On Location: The Karate Kid (1984) Filming Locations!
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- Wax on, wax off. And welcome to the dojo. The Karate Kid dojo.
Beyond the Backlot kicks it in the San Fernando Valley for The Karate Kid (1984)! We jaunt about filming locations and relive some movie magic in the shoes of Daniel LaRusso.
This time, though, Curtis preps for the fight of his life. Chasing the sun. Crane kicking on the beach. Running from the Skeletore Army. Gaming montage at Golf N' Stuff. Training in the Cobra Kai Dojo. And interviewing actor Martin Kove - aka John Kreese, the Cobra Kai sensei! This episode has it all. Hop aboard the Beyond the Backlot bus as we revisit one of the most quintessential 80s movies of all time!
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A personal note: We would like to thank Martin Kove for his participation. Also, we want to congratulate him and the entire The Karate Kid family on their success with Cobra Kai television series on Netflix!
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What if your favorite movie could come back to life? It does in Beyond the Backlot.
As kids of the 70s, 80s, and 90s, we have fond memories of watching our favorite films over and over. Thanks to theaters and VHS tapes, these movies aren't just blockbusters from the past - they're part of our childhood.
Beyond the Backlot taps into our hunger for nostalgia by visiting the current day locations of our favorite films.
Hosted by Curtis Templeton
Executive Producer - Dave Salvi
Executive Producer - Chris Sattel
Producer - Chris Sattel
Producer - Dave Salvi
Director - Chris Sattel & Dave Salvi
Associate Producer - Julie Lundy
Director of Photography - Taylor Rummell
Camera Operator - Chris Tomlinson
Camera Operator - Brady Sahlin
iPhone Operator - Curtis Templeton
Sound - Mikey Schmit
Editor - John Miyagi
Writer - Dave Salvi
Special Thanks
Martin Kove
Jesse Kove
Rick Krusky
Peter Ettinger
Golf N' Stuff Family Fun Center
The nice people at the Apartment Complex
Brady Sahlin
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Music Courtesy of Audio Jungle
Produced by Go Go Entertainment LLC
Footage Courtesy of Columbia Pictures.
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Actors like Kove come from a different generation , along with the likes of Stallone , very humble great guys
I may be 50 now but watching this made me feel 14 again. The 80s were the best.
That makes us so happy! Glad to bring back the nostalgia of your childhood. That's why we love these movies so much. Thanks for watching!
Its going to be great.
Concordo
@@BeyondtheBacklot Sou do Rio de Janeiro/Brasil. Novo inscrito. Kkkkkkkk. Bom conteúdo didático.
Hell ya 80s and early 90s was the best for sure
Martin is such a timeless actor. I honestly don't know how this video doesn't have millions of views.
Fighting for more each and every day. Thanks for watching!
@@BeyondtheBacklot Maybe put Martin's name in the title and thumbnail, like the T2 Robert Patrick filming location video. I didn't realize the thumbnail was showing actual new footage of him on first glance.
Not even surprised he did this..I met Martin about 2 years ago, as nice as can be and he embraces this character...he will die a TRUE COBRA KAI...
He’s epic and seriously the coolest
Martin Kove seems like such a cool Guy. And someone who embraced and realized his character from a movie of 30 years ago was so iconic.
Yes! He's the man. Thanks for watching!
Man, Kove is a talented dude. He just snaps into character with zero effort. I bought every second of it.
Loveliest thing was when Kreese is being terrifying to Curtis, and then realising he might have hurt him, Martin pops back to apologise! Sign of a great actor, and sign of a genuine nice guy.
Apparently after the movie, a little girl berated him on the plane for his role as Kreese and the mother tried to apologize. Kove told the mother he was flattered by her reaction because it shows that he did a good job with his acting.
Martin Kove was such a nice guy to participate in this clip. Much appreciated.
