I Learned to Fight Like the Karate Kid 

I don't mention this early on but I try to use all of the moves I learn in sparring at the end. Thanks for watching!

I always figured Miyagi taught Daniel this way specifically because Daniel wanted to learn karate after getting into a few fights. It's completely normal to want to learn to defend yourself, but it's also easy to want vengeance after being attacked. Miyagi teaches Daniel the motions, but more importantly, he gives Daniel a safe space to process his thoughts and emotions after moving to a new place, being without his father, and struggling to make friends. Regulating your breathing is important for exercise, but it's also really important for mental clarity. Chores may not be the best way to learn to defeat opponents but they do create a well rounded individual who can balance the various aspects of their life with their martial arts. This is in direct opposition to the Cobra Kai style that is much more efficient in teaching technique but lacks empathy, sportsmanship, or general mindfulness.

Man, I'm still waiting for the day Seth trains like the Avatar. I can imagine him picking a technique from each Kung Fu style used in each bending art and then use them in sparring. Would be so sick.

It's so nice of Seth's wife to let him do chores and finally teach him karate

"I'm a recently married man so got plenty of chores" 😂😂😂

Congrats on your marriage

Wow, Seth looks good for a 50 year old, I had no idea he saw the Karate kid in theaters.

Gotta admire Seth. That waxing bit came into his head and he wrote it down. I'm sure he passed it through his wife. He drove to the location where his cameraman filmed him walking in and out. He then watched the video while editing, and again before posting. At every turn, you know he thought to himself "this bit is hella stupid..." and at no point did he decide to take it out. The video is almost 20 minutes long, it's not even like he needed to pad it.

My dude legit went ‘I have to do chores, I have no time to make a video! ….Unless…..”

The day after the Karate Kid _first appeared on TV,_ my instructor told us to get into combat stance, and a bunch of us all got into that crane pose with one leg and both arms held high. The class lost it ......

The Myagigi method can also be applied to judo, though it involves carrying your gym bag full of heavy things, grabbing things from low shelves when shopping, shooing the cat out of the kitchen with your foot and basically helping all your friends move house and offering to carry the fridge and freezer ;)

18:16 30 years ago, I was an arrogant kid in his mid 20s. My master knew this, so he had me wipe the dojo floor and clean the mirrors every night after class. I was so angry, but wanted to continue training, so I kept my mouth shut and clean that dojo. Little did I know that he was teaching me humility. Thank you Master.

I love your videos sensei Seth and I would truly admire a video about kyokushin

As a fly I can confirm we have all seen Karate Kid. This movie was panned by our critics as picking us with chopsticks is generally seen as a dick move in fly culture

I practiced karate as a kid and loved the Karate Kid movies, but stopped when I moved back to my home country when I stared junior high. When I was in high school a student who had been learning “kung fu” wanted to test my skills and was being really obnoxious about it, so I said I would allow one attack (hadn’t practiced for years and didn’t really care about the outcome). He decided to throw a jab and to my own amazement I instinctually blocked it with an upwards paint the fence. The guy then tried to sucker punch me with a straight right which was countered with a downwards paint the fence, followed by a roundhouse countered by a wax on to grab the leg and sweep. I hope Pat Morita/Mr. Miyagi would have had a laugh at that.

It was at this moment that we all remembered, Mr. Miyagi and Mr. Han were right. The “Jacket On/Off” from Karate kid (2010) is to teach the Chinese concept of Wulong Panda, a common technique in kung fu that is used to break out of clinches and headlocks

My man shortcutted like half of these

American flies are hard to catch with chopsticks. You need to start with Shanghainese flies. They’re slow and have lost their will to live. That only sounds like a joke, but it’s 100% true.

The thing I reckon they got right in the movie, was the mechanism of learning. The nature of the chores aside, Miyagi has Daniel do essentially what Karateka do in the Dojo. Repetition, and more repetition until they build up muscle memory, and the move becomes instinctive, reactionary. It's essentially Kihon. The blocks themselves are questionable, but I did appreciate the delivery system.

The man who build me a cabinet in the woods with yakuzi , solar panels , satellite dishes, and all the fornitures, becomes invincible .

The Karate Kid. I went to see that in the theater, yes I'm that old. It was one of the best movies of 1984.

Nah man. You gotta train like Cobra Kai. Suits your American style karate. Jump across buildings, shovel coal, climb chains, kick watermelons, run in a cement truck, and most importantly...use an electric sander lolol

"If I complete all of these, I'll be the best . . . 🎵around🎵" Nothing's ever gonna keep you down, Seth! Also, I owned a copy of The Karate Kid on VHS, so yeah, I'm old enough to know what a VCR is (or was). That original song by Joe Esposito is a banger, though.

