Neither Luke nor Daniel could have gain the knowledge and wisdom while honing their skills in the same amount of time without the masters at their side. They saw their students for who they would be, not for who they were at that moment. Miyagi took the long view with their apprentices. There is no substitute for experience.īoth Yoda and Mr.
Miyagi, in his wisdom, knew that Daniel had to put in the time.
#MR MIYAGI CAR FREE#
Miyagi was taking advantage of free labor, but Daniel learned that there was a method to the madness. ?Wax on, wax off.?Paint the fence.?Side to side.? And ?Sand the floor,? made it seem like Mr. Like Luke, Daniel didn?t realize he was learning to be a master through seemingly ordinary tasks. Miyagi?s ways were unconventional to Daniel. Miyagi rescued Daniel and began to teach him Karate. When Daniel nearly got himself killed by a gang of his rivals, he learned that the maintenance man he thought was old and crazy was actually a Karate master. Miyagi), who actually scared him a little. When we met Daniel LaRusso at the beginning of ?Karate Kid? he was a young man looking to get a leak fixed. There is no try.? Yoda became Luke?s mentor, friend, and example. Yoda pushed him to be the best he could be. The time that Luke spent with Yoda was so pivotal to his growth and to the impact he had on others. He didn?t realize Yoda was teaching him the true skill and wisdom he needed to be a true master. Luke wanted to be ?imparted? with the ways of the Force. Yoda?s methods were, to Luke, nonsensical and almost ridiculous.
But he was stuck there, so he decides to give it a go. When Luke finally realized that this was Yoda, he wondered what he has gotten himself into. The encounter seemed random, as Luke was looking for ?a great warrior? not realizing that he was talking to Yoda at that very moment. When Luke first met Yoda, he mistook him for a crazy alien who just happened to live on the planet Luke crashed his ship into. His leaders were in a desperate situation and Luke was available, willing, and a believer in the cause. Then we get thrust into situations far about our skill and maturity level. We don?t realize our true destiny, only look toward the future with limited knowledge.Īt some point we tap into our strengths and natural abilities, and realize we have just enough knowledge to be dangerous. We start out as a wide-eyed youth, but quickly realize we?re in over our heads. Many of us can see ourselves, our younger tech worker selves, in the character of Luke Skywalker. But both of these iconic figures would change the destiny of our heroes, and make them who they ultimately were meant to be. Both seemed to be past their prime or even ?over-the-hill?. Miyagi.Īt first glance, both of these men were unassuming and in the background. Two seminal movies in my youth were The Empire Strikes Back and the original Karate Kid (the version where they used Karate, not Kung-Fu).īoth of these movies had a similar theme ? a young man coming-of-age by facing a great challenge of insurmountable odds. Miyagis ?substituting the new for the tried and true. But it?s important, as church leaders, we don?t get drawn to the shiny new cars and reject the Yodas and Mr. They draw us in far more than the battered and tattered. It?s safe to say shiny things grab our attention. It’s awesome.?Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.? Benjamin Franklin “I asked to pay for it hoping that maybe ,” Macchio told a very envious Colbert, adding that “the car in the show is that car.” And while Netflix doesn’t rent it from him for use in the Netflix series, Macchio was quick to point out that “they got it all fixed up for me. Of course, he was strongly hinting that he wanted it. (So, apparently some good things came from that second little-loved sequel after all.) In an appearance on The Late Show on Tuesday, the Cobra Kai star told host Stephen Colbert that the vintage automobile (aka the “wax on, wax off car”) was gifted to him after Karate Kid Part III wrapped. Well, wonder no longer, because the ageless Macchio has the answer.
#MR MIYAGI CAR SERIES#
Many of you may be wondering, “Whatever happened to that car? Like, the original from the 1984 movie, since the one featured in the Cobra Kai spinoff sequel series has to be a replica? Also, are you sure he's 60?” Okay, only some of you may be wondering that.
Way back in the ‘80s when Ralph Macchio wasn’t a 60-year-old man (wait, seriously? He’s 60? That’s legit bananas.) training the young bucks karate in his own dojo but was instead himself The Karate Kid, he (or to be more precise, his character Daniel LaRusso) practiced martial arts on a 1947 Ford Super Deluxe Convertible.
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