Comments on: Karate Kid Week: Disqualify Daniel Larusso http://www.overthinkingit.com/2008/12/08/disqualify-daniel-larusso/ Overthinking It subjects the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:05:13 +0000 hourly 1 By: hEY http://www.overthinkingit.com/2008/12/08/disqualify-daniel-larusso/#comment-6473 hEY Tue, 17 Feb 2009 08:55:52 +0000 http://www.overthinkingit.com/?p=224#comment-6473 Are u crazy - he controlled it ` and r u da director..? You do ur own show With a crane kick and disqualified!!!!!!!!!!!! Are u crazy – he controlled it ` and r u da director..?
You do ur own show
With a crane kick
and
disqualified!!!!!!!!!!!!

]]> By: Arjewtino http://www.overthinkingit.com/2008/12/08/disqualify-daniel-larusso/#comment-4748 Arjewtino Fri, 16 Jan 2009 21:41:35 +0000 http://www.overthinkingit.com/?p=224#comment-4748 This is all great and all but let me ask you this: why was it OK for Daniel to kick Johnny but when Dutch kicks Daniel he doesn't get a point for it? This is all great and all but let me ask you this: why was it OK for Daniel to kick Johnny but when Dutch kicks Daniel he doesn’t get a point for it?

]]> By: Eddie http://www.overthinkingit.com/2008/12/08/disqualify-daniel-larusso/#comment-3592 Eddie Fri, 19 Dec 2008 21:30:32 +0000 http://www.overthinkingit.com/?p=224#comment-3592 @Dave: Actually, I was surprised to learn that is (mostly) a falsehood. The force of the blow required to drive that nasal bone into the brain through the skull is actually more than the bone itself can withstand before breaking. The force would have to be delivered with pinpoint precision at the exact point where the bone is strongest to even have a chance, and it isn't all that great then, either. Moral of the story? If you want to kill someone, the eye socket and the windpipe are much more fatal targets. And that The Karate Kid is amazing. @Dave:

Actually, I was surprised to learn that is (mostly) a falsehood. The force of the blow required to drive that nasal bone into the brain through the skull is actually more than the bone itself can withstand before breaking. The force would have to be delivered with pinpoint precision at the exact point where the bone is strongest to even have a chance, and it isn’t all that great then, either.

Moral of the story? If you want to kill someone, the eye socket and the windpipe are much more fatal targets.

And that The Karate Kid is amazing.

]]> By: Dave http://www.overthinkingit.com/2008/12/08/disqualify-daniel-larusso/#comment-3455 Dave Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:28:52 +0000 http://www.overthinkingit.com/?p=224#comment-3455 I've always wondered how the Cobra guy survived this kick. In self defense courses it is said that you can kill an attacker buy delivering an upward hit to their nose with the palm of your hand. The force of the hit will drive the nasal bone up into the brain thus causing death. With the upward impact on the nose and the force of this kick - Johnny most certainly would have been the one in need of the body bag. I’ve always wondered how the Cobra guy survived this kick. In self defense courses it is said that you can kill an attacker buy delivering an upward hit to their nose with the palm of your hand. The force of the hit will drive the nasal bone up into the brain thus causing death. With the upward impact on the nose and the force of this kick – Johnny most certainly would have been the one in need of the body bag.

]]> By: Jason http://www.overthinkingit.com/2008/12/08/disqualify-daniel-larusso/#comment-3400 Jason Wed, 17 Dec 2008 03:58:39 +0000 http://www.overthinkingit.com/?p=224#comment-3400 If we're being technical, I've gotta disagree here. The kick looks perfectly safe, as it passes a safe distance of 6-8 inches to the right of Daniel's opponent's head with no contact at all. Really, one might better question Johnny's motive in taking a dive when missed. If we’re being technical, I’ve gotta disagree here. The kick looks perfectly safe, as it passes a safe distance of 6-8 inches to the right of Daniel’s opponent’s head with no contact at all.

Really, one might better question Johnny’s motive in taking a dive when missed.

