The True Story Behind The Karate Kid's Mr. Miyagi | The Reel Story
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- We all love the character of Mr. Miyagi in the "Karate Kid" movies for his dry-witty humor and impeccable karate skills. But did you know Mr. Miyagi has a dark backstory and is influenced by real life karate masters like Chōjun Miyagi, founder of the Goju-Ryu style of Karate, and Fumio Demura sensei to Hollywood stars and famous fighters.
This video dives deep into the history of this iconic character from his origins as a fisherman in Okinawa, Japan to his infamous job as the apartment building's handyman. We all know Mr. Miyagi wears many hats but if you weren't impressed enough, check this video out! The True Story Behind The Karate Kid's Mr. Miyagi.
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I have personally met Pat Morita before his passing. He was a friendly man with a beautiful heart. Love him.
My father was a student of Pat Johnson, who was the referee in the film and taught Tang Soo Do in Niagara Falls back in the day. Additionally my father was also the piano teacher of Mary Mouser, a child actor who plays Daniel's daughter in the Cobra Kai series.
The ORIGINAL Arnold.
bekindrewind no, ur my dad
The bar I used to go to was his hangout for a long time. Nice guy.
I am envious. That's really cool you got to meet him.
Pretty amazing this movie still gets talked about 30 years later.
Brad Gaines well cause a new show just came out called cobra kai
No mercy !! and did I mentioned it got renewed for season 2?
being someone that was introduced to these movies (i was born in 96) im glad i was
This movie has been very influential on us for decades. Taught us a lot early on. Keep your calm even when you have the physical strength over your opponents, value character and principle over interests, show forbearance and fortitude under stress, forgive and forget but stand up against bullies.
Brad Gaines 🔥
Better to be a warrior in a garden than a gardener in a war...
They call him "Garden Warrior"
What does that mean?
Timothy Freeman better to have your weapons on ya then to have them laying near by better to know how to fight instead of jus trying to fight better be an avenger than to act on vengeance get it?
Basically don't be a sucker
Good one.😀
Daniel says can you break a log like that? Mr. Miyagi says dont know never been attacked by tree.
Lol that reminds me what Bruce Lee said Wood don’t hit back 🤣🤣🤣
There was an episode of the tv show "Community" where the normal cast of actors puts on a "Karate Kid" play, and throughout the episode, it's explained that Daniel isn't the main protagonist, it's the story of the tragedy and redemption of Mr. Miyagi.
i love that
Yeah more like Karocky Kid and Mr. Mickey, i.e. the "father and son" metaphor.
RIPOFF!
Shadaap.
I agree with you he's been through so much and how he lives his life had become his motivation.
100th like
The back story would make a good movie.
The Balto & Khoka Channel Bully Breed Obedience who would play pat morita big shoes to fill
Prequel!
I don't know I want a prequel as well but I think it's too late for that because now they got the Cobra Kai series moving the story forward and I don't think they want to go backwards they want to go forward with the story and let miyagi rest in peace
Myaugi would be big shoes to fill.
I was having lunch with my girlfriend, eating sushi, and this fly kept buzzing around my head. I turned, snapped at it with my chopsticks once, and bang-- caught it. Literally first attempt ever. I was so amazed and I turned to my girlfriend to show her, and do you know what she said? "Gross". She wasn't impressed at all. And no one I've told since even believed it.
Captain Oblivious I believe you
Captain Oblivious I believe you
burning sense-san.....you beginner luck.
The Burning Sensation your right. I don't believe you had a girlfriend.
I don´t believe you either...
One of my teachers growing up. Love these films taught me alot about perseverance.
You missed that time he ran that diner in the 50s lol
Schardt Cinematic Productions u fr? Explain
LMAO!
These happy days are yours and mine!
What about the time him and Fred Sanford started their own Japanese restaurant in Fred's house..
i seem to recall him teaching will smith as well.
You did not explain his daemon magic healing powers. That leg was broken!
