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Nariyoshi Miyagi, better known as Mr. Miyagi, is a fictional character in the four original films of The Karate Kid franchise, portrayed by Pat Morita.A wise, Japanese-born American karate master, he mentors Daniel LaRusso in the first three films (1984–1989) and Julie Pierce in The Next Karate Kid (1994).
The Karate Kid Part II is a 1986 American martial arts drama film written by Robert Mark Kamen and directed by John G. Avildsen. It is the second installment in the Karate Kid franchise and the sequel to the 1984 film The Karate Kid , starring Ralph Macchio and Pat Morita .
Content Descriptors: teen sitcom, coming of age, dance theme I’ve watched this one more times than I would like thanks to my own 9-year-old’s fondness for corny teen sitcoms.
Karate (空手) (/ kəˈrɑːti /; Japanese pronunciation: [kaɾate] ⓘ; Okinawan pronunciation: [kaɽati]), also karate-do (空手道, Karate-dō), is a martial art developed in the Ryukyu Kingdom. It developed from the indigenous Ryukyuan martial arts (called te (手), "hand"; tī in Okinawan) under the influence of Chinese martial arts. [1][2] While, Modern Karate is primarily a striking ...
Kyokushin Kaikan is the martial arts organization founded in 1964 by Korean-Japanese Masutatsu Oyama (大山倍達, Ōyama Masutatsu), officially the International Karate Organization. Previously, this institution was known as the Oyama Dojo.
Shotokan (松涛館, Shōtōkan) is a style of karate, developed from various martial arts by Gichin Funakoshi (1868–1957) and his son Gigo (Yoshitaka) Funakoshi (1906–1945). Gichin Funakoshi was born in Okinawa [1] and is widely credited with popularizing "karate do" through a series of public demonstrations, and by promoting the ...
Tsutomu Ohshima (大島 劼, Ōshima Tsutomu, born August 6, 1930) [a] is a prominent Japanese master of Shotokan karate who founded the organization Shotokan Karate of America (SKA). [1] He is the Shihan (Chief Instructor) of the SKA, and to this day holds the rank of 5th dan, which was awarded to him by Gichin Funakoshi. [1] Ohshima's branch of the Shotokan world has become known as ...
As a child, they trained in karate and dancing. [6] Harvey attended the Brampton Manor Academy while taking dance and drama classes at the Deborah Day Theatre School Trust on a scholarship. [7] They went on to graduate with a Bachelor of Arts from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in 2016. [2] [8]