I need to try out that wax on and wax off technique! 🤯

Another great video. I watched The Karate Kid in the theater for my 7th birthday. It was great. 1982-1992 was a pretty awesome movie era in general. And, the awesome (B-level usually) martial arts movies were at their peak. Good times. When people like you make me feel a little old, I just remind myself that there are also people who think YOU are old. And, like yourself they will remind you every chance that they get. Stay young champ.

I was 2 years old when Karate Kid 1 first released, so I wached that movie in the TV when I was a teenager. I'm also not finished all the series of the Cobra Kai yet. But, one year ago, I need to paint my wall, and I did it with the Miyagi method in Karate Kid film. It was fun and nostalgic.

Damn, Seth really figured a way to turn his housework into a youtube video.

As someone who did see the original Karate Kid in theaters, I'm cut, I'm cut deep.

Just like the block down strike up you can also block up strike down with the paint the fence concept.

Sensei Seth really found a way to make us watch him do his chores, and still profit from it. Absolutely brilliant 🤣

Mission failed he forgot groceries😂

Love your stuff Seth, here are a few takes for the video about the fly catching and hammer nail exercises: -Fly Snatching and punches: Snatching a fly can potentially teach the principles used leading up to snap punches and a bit on range: you must remain loose until you've extended and constrict your hand at the last moment. Chopsticks can emphasize this contrast further if you hold them correctly because your fingers will be positioned to clench as a fist correctly and you'll naturally lead with your first two knuckles. For a westerner who doesn't use chopsticks a lot, I think bare-handedly grabbing/snatching a fly could be a more intuitive way for the connection to be realized, but you risk losing form with the wrist being able to unwittingly bend or torque (can unconsciously lead with knuckles three and four). Mosquitos are an easier start btw. -Hammer and Nail-precision and force, plus internal martial art "zen spirit" cultivation stuff. For the hammer and nail exercise especially (and possibly all the other activities though perhaps neglectfully done), I get a sort of internal martial art "cultivating zen spirit" kinda vibe from it that we especially see emphasized in Kyudo where correct/truthful form, virtuous right relationship, and grace/elegance/beauty emerge are core teachings to get that. Plus for an absolute beginner who's never really used their body for physical labor - not to mention even fighting, it potentially isolates a lot of variables to teach a balance of accuracy, precision, and appropriately controlled application of force in addition to patience and focus with consistency. At least for a very specific range with the arm extended, you're basically set up to do the mechanics of a one-inch punch. Wrapping it up: Western attitudes tend to miss how emergent some Eastern approaches to teaching and learning can be. Yes there's the practical reality of just doing the motions and learning fighting by fighting. But even for some sects of monks they're given basic tasks to do without knowing explicitly intended teachings are connected to them until years later (like 8 or 10!) the translation of an associated sutra might be provided. A lot of garden tools were adapted as weapons for combat among peasants and in ninjutsu. So movements for shoveling/pitching or using a trowel can use similar motor skills and imply basic form for using a spear or dagger. So a lot of domestic and mundane motions do have some martial art utility + teachings which can or do emerge from them but the hype around dividing the Internal vs. Practical external qualities to martial arts and their context often makes us lose sight of what's actually happening. A kid who barely did any of those combative or manual labor things in good form will be learning something either way even if it's just getting acquainted with their body and developing some muscle memory. Not a substitute for the rest of training and sparring, but there is a teaching likely to be garnered nonetheless. And acquainting someone with the temperament to control their power is a dimension that comes through by doing this stuff if there's some intention realized along the way.

I love how you spend a good chunk of time trying to remember how they did it in the Karate Kid when you could’ve easily pulled it up on your phone.

Also... CONGRATULATIONS to you and the new Mrs Sensei 😍 May your love have the loyalty of Daniel/Amanda LaRusso, the passion of Johnny/Carmen, and the timeless eternity of Miyagi/Yukie 💕

You know it’s a good day when Seth uploads new content!!

the hammer and nail doesnt teach patience it teaches focus seth san

Fabulous video! Your humour always brightens my day! I’m not nearly old enough to have seen it in theatres, but my parents got a multi-DVD collection of the OG 1-3 + the one with the gal (I think it was The Next Karate Kid). It’s been so long since I saw them that now this video has made me wanna watch those again. The ice-breaking challenge with those slabs was one of my favourites, though I never tried myself. As an aside, one of the bunkai I think I learned for paint-the-fence years ago was as part of a response to someone grabbing your wrist - either to break their grip or grab their wrist in return. It was always done pretty forcefully, and it reminds me now of the grappling bunkai that Jesse Enkamp and Ramsey Dewey have mentioned in their own stuff. All that being said, thanks for another great upload! And if I haven’t said so before, congrats on the marriage!