Wow this was great guys!! I'm still obessed with Karate Kid all these years later.....I was born in 1984, Name is Daniel and my Birthday is 19th December....The date of the All Valley Tournament in 1984 :)
Thats so cool
I feel so grateful to have grown up in the 80s - the best era to be a child. And we can now re-live these incredible memories.
What a treat to see Martin Kove! And what a gent to take all that time make this video so special.
I finally started watching Cobra Kai this week and am now hooked on revisiting all things Karate Kid.
GREAT work, guys!
Thank you for the kind words. And yes...Kove is a treasure!
My Granny used to take my cousin and me to Golf N' Stuff in the 80s. Good times. People were simpler and just happier it seems.
We miss the 80s!
It's called childhood. Shit was tough back then too.
Movie characters that frightened the hell outta me when I was younger: Michael Myers, Jason Vorhees, Freddy Krueger, Sensei Kreese
and Dutch...
Dude this movie was filmed across the street. It can take me 12 minutes to walk there. I know all of these places! Everyday I drive by these places.
Awesome! Thanks for watching!
Kool 😎
They got the guy who played cobra 🐍 kai karate group sensei johnny kreese on the set
RickyPez Golf N Stuff is in Norwalk, I doubt you can walk there from any of the other locations
Cool story.
No like his apartment and stuff.
Damn this was great, I really miss the 80's! :( The best times ever!
The best! Thanks for watching!
1980's Movies left a lasting impression that will live with me until the day i die.
Amen!
Those 80's soundtracks are masterpieces.
That’s not Miyagi’s apartment. He just worked out of that space. He lived in his house.
Yeah exactly it was a maintenance shed
Martin Kove is so good with the fans. It's great to see how game he was to hang out and play along. What a class act.
Absolutely true! He was amazing. Thanks for watching!
Damn Kove did that Whole scene while having a fever???
Crazy, right??
I'm 20 but my dad old school he always telling why the 80s were the best time but man If was his age in the 80s now I understand lol
Fantastic video!! I remember being 14 years old, watching "The Karate Kid" in a movie theater, in 1984. The energy inside that cinema was electric. I was hooked. When the credits started to roll onscreen, people jumped up and started doing the "Crane Technique". Such an amazing memory from my teenage years. And now, thanks to TH-cam and great channels such as this one, we can relive these fantastic moments. Thank you and Rock On! =\//-/=🎸🤟
Thank YOU! Glad to have a superfan like you on the adventure with us!
The 1980's WAS, and still IS,
THE BEST DECADE EVER!!!
The best!
If you enjoyed this, please check out our The Karate Kid On Location episode. More Martin Kove / John Kreese fun. :) Thanks for watching!
For pocs, not so much 😉
@@kifacorea ??
8:29 was completely unexpected and hilarious.....😂😂😂
HAHAHA we are glad you enjoyed. Thanks for watching!
You guys are so lucky to see these places I’m so jealous ... especially being a 6th Dan ... and Mr Kove is a great charter actor
Martin Kove is fantastic! Thank you for joining us on our adventures!
Thank you! I am 55 years old now. This movie has really stayed with me all these years.
These movies are extra special. Never too old to enjoy the memories they bring.
Im 47 now 80s were the best thank you for sharing these awesome filming locations. Stay safe everyone peace out.
SO glad Cobra Kai was made. A guy loses badly in his teens spends the next 30 years living like a low income loser, abandons his son and son's mother but somehow by chance has an opportunity to maybe make it right again and do something meaningful as a mentor/father figure to a poor kid living in socal.
Agreeeeeed. Thanks for watching!
Ever notice how the "Give me sixty pushups on your knuckles" guy, does like 15 and then gets up?
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give-me-sixty-pushups-on-your-knuckles : *do only 15 push-ups and then gets up*
Kreese : You!
give-me-sixty-pushups-on-your-knuckles : YES SENSEI!
