KalKal
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As someone that’s made martial arts their career (not karate) Re: what you said that I bolded.
That’s facts. And a lot of legit martial artists and mma fighters and coaches have said in casual conversations for years that the old Karate Kid flicks gave people a false idea of what effective training was. The whole idea of practicing stuff (like waxing a car) that’s not fighting and then translating it to fighting is goofy.
Miyagi’s entire philosophy of not actually training hard or fighting for real is not a good way to train. But it’s just a film series and show, so it’s not that serious.
But you aren’t wrong.
The funniest part was when Daniel-san takes his daughter fishing, then hands her a staff and says "Cast the line!".
I'm pretty sure that's not how stick fighting works.