The Karate Kid

One Cool Thing a Day (via The Next Web) posts links to videos of shot by shot rehearsals for the original The Karate Kid movie.

The last time I posted anything about The Karate Kid was probably back when Pat Morita (Mr. Miyagi) died in November 2005, but it has been one of my favorite movies for much of my life - partly on its own merits, and partly on its role in getting me interested in martial arts.

I can truthfully say that I'm not sure I would have ever considered attending my first Karate class back in 1990 without this movie, and not sure I would have stuck with it without the goal of reaching a rank that would have allowed me to compete in the tournament from the movie. See this clip from 7:30 to 8:20 for the scene that defined that goal.

More than twenty years later I'm still involved in Tae Kwon Do, and a much different person than I would have been without those experiences. Stop for a moment and think about things that you've known how to do for 20 years. Can you imagine life without those things?