]]> By: fenzel http://www.overthinkingit.com/2008/12/08/disqualify-daniel-larusso/#comment-3065 fenzel Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:17:09 +0000 http://www.overthinkingit.com/?p=224#comment-3065 Also, this from Darryl Vidal, who appears in the semifinals of the tournament and is beaten by Johnny - and who also dressed up in a fat suit and bald wig to stunt double for Pat Morita in the beach scene - "But his biggest secret is the one that must leave his student's eyes wide with awe:- "...the crane technique, as depicted in the movie, isn't a real move in any karate or kung-fu. Pat Johnson told me what he wanted, and I basically said, "you mean something like this?" It is widely recognized, and I still hesistate when I tell my karate students that I made it up. But as you might have guessed, there is very little practical application to the technique." Here's more info on him: http://www.fast-rewind.com/kkid/index.html And here's what he's been up to lately - this news story ran only a couple of months ago: http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2008/10/07/news/californian/murrieta/z0eb73785b8d7ee50882574b4007e9a8c.txt Also, this from Darryl Vidal, who appears in the semifinals of the tournament and is beaten by Johnny – and who also dressed up in a fat suit and bald wig to stunt double for Pat Morita in the beach scene -

“But his biggest secret is the one that must leave his student’s eyes wide with awe:-

“…the crane technique, as depicted in the movie, isn’t a real move in any karate or kung-fu. Pat Johnson told me what he wanted, and I basically said, “you mean something like this?” It is widely recognized, and I still hesistate when I tell my karate students that I made it up. But as you might have guessed, there is very little practical application to the technique.”

Here’s more info on him:

http://www.fast-rewind.com/kkid/index.html

And here’s what he’s been up to lately – this news story ran only a couple of months ago:

http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2008/10/07/news/californian/murrieta/z0eb73785b8d7ee50882574b4007e9a8c.txt

]]> By: fenzel http://www.overthinkingit.com/2008/12/08/disqualify-daniel-larusso/#comment-3061 fenzel Tue, 09 Dec 2008 14:08:31 +0000 http://www.overthinkingit.com/?p=224#comment-3061 So does this mean in order to see Daniel Larusso as the hero of _The Karate Kid_, you need to vindicate Christopher Columbus? So does this mean in order to see Daniel Larusso as the hero of _The Karate Kid_, you need to vindicate Christopher Columbus?

]]> By: Don http://www.overthinkingit.com/2008/12/08/disqualify-daniel-larusso/#comment-3059 Don Tue, 09 Dec 2008 13:18:22 +0000 http://www.overthinkingit.com/?p=224#comment-3059 I have to agree with Wayne. The context of the time must be taken into account. At a USAKF (the organization from which the USANKF split off) tournament in Chicago in the 80's they ended up using every available ambulance in the area due to injuries. As with most things where one tries to analyze the past, you must first understand the context. I have to agree with Wayne. The context of the time must be taken into account. At a USAKF (the organization from which the USANKF split off) tournament in Chicago in the 80′s they ended up using every available ambulance in the area due to injuries.

As with most things where one tries to analyze the past, you must first understand the context.

]]> By: Gab http://www.overthinkingit.com/2008/12/08/disqualify-daniel-larusso/#comment-3056 Gab Tue, 09 Dec 2008 07:50:13 +0000 http://www.overthinkingit.com/?p=224#comment-3056 There isn't an extended version with scenes from after the tournament? You know, like _Author! Author!_ and the stuff about him getting dragged out of bed by the kids? I think a longer ending to _The Karate Kid_ would have done the same thing the longer version of _Author! Author!_ is argued to have done: kill the mood. Viewers are going to be less satisfied with a movie that leaves them feeling down after such a high. I thought of Daniel's insistence on fighting as a matter of pride, of vanity- not out-right revenge. Either way, he's still using karate for the wrong reason. Maybe there would be a flash-forward to ten years later and Daniel-san goes ballistic when he walks in on Miagi having tea with Julie-san or some jazz, at which point Miagi tells Daniel-san that he's a has-been because he fucked up, time move on, be tree in wind and sway with it instead of being rock and refuse move, get many things smashed against self, not good. There isn’t an extended version with scenes from after the tournament? You know, like _Author! Author!_ and the stuff about him getting dragged out of bed by the kids? I think a longer ending to _The Karate Kid_ would have done the same thing the longer version of _Author! Author!_ is argued to have done: kill the mood. Viewers are going to be less satisfied with a movie that leaves them feeling down after such a high.

I thought of Daniel’s insistence on fighting as a matter of pride, of vanity- not out-right revenge. Either way, he’s still using karate for the wrong reason. Maybe there would be a flash-forward to ten years later and Daniel-san goes ballistic when he walks in on Miagi having tea with Julie-san or some jazz, at which point Miagi tells Daniel-san that he’s a has-been because he fucked up, time move on, be tree in wind and sway with it instead of being rock and refuse move, get many things smashed against self, not good.

]]> By: lee http://www.overthinkingit.com/2008/12/08/disqualify-daniel-larusso/#comment-3053 lee Tue, 09 Dec 2008 03:25:58 +0000 http://www.overthinkingit.com/?p=224#comment-3053 Another Rocky - Karate Kid connection: Bill Conti did the music for both films. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006015/ Another Rocky – Karate Kid connection: Bill Conti did the music for both films.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006015/

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