I lived in that apartment building when they filmed the movie. During the scene where Daniel and his mom first arrive and he's taking his bike off the car, I was standing on my balcony (says "South" on it). I had been watching them rehearse the scene a few times. When the director said he was ready to shoot, I asked if I should go back inside. He said no, it was okay if I stayed and watched. I wouldn't be seen. And yes, the wooden front gate was just installed for the movie. It was a metal gate before and after.
There's something about the aura of just being in those locations and reminiscing of times past that just hits deep.. If only we could go back in time.. Great video, very nostalgic..
Every day i wish I could just go back to the 80s again (I was born in 72) the 80s and early 90s were a time when I had a lot of dreams and goals.. And today… Fk
If you are a kid growing up in the 2010's 2020's what have you got movie wise apart from Marvel / DCU and Disney remakes very un-exciting times for Hollywood.
For those of us who don't have the time or money to take a trip and visit all these iconic locations....... We kindly THANKYOU sir!!!!! Such a great movie that we still watch today.
I saw Karate Kid with my dad and a bunch of other kids from my tae kwon do class. We were all laughing because we went direct from TKD to the theater, and we were still dressed in our TKD uniforms. We were all cheering at the end of the movie. Great times.
For my 40th birthday we rented Golf n Stuff and had a slumber party in the secondary arcade. We got to use the go carts, arcade, golf course and slept in sleeping bags in the building that most of the KK footage was shot in front of. Plan on doing this again once covid subsides and if they still have the slumber party rental option. It's mostly meant for kids, but I am one. A kid of the 80s forever.
@@80sLife How you doing? I just found out about your channel by far the best , I love how you explained the scenes and play part of them great job!!! Can’t wait for more videos... Give me a tour lol I would love to see this places in person. Stay safe out there and keep up the good work!
@@renesalazar7021 And you crown it by saying you're a Karate Kid Movie Fan WOW ! We all love the movie so much That the spin off has even more fans ... IT'S CRAZY !
I loved the lockers detail! Lockers were a huge part of school life then. Lots of social activity in front of them...and secret notes slipped in the slots when you weren't there ;)
Oh my God I remember that too!!! Those lockers were important in middle & high school!! And this was before cell phones when people socialized at them!
I enjoyed this so much. Reminiscing the early 80s, 1984 to be exact when this film was created. I was 16 y/o then. Thanks for sharing. My all-time favorite feel-good movie that I tend to watch yearly. To add, the soundtrack of this movie was just phenomenal..."Cruel Summer" by Bananarama just simply awesome.
Great job filming the locations! Season 3 of Cobra Kai was incredible. There's something magical about the whole Karate Kid history and the joy it has brought to so many people.
So true. I was thinking the same thing. The story of Daniel and how he finds happiness, love and a father figure is so compelling, no wonder it was a hit that spawned a sequel. Cobra Kai is the proof of how much fans still love it!
sometimes...it also must be annoying seeing a couple of strangers at your doorstep everytime because you just happened to buy a house where a classic movie was filmed...I'm from Brazil and a couple of years ago, a TV crew from Record TV (a Brazilian TV channel) went to Philly to film the Rocky locations and the woman now livng in the Rocky's house in Rocky I and II felt a bit annoyed by their presence and she briefly told that it's usual for her to see strangers photographing her house...it must seem awesome at first, but as time goes by, it must be something invasive... I don't know if you know something in Portuguese, but the video's here below (@ 5:59): th-cam.com/video/iauM8O7Ni8M/w-d-xo.html
@@aSome1 Yep true but why would you buy a ex-movie house if you are going to then complain when it gets attention. Get a normal house otherwise there are tons to choose from.
I would love it. Even better would be if someone converted the apartment block into martial arts dojos. no better advertising than the fact it was on karate kid and cobra kai! each little apartment doing a different style. can cool off in the pool after training.
All time Favorite Movie for me , why, I lived in NORWALK as a teenager and use to hang out at GOLF N STUFF, arcade games, bumper cars, golf, water slide, bumper water tubes. We would ride our BMX bikes that night when GOLF N STUFF was closed ,cuz they were filming. NOT knowing it was THE KARATE KID MOVIE !! memories😁😁😁
I believe it was a LIABILITY issue, kids use to get hurt all the time, accidently, that slide would be packed with kids and next to that electrical plant at the back..
Thanks for the nostalgic trip down memory lane! It's so cool that the area remains only slightly changed. SO many places from other movies just are so different now that they are hard to even recognize.
@@Booze129 I think that is what happened with the film "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" A guy who was about 23 years old and straight out of Journalism school at UCLA or USC (I think) went undercover as an actual high school student for nearly a entire year to write a best selling book which was later excerpted in Playboy Magazine, which then became a bestseller book and big hit for the ages movie. Development The film is adapted from a book Crowe wrote after a year spent at Clairemont High School in San Diego, California. He went undercover to do research for his 1981 book Fast Times at Ridgemont High: A True Story, about his observations of the high school and the students he befriended there, including then-student Andy Rathbone, on whom the character Mark "Rat" Ratner was modeled. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_Times_at_Ridgemont_High
I live on Long Island NY and see "Daniel" Ralph Machio at the NY Islanders hockey games all the time. He's a big fan of the team. Most nights he's just walking around the arena like everyone else is. Very cool dude. He was also a great soccer player in the 80s growing up on Long Island, which is why in the movie he's juggling the ball very well.
I am 47 years old and grew up watching all these movies as a teen. Very good channel i find it so fascinating seeing some of the things still the same as 30 plus years ago.
Yo I love your show takes me back to the good days man...even made me cry just remembering when me and my family would eat dinner and sit around the tv to watch these same shows.. keep up the good work 👍
I love filming location videos, but yours are superior in every way. The details are great, you don’t just do the major scenes you do locations that are minor as well. I was a teenager in the 80s & love all the films you and your brother do. Keep up the great work. Well done.
