A scene from The Karate Kid 1984
Daniel LaRusso

How come you didn't tell me?

Mr. Kesuke Miyagi

Tell you what?

Daniel LaRusso

That you knew karate?

Mr. Kesuke Miyagi

You never ask?

Daniel LaRusso

Well, where did you learn it?

Daniel LaRusso

But I thought he was a fisherman.

Mr. Kesuke Miyagi

In Okinawa, all Miyagi know two things: fish and karate. Karate come from China, sixteenth century, called te, "hand". Hundred year later, Miyagi ancestor bring to Okinawa, call karate. "empty hand".

Daniel LaRusso

I always thought it came from Buddhist temples and stuff like that.

Mr. Kesuke Miyagi

You too much TV.

Daniel LaRusso

That what my mother tells me.

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