Quote Originally Posted by Archerfish View Post
I'm a bit surprised that the old man, Mr. Morita, didn't practice martial arts! I was thinking that at least he was a first degree black belt.
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even in the movie line, miyagi-san admitted he did not practice martial arts for tournament points.
he claims in the movie, he did martial arts to survive the fighting in WW2, where he was a soldier.

also, his biographers say he did not do martial arts before the karate kid movies. but he did study, once the movie role got underway.

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