Kreese : Why are u only do 15 push-ups and not 60 HUH?!!??
give-me-sixty-pushups-on-your-knuckles : I'M SORRY SIR I THOUGHT YOU SAY A QUARTER OF IT
Kreese : ugh
🤣🤣 but Kreese said fall in behind me so he could stop i guess
Martin Kove is so awesome. His incredible portrayal is so spot-on, that he makes it so thoroughly enjoyable to hate him as Kreese. But off screen, he seems like such a kind and exceedingly sweet man. A true testament to his acting talent. And what a good sport to reenact old scenes. He does it for the fans. Love him.
The joke of the Sound Guy following the talent never gets old LOL
Hehehe
Man I lived in Riverside and completely fell in love with this movie and have always loved the Golf and Stuff I'm 47 and this video brought tears to my eyes. Im Such a super fan I decided to subscribe 🙂
Thanks for watching and subscribing!
Wooooo Kove never lost it, his acting here is on point! Seems a really down to earth guy, loved the video!
Martin Kove was such a pro and gentleman! Honored to be with him in the original dojo. Thanks for watching!!
Brought back so many wonderful memories. 80’s was the best
Thanks for watching and commenting. We agree -- 80s were the best!
Please check out our other episodes. More movie fun :)
Sure is a dream come true.. so lucky to play those phenomenal scenes with Martin. Can't imagine how that must feel. Wow.
Thanks for watching!
This was so enjoyable to watch, I was literally rolling with laughter hehehe
Being my favourite movie series of all time, I can't get enough of it. I've probably watched each movie over four hundred times each. And no matter that I have the DVDs, and several at that lol, I watch them every time they air on television, without fail.
Between your boom guy cameoing in the funniest way to the superb and awesome Martin Kove, I'm glad I saw this. I had no idea that most of the stuff is still there to see, even Lucille's restaurant next to the dojo is still the same.
Thanks for creating this brilliant series. You're all a lot of fun.
It's hard to believe that Martin Kove was 73 when this was done.
Love the new Cobra Kai series with many of the original actors. How cool is that to hang out with sensei from your favorite childhood movie 35 years later.... man!!!
Hanging with Kove was something we will never forget! Thanks for watching!
Martin Kove, you are the sharpest and brilliant actor that I have seen in decades in my whole life, your art help us to enrich our childhood and teen ages, and you are a outstanding person, thanks to be part of my childhood, and I want thank you guys, from beyond the backlot, to have made possible to learn more about our lengedary actor!!!! Cheers mates from Brazil!!!!!
Wonderful way to put it. It is our pleasure to bring this to you. Thanks for the comment! Cheers to you in Brazil!
As a big fan of the movie myself, I can truly say that this was a treat to watch! Great job!!
Thank you! It's a treat to have you watch our episodes.
I would start crying
Meeting Mr. Kove and visiting the dojo was certainly surreal! The other locations also brought back nostalgic feelings. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Dope
I was born in 1977, so I was a kid for the whole 80's and after watching this I wish I could be in the 80's again. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
Thanks for watching! It’s a unique nostalgia...would love to go back.
@@BeyondtheBacklot Just discovered your channel, such a great idea. 100% my kind of thing. Keep up the great work
Thank you so much for directing me to this fantastic video... You must be so happy to have had and taken advantage of such a wonderful opportunity... It’s so great when hard work pays off and everything falls perfectly into place, and Kove steels the show! Lol!. Again, thank you! 🙏
THANK YOU for checking this out! We appreciate you. More On Location and Location Scouts for your enjoyment too :)
Much appreciated! THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN....
Man this is so awesome! Keep up the amazing work!!Can't believe you don't have a million subscribers.I shared so good!!!
Wow, thank you! We appreciate the support and kind words. We'll keep bringing the goods from our favorite movies. Tell the world!
Yeah : very humourous indeed - lol ☺
Wow that was so cool. I'm glad Martin Kove is still alive and looks well. They should have left the office.
