Mid-way through the movie Daniel is challenged to break the sheets of ice and Miyagi reminds him of the technique.Six months after the first film, Daniel has broken up with Ali and is being set up to move in with Mr.
Miyagi as his mom moves up north. Miyagi receives a notice that his father is gravely ill and he decides to return to his home village in Okinawa. Daniel wants to support his friend and father-figure and goes with him, also hoping to learn more about Miyagis history. At the village many things have changed, and Daniel learns of an old feud between Miyagi and his old friend Sato that has not passed with time. Miyagi left Okinawa so he would not have to fight to the death.) Daniel also begins a troublesome relationship with Satos nephew Chozen, who is even more aggressive. Along the way, Daniel also begins a new romance with a local girl, Kumiko. Advertisement: This film provides examples of: Alpha Strike: Chozen demonstrates that the crane kick leaves Daniel overstretched and off-balance. Artistic License History: According to the movie, the Miyagi family invented karate. Mr. Miyagi glosses over it but tells a story in his family dojo about how one of his ancestors went to China, learned White Crane Kung Fu, and basically adapted it to become karate as we know it. This is basically the story of how it happened in real life but over centuries with many different people. Miyagi could have been telling a family legend but his family dojo traces it back to the ancestor and it seems to be true in-universe. Artistic License Martial Arts: The Drum Technique is presented as an unbeatable maneuver, and the elite martial artist Chozen is helpless before it, but it seems to consist simply of windmilling hugely telegraphed haymakers. Advertisement: Award-Bait Song: The theme song, Peter Ceteras Glory of Love, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song. It also helped that it reached the Top 5 in various countries including the US and UK. Awesome, but Impractical: Chozen allows Daniel to follow through on the crane stance, but simply catches his foot and gives him an elbow to the back (a move reminiscent of Johnnys elbow to Daniels knee in the first movie). Break the Haughty: Chozen has nothing going well for him once Daniel arrives in Okinawa. For the past thirty years, hes been fuming about how Mr. Miyagi disgraced him by fleeing from the Duel to the Death that Sato demanded. Once Miyagi returns, all of Satos increasingly heavy-handed attempts to force Miyagi into the duel amount to nothing. It culminates with Miyagi saving Satos life during a typhoon, demonstrating his superiority in the martial arts in the process (and, in turn, no doubt making Sato realize that he would have lost the duel that he wanted so badly). On top of all this, Sato is also forced to confront how hes effectively raised his nephew to be a monster. To his credit, by the end, he swallows his pride and makes a HeelFace Turn. Brick Break: The second film takes the most advantage of this trope with Mr. Karate Kid Part 2 How To Break ThroughMiyagi coaching Daniel how to break through six sheets of ice, while Miyagi tops everyone by chopping a thick ceiling beam in two with one chop to rescue Sato pinned under it in a storm. Karate Kid Part 2 Full Force PunchAt that point, it is likely that Sato realizes that if they had their duel, Miyagi would have been able to kill him with one full force punch. Chekhovs Skill: The film opens with Miyagi teaching Daniel about a breathing technique to focus the mind and body to pound in nails in one hit.
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