The Karate Kid
1984
(They arrive at their new home) Lucille: This is it. This is the end of the line. Daniel: You're telling me.
Daniel: Hey - you ever get into fights when you were a kid? Miyagi: Huh - plenty. Daniel: Yeah, but it wasn't like the problem I have, right? Miyagi: Why? Fighting fighting. Same same. Daniel: Yeah, but you knew karate. Miyagi: Someone always know more. Daniel: You mean there were times when you were scared to fight? Miyagi: Always scare. Miyagi hate fighting. Daniel: Yeah, but you like karate. Miyagi: So? Daniel: So, karate's fighting. You train to fight. Miyagi: That what you think? Daniel: (pondering) No. Miyagi: Then why train? Daniel: (thinks) So I won't have to fight. Miyagi: (laughs) Miyagi have hope for you.
Miyagi: Your friend, all karate student, eh? Daniel: Friend? Oh, yeah, those guys. Miyagi: Problem: attitude. Daniel: No the problem is, I'm getting my ass kicked every other day, that's the problem. Miyagi: Hai, because boys have bad attitude. Karate for defense only. Daniel: That's not what these guys are taught. Miyagi: Hai - can see. No such thing a bad student, only bad teacher. Teacher say, student do. Daniel: Oh, great, that solves everything for me. I'll just go down to the school and straighten it out with the teacher, no problem. Miyagi: Now use head for something other than target.
(Miyagi karate-chops the tops off three beer bottles) Daniel: How did you do that? How did you do that? Miyagi: Don't know. First time.
Miyagi: Now, ready? Daniel: I guess so. Miyagi: (sighs) Daniel-san, must talk. Man walk on road. Walk left side, safe. Walk right side, safe. Walk down middle, sooner or later, get squished (makes squish gesture) just like grape. Same here. You karate do "yes," or karate do "no." You karate do "guess so," (makes squish gesture) just like grape. Understand? Daniel: Yeah, I understand. Miyagi: Now, ready? Daniel: Yeah, I'm ready.
Miyagi: We make sacred pact. I promise teach karate to you, you promise learn. I say, you do, no questions.
Daniel: Why didn't you tell me? Miyagi: Tell what? Daniel: That you knew karate. Miyagi: You not ask. Daniel: Well, where'd you learn it? Miyagi: Father. Daniel: But I thought he was a fisherman. Miyagi: In Okinawa, all Miyagi know two things: fish and karate.
Miyagi: Karate come from China, sixteenth century, called te, "hand." Hundred year later, Miyagi ancestor bring to Okinawa, call *kara*-te, "empty hand." Daniel: I thought it came from Buddhist temples and stuff like that. Miyagi: You too much TV.
Daniel: Oh, great, that solves everything for me. I'll just go down to the school and straighten it out with the teacher, no problem. Miyagi: Now use head for something other than target. Daniel: Hey, I was just kidding about that. Miyagi: Why kidding? Daniel: Because I'd get killed if I go down there. Miyagi: Get killed anyway.
Daniel: Wouldn't a fly swatter be easier? Miyagi: Man who catch fly with chopstick accomplish anything. Daniel: Ever catch one? Miyagi: Not yet.
Kreese: Fear does not exist in this dojo, does it? Karate Student: No, Sensei. Kreese: Pain does not exist in this dojo, does it? Karate Student: No, Sensei. Kreese: Defeat does not exist in this dojo, does it? Karate Student: No, Sensei.
Daniel: This school sucks, man. Sucks.
Daniel: Hey, what kind of belt do you have? Miyagi: Canvas. JC Penny. Three ninety-eight. You like? (laughs) Daniel: No, I meant... Miyagi: Daniel-san... karate here. (he taps his head) Karate here. (he taps his heart) Karate never here (points to his belt) Understand?
Lucille: Palm trees, Damn. You know what that means? Daniel: Yea. Watch out for falling coconuts.
Daniel: Hey, you got a name? Ali Mills: Ali... with an I. Hey, what's your name? Daniel: Daniel... with an L
Daniel: Could you teach me? Miyagi: First learn stand, then learn fly. Nature rule, Daniel San, not mine. Daniel: Where'd you learn it from? Miyagi: Father teach. Daniel: You musta had some father, Man. Miyagi: Oh yes.
(Some drunks were drinking and setting their beer bottles on Mr Miyagi's truck) Miyagi: Excuse me, please. Boy cold. Must leave. Kindly remove bottles. Drunk: Kindry do it yourself, Mr Moto.
Daniel: I can't believe this. I cannot believe this. Miyagi: What? Daniel: What you just got me into in there. Miyagi: Huh? Daniel: You said you were going to make things better for me. Miyagi: But I did. Daniel: How? Miyagi: How? Just saved you two months beating. Daniel: Oh great now I really have something to look forward to.
Daniel: Hey where did these old cars come from? Miyagi: Detroit.
Daniel: This damn bike. I hate this bike. I hate this frigging bike. Stupid bike. Lucille: Daniel. What's the matter? Why did you throw your bike away? Daniel: Because I felt like it.
Kreese: We do not train to be merciful here, mercy is for the weak. A man confronts you in the street he is your enemy. An enemy deserves no mercy.
(Daniel is about to have his first match in the tournament) Daniel: All right so what are the rules here? Miyagi: Don't know. First time you, first time me. Daniel: Well I figured you knew about this stuff. I figured you went to these before. Oh great, I'm dead. I am dead. You told me you fought a lot. Miyagi: For life, not for points.
