allowing him to finish the |
| bike for him. Later in the school year, after Daniel is | | | | tournament. Daniel manages to beat his final opponent |
| tormented more by his adversaries, he asks Miyagi to | | | | and win the tournament, much to the delight of Miyagi |
| teach him karate, so he can fight back. Miyagi agrees | | | | and his girlfriend Ali. |