He was such a professional and gentleman! Thanks for watching!
wow! amazing job! 20 minutes of childhood ! love you man! Karate Kid was and is the best movie ever!
Thanks for watching!
This was so awesome. Great job guys. The Seven Seas is still around! I can’t believe that. It’s awesome you got Martin Kove to be in this. Good sport he is.
Thanks for watching!!!
Awesome... Brought me back.... Must have been great to be in the Dojo with Marty Kove!
Awesome! And it was. He was a class act. Can't wait to bring you back to more of your favorite movies. Check out our other On Location episodes! And more content to come :)
This is great stuff, guys. Lots of followers are deserved here.
Thank you for saying so! Much appreciated. We will keep trying to deliver excellent content for you.
Really enjoyed that. Great memories of a childhood classic. Martin seems like a great sport and the guys like 74. Looks great!
I saw Karate Kid in theaters in 1984 I was 11, still one of my favorite movies of the 80s. Great job love film locations. It was great to see Martin Kove.
Really glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching!
@@BeyondtheBacklot You're welcome.
This is an excellent video, thanks for the tour guys, incredible
Wow, well down. Awesome that you got Kreese to return to the dojo!
Thank you for watching! He was such a great guy... our absolute pleasure. Please tell all of your friends! :)
Thank you so much for your videos, I absolutely miss the 1980s! I would go back in a blink of an eye and a heartbeat! What fantastic times they were!
Agreed! Thanks for watching!
I'm 52 and this brings back great memories of the 80s and Golf n stuff in Phoenix we would go to Arizona every March for two weeks vacation
Nice! Such a fun place. Thanks for watching!
Totally love these segments. Keep 'em coming!
Will do!
Bro as a super fan you just made my day. Thank you for the great video. So freaking awesome. You should do more with the other characters of cobra kai also. That part with kreese is the most best . to see him actually back at the original dojo in 30 yrs u brought us super fan that moment. So epic. Thanks man
Such kind words! We're happy to bring this to you super fans! #superfans
Awesome that you brought Mr. Kreese into the Dojo
Kove is the best!! No else could play his character!! Love it!!
Truth! He's awesome.
You deserve millions of followers ! Amazing content ! ❤️
Thank you! Working everyday to get there :) please tell all your friends. Thanks for watching!
This is amazing! How is it possible the dojo has not been touched in 30 years? You have just lived my dream.
Crazy, right?? Very glad to be there with Martin Kove. Thanks for watching!
That's awesome. Wonderful for Martin to join you
That was so cool of Kove to re act that certain part. He still has that mean saying after all these years. So awesome to see Kove back again.
Great job! the whole crew, even the guy holding the microphone, LOL
We love Mikey (our audio guy)!! Thanks for watching!
totally awesome! would love to visit those locations! I'm here in GA where they filmed some of cobra kai and my daughter and i are going to make a day visiting some of the filming locations!
That's awesome! #FellowSuperfan
I was 6 years old when this movie was released in 1984,I really appreciate you making this video,it was awesome 👍💯
Thanks for watching!!
Martin Kove seems like a really nice guy. Nothing like his John Kreese character!
Amen!
Yeah I watched The Karate Kid & Sidekicks a bunch of times, cool to see the actors reminisce. Flight of The Navigator & Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure would be a cool movies to see film locations
This is phenomenal. Here's to the future of your channel. One day I'll say I was one of the first 300 subscribers. :)
Yes! Thanks for the support. We'll keep bringing the goods!
That last piece in the dojo was EPIC!!
Thanks for watching!
How cool.. Martin Kove just walks into the Dojo!! Loved this!!
It was surreal to witness! Thanks for watching!
Awesome Video
How did you stay so composed this is unreal. My eyes are watering over and over from emotion.
We were as emotional, for sure! Martin Kove was such a pro and gentleman. We tried to rise to the occasion! Thanks for watching!!