No Sir.. strike hard, strike first, No Mercy. Awesome vid btw

I think Seth needs to do a video where he trains like Rocky Balboa for a day, in which Seth attempts to recreate iconic moments from the training montages of movies I-IV and VI, with Icy Mike being Seth’s coach.

Thank you for not grabbing the bumblebees

love the video idea! "never back down" training next?? maybee?

Congrats! 🎉

I like how Seth just finds an excuse to his wife to pretend he's doing house chores but actually just practicing 24/7 doing them

New movie Karate man

Trust the process is what I took from Daniel’s training. Love Karate Kid. Great film.

Congratulations brother. Welcome to the club 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

Yes I'm old, I lived that story before it was a movie. My Mr Miyagi was an old German guy with a canvas belt. I'm still going to class.

Glad finally tried Karate and hope you keep up with it and see where it takes you.

Bro with that backyard of yours, you can open a Miyagi-do style Karate dojo !

Wish you a happy marriage man, hope it works out and lives up to your expectations~

Haha this was fun! Quick comment on the nail bit. I think it's less to do with that being an optimal way to hammer a nail, and more about trying to show the importance of concentrating any exerted energy only on where you need it to go and nowhere else. I believe that's what they're getting at.

Good video Seth! The next one could be with WB doing a weight cut like Sweet T, that video and challenge was so exciting to see

Love the idea of putting movie training to the test. Years ago some of my friends and I trained like the movie Dodgeball and competed in a dodgeball tournament and did pretty well. But yes, in practice, movie training is going to look a lot different in real life, but the same goes for a lot of stuff put in a fast-paced, hectic scenario. Which is probably why when Daniel finally competes a lot of his chore-based moves are almost non-existent and he instead relies on whatever other moves Mr. Miyagi teaches him off screen.

flies take off backwards, put your sticks slightly behind the rear legs if you wanna catch. if you clap with your hands using this principle this is actually easier than smacking them since it works with the aerodynamics of the fly rather than against them.

Great video! Perfect ending! 😆

No, it beat me to theaters by a couple years, but I remember watching it on VHS daily every summer vacation until I was 12. Also: you made a video of doing your chores and put a sponsor in. You mad genius.

The fly catching in betweens were deadass so entertaining

Seth is the most creative martial arts RU-vidr EVER !!!!!!

The way you interpreted paint the fense ended up exactly like Jeff Chan's parry and strike with the same hand.

Your ability to entertain is using silly examples are outstanding. Thank you!

It so cool you did this! The moves do remind me of a few things. In Isshin Shorinji Ryu they call it the Soft Blocks when it involves soft parts of the hand used to redirect an attack and Hard Blocks when it uses hard parts of the arm to block or strike the incoming limb. The wax on and wax off stuff resembles somewhat the circular redirections of Goju Ryu which moves at a closer range than other styles in particular the Sanchin kata. The "put on your jacket" bid it is a lot like the coming back down the sequence of Pinan Sandan/Heian Sandan. (Shorin Ryu/Shotokan Ryu).

Great video I love your work

I had am aikido teacher tell stories about going drinking with his sensei before moving to the US from Japan. His sensei would explain breaking wrist locks then gaining control by pouring sake while they shared drinks. Listening to his stories was fun... very classic martial arts movie stuff.

Congratulations, Seth!

Thanks for the reminder that i am old, but seeing this in theater makes it even more special :-)

Should've also tried the Kata of the 3rd movie and the drum technique.

This was fun too watch

“They’ve probably seen Karate Kid now that I think about it” 😂😂

I was nine when that movie came out. Yeah, I'm old.

Seth right now: "how can I do chores, which is something I do anyway, and make money.....Aha! I have just the plan!"

The breakdown of Kata... kata, invented in Okinawa, the birthplace of karate 😂😂😂😂 I'm so surprised you did not include the karate nerd

In my style of Gongfu we use some similar techniques. Paint the fence: Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart and hold a brick in each hand, by the fingers. Move up and down, alternating both sides, using your whole body. After you finish, do it again without the bricks. You will be amazed how much power you can generate. The others follow a similar principle.

Congratulations on the wedding!

