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Gilbert, Ben. (2023-09-18). 'Everyone was doing the crane kick': Ralph Macchio on making The Karate Kid

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Ralph Macchio

1961-11-04

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Guardian 'How we made' interviews on The Karate Kid (1984). Ralph Macchio states firsthand that apart from four childhood jiu-jitsu lessons he had no martial arts experience, and that before filming he was trained in Okinawan Goju-ryu karate by Pat E. Johnson. Screenwriter Robert Mark Kamen describes his own Goju-ryu background tracing to Chojun Miyagi as the basis for the film's training content.

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