Wow I remember when it came out in the theater what a blast from the past and just a movie that is timeless .. THE FIRST AND ONLY KARATE KID IN MY BOOK AND CAN'T STOMACH THE REMAKE!... GOOD STUFF BROUGHT ME BACK TO THE 80S AND WHAT GOOD GUY sensei kreese was good to see he appreciated the love.
A++++ work. One of those movies that we loved in the 80s, laughed at in the late 90s, forgot about in the 2000s, and will treasure for the rest of our lives. Golf and Stuff and Kove, pure gold.
Thanks for the compliments!
Outstanding!!! Love it!
Pulling a BttF reference haha. BttF is my all time favorite movie!
@@NickP Awesome! Did you check out our BTTF episode?
Thanks for watching! Tell your friends :)
Beyond the Backlot Will do! I have visited every BttF location w the exception of the Disney Ranch, where the Peabody’s Homestead was and Hill Valley Road in Chino. LOVE IT HAHA. That goes for The Karate Kid as well. I got inside the school!
Beyond the Backlot I def will.. Not yet.
What an amazing video! Need more subs and views
Thank you for the kind words. And please tell all of your friends :) We'll keep bringing you great content!
Thanks so much for these locations videos! So nostalgic! What an awesome way to go back in time!
I was glued to this from start to finish!! Brilliant job guys. (And the cherry on the cake was Mr Kove). Very well done, and thank you for your efforts. All the best guys.
Thank YOU for watching!!
Johnny wasn't the bully. Change my mind.
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@Fire&Ice909 let see. At the beach Daniel stepped into his business. I know Johnny broke Alli's radio. For 1, Alli was being a prick and escalated the situation with the radio. For 2, Johnny was angry and couldn't control his emotions. Being emotional doesn't make him a bad guy. For 3, Johnny broke her radio (after Alli escalated Johnny into doing it), but Alli was not in danger. It was just a heated argument that wasn't to the point that it needed intervened with. The beach scene was a misunderstanding. Nobody was in the wrong.
The soccer scene. Johnny was in the wrong, he told Bobby to trip Daniel. But, Daniel didn't know that Bobby was told to do that. Daniel never talked to Bobby before but still started to pound him just for being tripped. Even though Johnny is in the wrong, this scene still tells a lot about Daniel's poor attitude.
The bike scene. Before this scene, Daniel comes into Johnny's dojo after losing a fight to him a couple days prior. Johnny sees this as a threat, so he sends a message to Daniel that he won't tolerate Daniel trying to take his girl, and trying to up his game to fight him again. Nobody was in the wrong here either.
Then months go by. The conflict is over. Daniel pours water all over Johnny for no reason while he was on the toilet. Johnny obviously gets pissed off and comes after him. Daniel causes a multi car wreck outside of a school. Daniel is definitely in the wrong.
Then he somehow convinces Mr. Miuyagi into thinking that it was Johnny's fault. Then they challenge Johnny to a fight at the tournament. Daniel takes full advantage of this agreement to continuously harass Johnny and make him jealous that he took his girl. Daniel is such a prick, and is again in the wrong.
Daniel wins the tournament and Johnny gives Daniel his trophy, showing good attitude, even though Daniel was being a total prick.
So yeah. I don't believe either of them are good. Both are in the wrong.
When I was a kid, Rambo and Karate Kid made me hate Martin Kove and now it's a joy to see him, ah how times have changed.
HAHA! Right?? That just means he was a masterful actor who played a great villain. In person, he's a kind, insightful, and wonderful guy. A real pleasure spending time with him. Thanks for watching!
@@BeyondtheBacklot Thank you for the video/interview, it put a HUGE smile on my face.🙏🏼
Oh kove was in Rambo I remember him in Rambo but couldn't figure out where I knew him from 😄
Same
@@270wsm140gr yes hes ericson the bastard pilot
Oh man... guys this is class. Wonderful memories. Brilliantly presented. Thanks for the trip down memory lane. 🥋👍🏾
Thank YOU for watching.
