dancingalone
Grandmaster
Correct! Mr. Miyagi's name is an obvious homage to Chojun Miyagi and in the third movie, the kata that Daniel is learning is clearly Seiunchin (the goju variant). And yes, Demura Sensei is shito-ryu.
What style is Pat Morita : karate kid
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Correct! Mr. Miyagi's name is an obvious homage to Chojun Miyagi and in the third movie, the kata that Daniel is learning is clearly Seiunchin (the goju variant). And yes, Demura Sensei is shito-ryu.
JadeDragon3
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Yes, his son was in the movie where Will Smith is homeless and he has a son to care for. He is living out of a bathroom. The name of the movie had the word Happy in it. Can't remember the whole name though.
Pursuit of Happiness. I didn't see it but I heard that it was good.
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MilkManX
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Just wanted to chime in here on the original post.
On the Special Edition DVD the writer says he based Miyagi on his teacher who was 宮城 長順, Miyagi Chōjun(Founder of Goju-Ryu).
Yeah the actors were just that but I think he captured the spiritual essence very well. The 2nd one was okay but the 3rd and New were not so good.
On the Special Edition DVD the writer says he based Miyagi on his teacher who was 宮城 長順, Miyagi Chōjun(Founder of Goju-Ryu).
Yeah the actors were just that but I think he captured the spiritual essence very well. The 2nd one was okay but the 3rd and New were not so good.
Shortly after Pat Morita died, I read nice bio on him... damned if I can remember where I found it, though.
In it they discuss Morita's inspiration for the character of Mr. Miyagi. Morita, being a survivor of the WWII Japanese American Interment camps (very dark page in our nation's history, btw) based much of his character on men that he knew growing up, both in and out of the camps.
The script intentionally gave a lot of leeway to Morita for how he played the character, and I believe that all here would agree, regardless of the quality of any of the movies (3, 4 specifically), that Pat Morita gave us a very memorable personality to remember.
Another piece of information that you might find interesting regarding the original post. In Karate Kid II, when Daniel-san is looking in at Chozen (Sato's Nephew) you notice a Goju Fist on his uniform (same with later in the film). Since Sato was his instructor and Sato and Miyagi had the same instructor, some conclusions can be drawn.
In it they discuss Morita's inspiration for the character of Mr. Miyagi. Morita, being a survivor of the WWII Japanese American Interment camps (very dark page in our nation's history, btw) based much of his character on men that he knew growing up, both in and out of the camps.
The script intentionally gave a lot of leeway to Morita for how he played the character, and I believe that all here would agree, regardless of the quality of any of the movies (3, 4 specifically), that Pat Morita gave us a very memorable personality to remember.
Another piece of information that you might find interesting regarding the original post. In Karate Kid II, when Daniel-san is looking in at Chozen (Sato's Nephew) you notice a Goju Fist on his uniform (same with later in the film). Since Sato was his instructor and Sato and Miyagi had the same instructor, some conclusions can be drawn.
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