Let the Karate Kid Cinematic Universe begin! Join us as we dissect the KARATE KID: LEGENDS trailer and talk about damaru drums, Karate Men, and our favorite Karate Kid moments.
Teaser Trailer: https://youtu.be/uPzOyzsnmio?si=oZCc3Jc-BEmpKY6-
Links to trailers for other movies we talked about and the titles we couldn't remember:
Prescence (2025): https://youtu.be/bKGxHflevuk?si=5og4M0hHDJztT3QF
The Karate Kid (1984): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_8Rw16uscg
The Karate Kid Part II (1986): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-T0ajeo7xQ
Bloodsport (1988): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaT9dYalyU0
Kickboxer (1989): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6Yxw4gxfpI&t=22s
The Karate Kid Part III (1989: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42xkTso8krA
Lionheart (1990): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKqjwvWNnzg
The Next Karate Kid (1994): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bqpr_auZ9D8
The Karate Kid (2010): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XY8amUImEu0
Cobra Kai (2018-2025): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCwwxNbtK6Y
Director's Cut:
*A simple Google search tells us when Karate Kid: Legends takes place in relation to Cobra Kai: https://bleedingcool.com/movies/karate-kid-legends-three-years-after-cobra-kai-macchio-may-2025/
*Evan repeatedly says "capoeta" instead of capoeira. One is an Afro-Brazilian martial art, while the other is a fish: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capoeta_capoeta
*It's not Karate Man, but there is a Karate Teen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9ihIfoWl3Q