@@greatest_bumble_bee_dude do u have to ruin everything asshole, you just have to be a dumbass who knows nothing
@@greatest_bumble_bee_dude You truly are a halfwit.
Pat Morita will be forever remembered for his excellent role in these movies.
Karate Kid is trending!
the 442nd was the most decorated unit in WWII, they kicked a metric fuckton of German ass. God bless the 442nd
because of Pat's performance of Mr. Miyagi it single handedly inspired me to become a Martial Artist. thank you sir from the 10 year old me.
Which begs the question, why haven't they made a Myagi prequel?
Cause no one can replace Pat Morita.
@@greatest_bumble_bee_dude Examples?
Like the son of mr miyagi
ev3n gr8er trans4mable bumble bee bro if your gonna keep talking about how Miyagi is a horrible person in literally every karate kid/cobra Kai vid, just make a video on it
@@poppunklosermaybe if pat morita had a son he could play the younger version of Mr Miyagi
Woah, woah, woah! The 442nd is FAMOUS not INFAMOUS. The "most decorated unit in the history of American warfare," would only be infamous to Axis countries.
My father was a student of Pat Johnson, who was the referee in the film and taught Tang Soo Do in Niagara Falls back in the day. Additionally my father was also the piano teacher of Mary Mouser, a child actor who plays Daniel's daughter in the Cobra Kai series.
Pat Johnson taught Tang Soo Do. He earned his black belt in Tang Soo Do-Moo Duk Kwan in 1964 in South Korea while in the U.S. Army. In 1967 or so he relocated to Los Angeles and switched over to the Chuck Norris system of Tang Soo Do. My instructor is a Norris black belt from the 1970s and Pat was one of his teachers. I've never heard or read anything about Pat being a Goju-ryu stylist.
@@barrettokarate You are right, I should have verified that fact before posting it. My father died in 2019 so I couldn't really ask him but he switched over to Goju at some point before moving to Arkansas in the early 70s. We both studied under Bo Hardy in Taiho-Ryu, in Pine Bluff but my dad wasn't really a dedicated martial artist. When we watched the movie on VHS or HBO in the 80s he said "Oh, that's Pat Johnson" and he told me about it. Of course the film was super popular on the playground but nobody ever believed me when I told him that because, what are the odds. He was teaching Mary Mouser piano lessons around 2001-2. I remember because he had to play a job at her grandmother's house, but he was recovering from a heart attack, but I wasn't allowed to go help him set his equipment up. He had to wear a jacket and was sweating his ass off in the heat. I was pissed because I was concerned about his health. I realize that you probably think I'm bullshidoing about this, but I love my dad and I just wanted to share this unique coincidence with people. His health was in decline when Cobra Kai came out and didn't really find it as fascinating as I did. Thanks again for the correction.
alot people believe that mr miyagi,s wisdom is based off real life warrior . the samurai master miyamoto musashi and the book of 5 rings . mr miyagi was us kids in the 80,s master . he was wise and kind yet deadly in his art .
Daniel:Can you break that log?
Mr.Miyagi: Don't know never been attacked by a tree before
RIP Mr. Miyagi, you'll always live on inside our hearts :(
This guy was an absolute legend.....
Daniel: What would you have done if he'd thrown that punch????
Miyagi: Block.
Daniel: You really think you could have??
Miyagi: You could have.
LOL, one of my favorite exchanges from the second movie!
I would have said "Valsalva!"
Daniel: "Val WHO?"
*after chopping the tops of the bottles
Daniel: "How did you do that?"
Miyagi: "Don't know, first time."
Besides a little back story of the real Miyagi, Pat Morita was a standup comedian who played in the show Happy Days long before the karate kid.