Daniel: Where am I this ring over here? Miyagi: Hai. Number three. Daniel: What's that guy kneeling like that for? Miyagi: Don't know. Daniel: Don't you know anything you can tell me? Miyagi: Hai. No get hit.
(Bobby is about to face Daniel in the semifinals) Kreese: Bobby. I want him out of commission Bobby: But Sensei I can beat this guy. Kreese: I don't want him beaten. Bobby: But I'll be disqualified. Kreese: Out of commission.
Kreese: What do we study here? Karate Class: THE WAY OF THE FIST SIR. Kreese: And what is that way? Karate Class: STRIKE FIRST. STRIKE HARD. NO MERCY SIR. Kreese: I can't hear you. Karate Class: STRIKE FIRST. STRIKE HARD. NO MERCY SIR.
Miyagi: Wax on... wax off. Wax on... wax off.
(just before Johnny fights Daniel in the tournament) Kreese: Sweep the leg. (Johnny stares at him in shock) Do you have a problem with that? Johnny: No, Sensei. Kreese: No mercy.
(Daniel is riding across a steep hill on his bike at night - suddenly he is accosted by Johnny, Tommy, Bobby, Dutch and Jimmy on their motorcycles) Dutch: Looking for a shortcut back to Newark, Daniel? Tommy: I THINK he wants to learn KARATE! Right? Johnny Lawrence: Yeah! Okay, here's your first lesson: how to take a FALL! (He sideswipes Daniel, knocking him over the edge and down the embankment. Daniel just lies there)
Kreese: (at the Cobra Kai dojo) Class, we have visitors. Fall in behind me. Hai! (approaches Daniel and Miyagi, then speaks to Miyagi) Kreese: I hear you jumped some of my students last night. Miyagi: Afraid facts mixed up. Kreese: You calling Mr Lawrence a liar? Miyagi: No call no one nothing. Kreese: What are you here for, old man? Miyagi: Come ask leave boy alone. Kreese: What's the matter, the boy can't take care of his own problems? Miyagi: One to one problem, yes. FIVE to one problem, too much ask anyone. Kreese: Is that what's bothering you? The odds? Well, we can fix that. Feel like matching, Mr Lawrence? Johnny Lawrence: Yes, sensei! Miyagi: No more fighting. Kreese: This is a karate dojo, not a knitting class. You don't come into my dojo, drop a challenge and leave, old man. Now you get your boy on the mat, or you and I will have a major problem. Miyagi: Too much advantage. Your dojo. Kreese: Name a place. Miyagi: Tournament. Kreese: (laughs) You've got real nerve, old man. Real nerve. But I think we can accomodate you. Can't we, Mr Lawrence? Johnny Lawrence: Yes, sensei. Kreese: Fall in. (Johnny turns and leaves) Miyagi: Ask one more small request. Kreese: Make it fast. Miyagi: Ask leave boy alone to train. Kreese: You're a pushy little bastard, ain't ya? But I like that. I like that! All right. No one touches the prima donna until the tournament. Is that understood? (class responds with "YES SENSEI!!") But if you don't show, it's open season on him... and you. (they nod at each other)
Miyagi: (Miyagi returns from fishing as Daniel is painting the house) Oh, miss spot. Daniel: What spot? Hey, how come you didn't tell me you were goin' fishing? Miyagi: You not here when I go. Daniel: Well, maybe I wanted to go, you ever think of that? Miyagi: You karate training. Daniel: I'm WHAT? I'm bein' your goddamn SLAVE is what I'm bein' here man, now c'mon we made a deal here! Miyagi: So? Daniel: SO? So, you're supposed to teach and I'm supposed to learn! For 4 days I've been bustin' my ass, and haven't learned a goddamn thing! Miyagi: You learn plenty. Daniel: I learn plenty, yeah, I learned how to sand your decks maybe. I washed your car, paint your house, paint your fence. I learn plenty! Miyagi: Ah, not everything is as simple as... Daniel: Oh, bullshit! I'm goin' home, man! (Daniel turns to walk away) Miyagi: Daniel-san! Daniel-san! Daniel: What? Miyagi: Come here.
Miyagi: (Miyagi returns from fishing as Daniel is painting the house) Oh, miss spot. Daniel: What spot? Hey, how come you didn't tell me you were goin' fishing? Miyagi: You not here when I go. Daniel: Well, maybe I wanted to go, you ever think of that? Miyagi: You karate training. Daniel: I'm *what*? I'm bein' your goddamn *slave* is what I'm bein' here man, now c'mon we made a deal here! Miyagi: So? Daniel: So? So, you're supposed to teach and I'm supposed to learn! For 4 days I've been bustin' my ass, and haven't learned a goddamn thing! Miyagi: You learn plenty. Daniel: I learn plenty, yeah, I learned how to sand your decks maybe. I washed your car, paint your house, paint your fence. I learn plenty! Miyagi: Ah, not everything is as seems... Daniel: Oh, bullshit! I'm goin' home, man! (Daniel turns to walk away) Miyagi: Daniel-san! Daniel-san! Daniel: What? Miyagi: Come here.
Lucille: (singing) California, here we come. California... oh, what's the matter, Daniel? Don't you like my singing? Daniel: I don't like the song, Mom.
Daniel: You're the best friend I've ever had. Miyagi: You pretty okay too.
Tommy: Must be take a worm for a walk week.
Miyagi: You are wet behind ear!