Just for Kicks: The Making of 'The Karate Kid' Page #3

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We accept your challenge.

Please instruct your students

to leave my boy alone to train.

Attention!

From now on, this little thing

is to be left alone...

...until the tournament.

Understood?

If he does not show up for the competition...

...I will bring pain to him and to you.

So, that go pretty much how you planned it?

There's good news and bad news.

Good news is

they promise to leave you alone.

Really?

While you prepare.

Prepare for what?

Tournament.

You'll fight them all one-on-one.

So the bad news is

now they get to beat me up in public.

Yes.

Great. Thanks. Thanks a lot.

They're gonna kill me.

You saw their kung fu.

That's not kung fu.

That's a bad man

teach them very bad things.

Well, that bad man

teaching very bad things hurt. A lot.

More good news.

I will teach you real kung fu.

Yes!

See you later, Mom.

Hey, wait.

This is early for you for a Saturday.

- Mr. Han's teaching me kung fu.

- The maintenance man?

It's China, Mom. Everybody knows kung fu.

Dre, you know how I feel about you fighting.

Kung fu's not about fighting, Mom.

It's about making peace with your enemies.

- Be careful, Dre.

- Okay.

Mr. Han?

Back here.

You know, you have a car

in your living room, Mr. Han.

Okay, I was thinking about yesterday.

I know that I was kind of freaking out

about the tournament,

but I realized something last night.

I'm an athlete.

My number one asset is I'm fast, okay?

I'm quick, all right? I'm quick. Got speed.

Cat speed.

See? I'm quick, yeah?

See, and I used to take gymnastics at PAL.

That's the Police Athletic League,

so check it, right?

Boom! You see that?

Boom! You see that? Yeah.

See, my Uncle Remy used to date

this Brazilian girl.

And he learned jiu jitsu,

and he taught some of it to me.

And it's like locks and holds and stuff.

So, okay, attack me.

Right here.

See that? Feel that?

I could break it. I'm choosing not to.

It's a pressure lock. Dangerous.

And he also taught me capoeira, so...

You can't touch me, you can't...

That antique?

Pick up yourjacket.

So, basically, Mr. Han,

what I'm trying to say is

I've got a good foundation here.

You know, like I said, I'm just...

Might not be as hard to teach me

as other people, you know?

Hang it up.

Okay.

All right, but now...

Take it down.

But you just...

Take it down.

Put it on.

Take it off.

- I already did all this.

- Take it off.

- Can you just tell me why I'm doing this?

- Take it off.

Hang it up.

Take it down.

Put it on the ground.

Pick it up.

Hang up.

Take it down.

Put it on.

Take it off.

Put it on the ground.

Pick it up.

Hang it up.

Take it down.

Put it on.

Take it off.

Hang it up.

Mr. Han?

Why do you have a car in your living room?

No street parking.

Hey.

So how did it go?

What'd you learn?

Nothing.

Uniform on Uniform Day.

You are fighting in the tournament.

Yeah. How did you hear?

Everybody knows.

I hope you have a good teacher.

Yeah, me too.

He's a maintenance man.

- Can I ask you a question?

- Yes.

Well, I know that you're practicing,

and I think I'm practicing.

I mean, I don't know what I'm doing.

But we're both kind of practicing,

you know, and...

Are you going to the Qi Xi Festival?

Yeah, I mean, I haven't missed

a Shi Vi festival since I've been in China.

Go to the Shadow Theater.

Okay. Want me to meet you?

So, like, Shadow Theater. Okay.

Chi Fi Shi Festival, Shadow Theater.

Okay, cool.

- Okay.

- When is it again?

Tomorrow. Show starts at 7:00.

Okay, so tomorrow, Shadow Theater,

Shi Shi Festival, at 7:00.

See you tomorrow.

Ki Shi Festival.

Festival.

Shi Shi Festival.

- Okay.

- Okay.

Mr. Han.

Mr. Han!

- May I come in?

- You may come in.

Where's yourjacket?

I thought... I was warm enough without it.

Go get it.

Want me to go all the way back

just to get it?

Yes. All the way back where you hide it.

It's not right.

What? I'm doing it.

No.

Something is missing.

Nothing's missing.

You forgot this.

Attitude.

Jacket off.

Okay.

Attitude.

Yes. That's it.

Okay, Mr. Han, I get it. I'm sorry.

I shouldn't have treated my mom like that.

You were right.

Put it on the ground.

Hello?

Oh, hey, Mom.

Did you get the tickets?

Yes, I got the tickets.

And I got an extra one for Mr. Han.

- But I didn't say you...

- Dre, stop it.

Mr. Han, would you like to go

with us to the Shi Shi Festival?

No, thank you.

Too many people.

Yeah, Mom, way too many people.

Yeah, but I already bought the tickets.

- I don't go.

- Mr. Han, I'm not taking no for an answer.

You'll have fun.

You need to get out of the house, okay?

Here are your clothes, Dre.

Come on, hurry up and change.

Dre?

Pick up yourjacket!

You were right, Mr. Han.

There are a lot of people here.

Chinese Valentine's Day.

Wow.

This is beautiful.

- Yeah. Mom?

- Yeah?

I'm gonna go get something to eat,

and then I'm gonna go to the bathroom.

Be back right here in 20 minutes.

- Okay.

- Okay.

- I love you.

- I love you, too. Be careful.

Twenty minutes.

- Twenty!

- Okay.

So what's the origin of this festival again?

I know everything you do here

has a meaning.

Hi.

Hey.

Well, I got this and this for you.

I downloaded this.

And there's this girl,

she has some really cool violin stuff,

and I thought maybe

you could play along and...

It's not like Bach and them,

but I thought maybe you'd like it and...

So do you have any kids?

No.

Well, how's Dre doing?

Xiao Dre making progress.

Xiao Dre?

Yeah. Chinese for "little."

So how many students do you have?

- Including Xiao Dre?

- Yeah.

One.

So, what's this show about?

It's a story of the goddess

and the boy she loves.

I love this story.

Her mother does not approve of him.

So she cuts a wide river in the sky

to separate them forever.

But once a year,

all the birds in the sky

feel sad for them and they form a bridge

so the two of them

may be together for a single night.

I'll be there at your audition

if you come to my tournament.

Okay. I'll be there.

Pinky swear?

See, you wrap your hands like this.

I swear that I'll be there at your audition,

no matter what happens.

And I promise to cheer bigger

than anyone else when you win.

What up, Mr. Han?

Did I say "come in"?

I think you did. I mean...

Mr. Han, can I please come in?

Yes.

So, what are we doing today?

Same.

You know, Mr. Han, I told you.

I get it, okay?

Be respectful. I got it.

I put my jacket on a thousand times,

I took it off a thousand times!

Okay? This is stupid.

I'm done.

They can beat me up if they want to.

And you know why

you only have one student?

'Cause you don't know kung fu.

Xiao Dre!

What?

Come here.

Jacket on.

- Mr. Han, I already...

- Jacket on.

Jacket on.

- I don't have a jacket now.

- Jacket on.

Be strong.

Jacket on.

Firm.

Jacket off.

Remember, always strong.

Jacket off.

Strong.

Left foot back.

Right foot back. Left foot back!

Pick up yourjacket!

- Whoo, Mr... Okay.

- Focus!

Always concentrate.

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