Dude R.I.P to this bog strong dude who went through so much
:03 He is wise, he is mysterious,,, hey, he's the dude from the Happy Days drive-in.
xmassan20906 he was also in spy hard briefly
Lol spy hard: must've been deep undercover, he was flamin' 😂🤣
xmassan20906 He was also Ah Choo on Sanford & Son
Quite a few errors in this. Yeah he did not initially go to California, he went to Hawaii where he met his wife, a damn good cane cutter. He was already a soldier when he was notified of the death of his wife and son. If you remember he drunkenly quotes, "Sergeant Miyagi!" "Yes, sir!" "Regret to inform you wife son complications of childbirth"...
Miyagi met his wife in the sugar cane fields of Hawaii, not in the internment camp. She was a damn good cane cutter, too.
That is so *SWEET* to know!🤭
Who else came here after they watch Cobra Kai
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I remember as a teen getting the papers for my morning paper route with 3 movie tickets attached for an early screening of some movie called "The Karate Kid". I laughed and decided it was a good way to kill a summer afternoon out of the heat. And free. My brother and my friend went with me. We joked about how dumb it was going to be the whole walk to the theater. But of course, the whole walk back we couldn't stop doing the crane kick... Love the movie, and now my kids love it too!
Mr. Miyagi was the best.. it was things to see in the Karate Kid Saga that I got involved in Shotokan karate and have been doing it for 10 years now. I love this art and I can't imagine myself doing any other martial art without having this as my Foundation.
Certainly among my favorite movies of the 80's. Miyagi was a tough love,but encouraging character in these movies indeed. A backstory movie about him would be great that tells about what he did growing up,learning karate,what his family and community were like. And have it lead up to the time he ends up in the same city,and same apartment complex, as Daniel character. These movies inspire one to never give up in the face of life's challenges and hard times. It will knock us down often,but we have to keep finding a way to move forward,hold onto to all the things that are important for sure.
Can only hope, Daniel, Johnny could find inner peace & put asides their differences...try to build peace from within each eacher. Knowin they have same enemy, enemy & balance they can learn from each other. Then maybe can compete in the next all vally tournament.
They should make a movie of Mr Miyagi as a kid growing up. He was such a great character.
That was so beautiful tribute and before the karate kid franchise pat morita had several TV accomplishments
1. The original Arnold- happy days
2. Made many cameo apperences in the hit TV. Series MASH
I love how Miyagi is from Okinawa. That’s where Karate was created
he died on my 3rd birthday. may he rest in peace. he is dearly missed ❤️❤️
Much LOVE 2 U Mr.Miyagi ! That movie was a 10/10
oh cool.. im gonna make a video on this topic. thanks for the idea. 💚
Demon sorcerer miyagi
I caught a fly with chopsticks once. Hilariously a nasty, slow fly IN a Chinese buffet called Oriental Garden back in the early 2000's.
Did u film it?
HAHAHA! Man now that i think about it, that was back in like 1997. You were the shit if you had a beeper. No cell phones in everyones pocket bruh.
Me and my grandma watched Karate kid, and she started trying to catch a fly, missing everytime. I said, I can do it! and she laughed and gave me the hashi, and I instantly caught it.She grabbed my hand in shock and I didn't understand what the big deal was. She called my mom over, and told her what happened and she didn't believe it. She thought my grandma put it in the hashi or it was already dead. She was telling everyone what I did and I didn't see what the big deal was.
La adictvi
I shed a tear when I saw the news of his passing. I was 10 when I saw the movie for the first time in 1984. I still use the words of wisdom from this movie every day. Domo arigato Sensei Miyagi.
Thanks for the explanation. Blessings 👐
Mr. Miyagi is a legend.
It would be nice a precuel Miyagi movie or serial. All his adventures in Okinawa with Sato and later in WWII with his friend Colonel Pierce...
moncho castillo 👏👏👏
oh that would be good. They’re doing a cobra Kai series on CZcams soon. It brings back Daniel and Johnny. Your idea would be the icing on the cake
DarkOneK2S thank mate! Imagine a battle, Miyagi and Sato vs some ninjas or japanese mobsters.
Can we not have another prequel. No one is going to be able to do the character justice.
@@Silmerano the only team that could do that story justice are those working on cobra kai. considering the attention to detail and continuity.
that or perhaps a bunch of fans who know the mythos inside and out to a similar degree.
