Macchio was a guest on the WTF with Marc Maron podcast on Oct. 17 to promote his memoir, Waxing On: The Karate Kid and Me. He explained the original idea for the crane kick and why it was changed ...

The legendary Crane Kick from Ralph Macchio's Karate Kid character comes back several times in the franchise, going as far as crossing over into Cobra Kai. The long-running saga has been far from ...

Should Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) have been disqualified from the All-Valley Under-18 Karate Championship of 1984 for that crane kick to the face of Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka)?

The Karate Kid: Street Rumble ... “Retro-Inspired Action: Crane kick your way into a stunning pixel-art world that pays homage to the golden age of 16-bit gaming. Immerse yourself in the ...

Johnson choreographed the martial arts moves in "The Karate Kid" series and taught Macchio the famous crane kick used in the final All Valley Tournament match in the first film. He also appeared ...

So read on and enjoy, but, if you don’t agree, please don’t come at us with us a crane kick. Dutch is one of Johnny’s cronies at Cobra Kai in the original “Karate Kid.” We don’t know a ...

He also taught Macchio the “crane kick” that his desperate Daniel LaRusso ... in 1986 and 1989 and for the 1994 reboot, The Next Karate Kid, starring Hilary Swank. Born in 1939 in Niagara ...