Plant or harvest a 10 x 10 rice paddie by hand, alternating between squats and straight leg bows. When a breeze hits, stand tall and close your eyes or take in the horizon, and breathe and meditate in appreciation. Work as a Chinese Wok chef or old-school dishwasher for shoulder development. Work as a massuse to strengthen grip and finger strength. Work as a lumber jack and kick or punch for the final fell (safety might be an issue here). That's 4 days of work. 1 day at the gym and 1 at karate class. Hire a shabbath-goi to massage you on your day of rest. Strong and good at karate, you will become, you will. Oh yeah, and finish the weekend with a rough and heated sparring session doing the horizontal samba with no air-conditioning, for endurance, cardio, and all-around toning.

I just started teaching my daughter martial arts at home. We started a RU-vid channel. Golden Sunrise Martial Arts. We watch you quite often. Thank you for your videos. I closed my school when we moved from West Virginia to Washington. But doing this RU-vid thing has helped. I love teaching but my body says no more . Teaching my daughter is keeping active so I don't get any fatter lol. Congratulations on the marriage and thanks again for the videos.

Can't believe Seth of all people said he was a big fan of the Coolify and didn't spot the pun.

Sensei Seth has great place(Home) to train, those nature Ninja lessons.

Man you do the ad so well it becomes entertaining

“Oh, like in that movie!! Wax on or wax off?!” “Yeah, go wax off.”

Paint the fence? Wax on, wax off? Spread the Vegemite on the toast. Eat the Vegemite on toast.

Congrats on the new battle axe Sethy boy

mans out here grabbing like a grabler. seth about to pull guard.

Holy sht you did it! 🪰🥢🥋 🤣🤣🤣

The nail trick wasn't to teach him patience, it was to teach him focus. Focus was a big part of what Miyagi was trying to teach him in the second movie.

Daniel does each of them for hours. The same movement. Okinawans were like violent amish.

Congrats Seth 👍

flies for generations passing them stories of the chopstick massacre of the 80s. Never forget! 😂😂😂😂

Seth "urrgh you're old" Me "Jokes on you i didn't fucking exist back then!"

This was very informational I was struggling with my chores before I wanted this video, now I don't do them at all because I just learned that they will never teach me Karate and now I'm depressed. Thanks Sensai Seth.

Good one Sensei!

When you do it a lot you go for one tap to set and one to drive it in then see how fast you can go from nail to nail.

Lots of Naha-te techniques. Love how you applied paint the fence and you're not wrong, bunkai for goju-ryu kata named Tensho - it's all over that kata. Congrats on the marriage!

I’m a shotokan practitioner. We don’t do chores either :). But I found an article about the movie a couple of years ago, an interview with the screen-writer. The name “Mr Miyagi” is a tribute to Chogun Miyagi, the founder of Goju-Ryu style of Okinawan karate because that was the style he learned as a kid. But many traditional dojos in Okinawa are small, because they’re in a sensei’s house//living room, can’t fit many students and sometimes taught free of charge (some still keep that tradition). So, the students help him clean before and after training. They didn’t ask in the article whether the chores help with techniques. But in my personal experience doing house chores, is definitely a workout 💪 💪 😂😂

When i spar, i quite literally use the side to side brush block. From a bladed stance it works really well

The part of the movie I like(?) best is the scene where Sgt. Miyagi gets drunk and we learn about the loss of his wife in the internment camps while he's overseas fighting for the USA. That totally could have happened, and probably did. In Japanese culture, from what I've read, it's totally a thing to be able to get drunk with a friend and totally let your hair down with no loss of face. That scene get's me right in the heart every time.

Perfect way to make video about chores….bravo ha ha… 😂❤

This was a fun video, especially how you kept trying to catch the fly. I think many of the chores also functioned as a form of meditation. Ever since I first watched Karate Kid on tv when I was a kid I wanted to learn karate, but I never told my parents because I knew they couldn't afford it. Now that I'm 30, because of Cobra Kai I finally decided to learn martial arts and I'm loving it. Of course it is nothing like in the movies, but it's still so much fun. I'm so sore right now lol but I'm doing things I didn't think I could ever do, especially because I was a couch potato when I was younger, I feel like a new woman.

Looked like dude actually caught the fly. Congrats on that. Another method of the wax motion is cleaning a table/counter/cabinet with a rag/towel. Im a server and do it all the time. Granted im right sided so that gets the most reps, but sometimes i switch to my left.

"i'll be the best.... Around 🎶" 😂

Congrats on your marriage man and you finally caught a bug!!!