3:35 “Can you break a log like that? Don’t know, never been attacked by a tree.”
LMAO 😂
Except Miyagi met his wife in Hawaii when he was working on a sugar cane plantation. Where did this retcon that he went to UCSB come from?
Legends say he is still trying to catch that fly in the afterlife
Mr Miyagi was an inspiration in the making of Master Splinter in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
The 442nd was "infamous?" I think you need to go back and check your definitions, that does not mean what you seem to think it means.
Also I was under the impression that Mr. Miyagi was already serving when he received word about his wife and son.
"Dusty, infamous is when you're more than famous." -Ned Nederlander
Roger Ward I would have gone with highly-decorated and badass. One of the guys in that regiment was future Hawaii Senator Daniel Inouye who got his arm blown off in Italy while he was about to throw grenade. The dude picks up the grenade from his now severed hand and throws it at the enemy like they ain't nothing.
Forgive me, Joker. I know that I, Changbastard, do not have your superior intellect and education. But could it be that once again, you are angry at something else, and are looking to take it out on me?
@@Changbastard I got the reference. Made me chuckle
@@Changbastard don't you hate it when people ruin a good funny film reference by giving a serious answer,
Who dislikes this video? Cobra Kai students?
Mr. Miyagi is the reason I started studying martial arts as a boy and it has shaped my entire life for the better. RIP Noriyuki "Pat" Morita.
I am already wishing for a Miyagi´s prequel, it would be auwesome!!!!!!
Love it, thanks for posting 👍
Come on, we all know Chuck Norris wasn't tought Karate by anyone.
He invented it!
At the beginning the Director John Avildsen he didn't want Pat Morita as Mr.Miyagi
He was thinking at Toshiro Mifune but later he admitted he was wrong about Pat Morita who did an amazing job
I had the privilege of studying Goju Ryu style Karate in my hometown in Italy, where every year Sensei Toshio Tamano would come to visit our dojo. Toshio Tamano was a direct student of Seikichi Toguchi and was nominated by him as the responsible person for Shorei Kan (the school of Toguchi) in the United States, and later in Europe.
I remember once asking him about the style in the Karate Kid franchise because it was one of my favorite movies, and he told me that the director, John Avildsen, was also a student of Goju Ryu, which influenced the decision to use this particular style. While I haven't found any online sources confirming Avildsen's study of Karate, I trust Sensei Tamano.
It's true that Goju Ryu wasn't as widely popular as Shotokan, which was used by the Cobra Kai students in the Karate Kid movie. It's possible that the filmmakers wanted to pay homage to Master Toguchi and Mr. Miyagi by featuring this style in a prominent movie. Using a less common style like Goju Ryu could have added a unique and authentic touch to the film, showcasing the diversity of martial arts.
Mr Myagi about WW2 ; We are all that dumb! Well said.
Mr. Miyagi is the real embodiment of Muten Roshi or Yoda !
Fumio Demora came to my dojo when I was taking karate as a teenager. I did it for like 8 years and studied Okinawan Karate.
It was in 70's when a Shaw Brothers movie "Shaolin Martial Arts" came out and had the theme used in "The Karate Kid" where a master gives what seems like boring chores to the student, but unbeknownst to the student, the chores are creating muscle memory as a basis for learning the actual kung fu. In KK, it was painting and sanding... in SMA it was catching fish and gathering wood that needed to be debarked. The OTHER major them of "Shaolin Martial Arts" was used in "Kill Bill" when Pai Mei had Kiddo destroying her fingers to strengthen them to attack in VERY limited space.debunked. If you haven't seen SMA, I strongly recommend seeing it, as well as Executioners. Enjoy!
Love this edition, it´s so dynamic. Great job!