Absolutely amazing!!!!!!!!! The way Martin Kove is able to snap back into character is incredible!!!
Right?? We had chills. So honored to experience that.
Martin appears like a very soft spoken person on interviews. But he still looks/sounds intimidating when in role. When he shifted gears (saying his lines) did you feel intimidated?
I remember watching the filming of the scene in the field when Mr. M kicks the shit out of Johnny and his cronies. It was my dad and my dad's friend and his sons, and I, we were walking around the block and came across the filming. We stayed and watched for like an hour to 2 hours.
That is epic! Who knew you’d be watching an unforgettable scene taking place?!
This movie never gets old and each time it’s on tv I stop what I’m doing and watch it
Thanks for watching!
I myself was 15 when the movie came out! Thank you so much for posting this! Such a walk down memory lane for me!!
Happy to have you join us on this adventure. Thanks for watching!
Hopefully Golf N' Stuff makes it. Their virus messages on their website seem bleak.
They were wonderful people to work with. Very nice and accommodating ... Thanks for watching!
Many same locations are used on the Cobra Kai series.. still remain the same
Sadly a lot of the series was filmed in Atlanta i believe . They re-created the Golf N Stuff place to look like the original in the movie
Not your usual filming location video. To have Marty Kove actually come on board. That's epic.
Y'all are the best around.
Yes! Thanks so much.
Martin Kove has a reputation to live up to as he is personable to his fans.
Yes! Such a great guy. Thanks for watching!
Oh, the place is actually empty, could have pick this place as Johnny's Cobra Kai dojo.
that would have been beyond amazing, unfortunately they don't film in southern california. i believe most of the filming is done in atlanta? if i had the money i would buy this place and open up a cobra kai dojo lol.
@George S it was a tae kwon do school i think originally when they used it for the movie. don't know how long the guy stayed at that location. i believe he still runs a school but moved locations obviously.
It would have been oool but as already someone said they are filming in Atlanta now and I actually love the mini-mall situation with the pawn shop, the mini-mart and Homeless Lynn living there.
bring on season 3, can't come soon enough
Yes!! Love Cobra Kai
@@BeyondtheBacklot Do the first Terminator movie locations
T1/T2 are on the list
Loved seeing this!! It brought me back to my junior high days as well as a smile to my face. To have grown up in the 80's was truly a special time!!🙂
We miss it! Did you catch our On Location episodes? They are nostalgia at its finest
Love watching all these filming locations then and now from movies I grew up watching.
These movies mean so much to us all!
merci.from France
Epic!!!
Thanks! This was a fun one to put together.
It looked fun
no words do this justice.....but all i can say is THANK YOU.....
Thank YOU for watching!
This Just blew me away guys ...... absolutely fantastic. Well done all who made this video. I was just the biggest fan when I was 13 and I watched this from start to finish with the biggest smile on my face. Awsome.
Thank you! Glad to bring back the feelings and emotions from the film. We appreciate you!
That was awesome! Cobra Kai never dies!
Such a GIFT this video! Got goosebumps when you walked into the dojo! Thank you and lots of love from London UK ❤
Wow! Thank you for the kind words! So glad you enjoyed it. We hope to see London soon for some locations. Any recommendations?
@@BeyondtheBacklot Wow back! Tons of locations here in London! From James Bond and Mission Impossible movies to Harry Potter, Notting Hil, Bridget Jones etc.. Keep in touch! Would love to have you guys around for dinner! anthonylorenzo@gmail.com 😎
Love this movie. Well done in putting in the work for this video.....feeding all us Karate Kid obsessed fans
My father was a student of Pat Johnson's in the late 60s or early 70s in Niagara Falls. He taught Mary Mauser piano lessons in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. So My father had this connection to the franchise and no one believed me in the 80s.