The Karate Kid, Part Three

The movie was really good. It mainly focused on the relationship between Mr. Miyagi and Daniel (The Karate Kid). Daniel had moved from Newark, New Jersey to Reseda, California with his mother for a better life, mainly her job and his education. Mr. Miyagi was trying to convince Daniel to go to college after they returned from an adventure in Okinawa. However, Daniel wanted to help Mr. Miyagi fulfill his dream of having his own bonsai tree business after losing his job at the apartment building. Daniel said that, “he's been going to school since he was five and that taking courses just to take courses was not going to work for him.”

Daniel was also being manipulated to fight to defend the martial arts tournament title he won a year ago by an evil martial arts master, Terry Silver and an evil karate kid, ´Bad Boy´ Mike Barnes.  Silver starts teaching Daniel unsportsmanlike ways and techniques when Mr. Miyagi refused to train Daniel for the tournament. Mr. Miyagi was not opposed to teaching Daniel martial arts and kata techniques to defend a life or when it really meant something besides a plastic and metal trophy.

Daniel and Mr. Miyagi overcame the adversaries once again and fought a tough fight to defend his title. Daniel ended up learning a very important lesson from Mr. Miyagi that the secret of karate lies within the heart and mind and not just the hands.