I can't speak for everybody, but I want to watch a Miyagi prequel series set in Japan. Capture how his father taught him and Sato karate. Tell the story about his romantic relationship with Yukie that destroyed his best friend who was arranged to marry her. Later seasons could focus on World War 2, his relationship with Mrs. Miyagi, and how he earned the medal of honor. The end. The title of the series could simply be called... *Miyagi* 👍
sato: you a cowar
mr miyagi: bruh i got a litaral medal of honor
Dammnnn. So Mr. Miyagi and the actor for Mr. Miyagi were both in the camps? That's crazy
Cobra Kai never die!
But it did die in part 3
I always do that when I'm painting my house: " UUUP.....DOOOOWN, UUUUUP, DOOOWN!"
No mention of his Reiki?!!
mrdaniel911 true. Good point
He will always be remembered for the role of the child batter
loved this piece
RIP, MY-YAJI. We really miss you
Miyagi*
I love Sato’s voice
Mr. Miyagi also sees Daniel as a son. He was the son he never had, as his son and wife died at childbirth.
I like his work. 👍👍👍
I always been a fan of the mr.miyagi character. He was the reason i was with team daniel. The miyagi-do lineage is important, thats why julie pierce and chozen should comeback to help team daniel. Team johnny has got kreese back properly he will have terry silver,mike barnes in his corner too.
Chozen learnt from sato, sato was the student of mr.miyagi's father. Somehow the balance of daniel,julie and chozen teaching together to keep the memory and linegage of the miyagi-do karate going. Just some ideas. More flashbacks of mr.miyagi in cobra kai season 2 or 3 would be amazing to see. R.i.p pat
Why do I get some TMNT Vibes from this? It's like the same thing.
Amazing, simply amazing !
What's funny about all this is Mr. Miyagi is like my life. I am Japanese but fled to America to escape family woes. I then found myself the love of my life here but passed away due to cancer. I now live a lonely quiet life here.
Mr. Miogi: God damn that fly
Brilliantly done :) Subscribed ;)
I love all the Karate Kid movies
Dear Japan, let’s never fight again we are just too good together...
Miyagi is a demon and in that fight we’re he beat Johnny he gave him unatrual strength
THIS IS THE MOVIE THEY NEED TO MAKE! !!! Miagi life before Danielsan. Still waiting for a Yoda movie too.
This is a great video, but there's just one problem. There's no "n" in Mr. Miyagi's first name. It's Kesuke (kay-soo-kay), not Kensuke (ken-soo-kay).
RIP Pat Fly High Legend You Will Be Missed ✝️✝️🕊❤️🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻❤️❤️🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️
A loved this movie as a kid back in the 1980s they don't make movies like this anymore the karate kid if you have kids these movies are the best for kids to watch ✌👍
Karate kid the series where the “good guy” and the “bad guy” are fighting over a girl.
Miyagi is the greatest mentor sensi in cinema history.
this was awesome and very informative made me smile thanks ..
The way this guy pronounces Miyagi's name @ 3:46 just kills me! 😆😆
Mr. Miyagi is the person who FOUNDED karate, goju ryu.
Goju ryu means hard-soft, and it is the Very first type of karate which means empty hand. I Practice goju-ryu myself
Awesome
Cobra Kai series is apparently going to delve into myagi's past a little bit. Has me so nervous because it's very common these days do tear down good characters to make them 'more edgy', 'more relatable and flawed'...fuck that. There is no need to destroy myagi's legacy to shine on all the johnny lawrence is the true hero of karate kid fanboy club. Keep myagi golden as he always has been.
I caught a fly with chopsticks when I was trying to grab some rice with it
Great summary
What a remarkable man Noriyuki Pat Morita was. He embodied Kensuki Miyagi well.
Makes me wonder on Cobra Kai his teachings aren't really being taught.
Morita has some pretty good stand up comedy
Could be another spin-off of Mr. Miyagi when he was young, for us understand the story of the Karate Kid I and II.
Someone should make a MIYAGI movie about his war stories.
No mention of Teruo Chinen? Miyagi was basically based on him. Such a nice guy, he would probably not take it personally, but give credit where it is due.