SPOILERS are ahead for Karate Kid: Legends , now streaming with a Netflix subscription .

There’s a lot of memorable scenes in the original Karate Kid that makes it one of the best ‘80s movies . However, I'm not sure fans will ever forget the final fight between Daniel LaRusso and Johnny Lawrence at the All Valley Karate Tournament, where Daniel beats his bully (and Cobra Kai ) by executing the crane kick. Karate Kid: Legends pays homage to the OG film in various ways, but it has an even more impressive big fighting move in the form of the “dragon kick”.

When CinemaBlend spoke to Karate Kid: Legends director Jonathan Entwistle about the film (which is one of the big 2025 movie releases ), I asked him about how the dragon kick was accomplished in camera. I was stunn

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