HAHAHAHA!!!.. That's awesome, "Nothing creepy about that" how you put yourself in that shot. This is Fantastic. Loving your videos, and your style of going about your edits.
Absolutely amazing video, It’s hard to believe how little some of the locations have changed. Seeing Daniels apartment building and the lobby of the sports arena gave me goosebumps, it’s a pity we weren’t able to see the arena itself.
I've seen this movie countless times and I never even noticed Miyagi stealing that black belt haha! One of the very best Karate Kid location videos on TH-cam! Really appreciate it.
This video was so cool. Thank you so much for posting this. I was 11 years old in 1984 when Karate Kid came out. I've always been a big fan of the Karate Kid movies. This was very fun to watch.
Very cool. God, I remember when Karate Kid came out, i was 16 and living in New Jersey. I didn't see it in the movie theater i saw it on HBO a year later but that movie was huge. There was a lot of great movies coming out every year in the 80's and The Karate Kid was an instant all-time classic. It's still an incredible movie to watch even after all these years. The chemistry between the actors was magic. Those were the days. God, so many memories. A magical time. What a time to be a teenager.
Superb effort in putting this video together, really appreciate it. I stayed at that Hyatt Regency back in 2013 taking some personal time in So Cal. I am a huge fan of the movie and Cobra Kai, and had NO IDEA that hotel doubled as the Encino Oaks Country Club until literally this very second, nearly 10 years after I stayed there. Just looked through some of my pics to confirm.. Unreal....
I trained at Jun Chong Lankershim (Corba Kai Karate studio in the movie) for many years. My group and I had done a remodel of the interior a couple years before Master Chong gave up the lease. But, it was always recognizable from the inside as that iconic Karate studio. New students frequently mentioned that it looked familiar, before they knew it was the setting of the Cobra Kai.
I used to live in SoCal. I went to the GolfnStuff in Norwalk in the 80s. I live in the SF bay area now. The GolfLands here don't have the same fun environment as GolfNStuff. I also used to accompany my grandmother to Encino where she worked. Encino is an underrated city. It has huge beautiful houses with spectacular views. The house I used to visit was a 15k square foot house with 2 pools, a tennis court, and a huge greenhouse. We would have to walk pass the Jackson's house to get there. Good times. Good video as always 80s Life
Great video! I used to be a long distance truck driver. During mid October 2016 I found myself with a couple days layover in Ontario, California. So I rented a car and visited a bunch of these locations. That had always been a dream of mine! I was 38 years old at the time. I'll be 43 in a week so I guess it's been 5 years ago now. South Seas: There was still an empty lot next door when I was there. The entire apartment building smelled like marijuana really bad and it didn't seem like anyone there spoke English. Lol! The beach: Yeah that was cool to visit. I walked up to the lifeguard tower and watched surfers for a while. The high school: Definitely visited there and saw the sign on the wall. I walked up and touched it with my hands because I just had to. I drove around the block and saw the fields out back. I wish I would have visited his locker. That's definitely a regret. From what I understand that school was also used for the movie Summer School which is another movie I loved. The dojos: I visited both locations. The exterior shots/Orient express location as well as the location of the interior shots which was being used as an exercise place. Orient Express was vacant. Ali's house: I drove past, but didn't get out of the car. It felt really weird driving in an area like that in a piece of junk rental car. I can assure you nobody else in that neighborhood was driving a VW Jetta. But that gate wasn't in front of their house in 2016. There isn't anywhere to park other than in someone's driveway or in front of someone's house. So I didn't get out and walk around people's homes. And I don't think people should really. Golf n Stuff: I believe my visit to this place was at an earlier time. I don't think it was during the same trip. But I played some games and a round of miniature golf with the guy I drove truck with. I don't think he understood the significance of the location. But they had a small poster or something on the wall near the cash registers with pictures and stuff from the movie. I didn't visit the other sites you mentioned, but I did add one location. The bonsai store: From Karate Kid 3. I saw the railroad tracks where Mike Barnes and his buddies were doing donuts in the road and were almost hit by a train. So in total I visited 8 locations. Very happy memory.
Sounds like an awesome adventure. I'm the same age and would definitely enjoy looking at the locations. The apartment smelling like weed made me think there probably wasn't anyone around to reminisce about the movie.
@Adam Chapman it's very strange man. All of my favorite movies from my youth straight up lied to me. And I didn't know any better because I was just some kid living on a dirt road in the middle of nowhere Ohio. Think about all of the movies and TV shows from the 80's that took place in certain locations. For example the movies set in the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles. The demographics in those movies looked just like the demographics in my small town. Then I get there and I'm the only non-hispanic white dude for miles. It makes perfect sense to me now, but as a kid I had no idea. It's like Seinfeld. Set in NYC and not a single ethnic character. I just think that's kinda funny, but I think it makes some people really mad. Lol! But no, nobody there talks about those movies. In fact they're annoyed by tourists stopping by their apartment building to pose for pictures. They even put a gate up so people can't walk in by the swimming pool and stuff now. When you think about it, those are just financially poor folks living in Reseda just working and trying to keep up with the ridiculous cost of living in SoCal. They really don't want to be bothered.
@danielmoore1232 You bring up a good point. I didn't think about Hollywood bringing in their white cast of stars to these areas. I always assumed the demographic of the neighborhoods changed over time haha. The only movie location I wanted to see was "The last dragon" 1985. I was out in New York in 2018 visiting friends and time slipped by and I didn't get to see filming locations. I'm assuming Brooklyn will be primarily black neighborhood like movie but now I'm not sure lol. Please tell me you have seen the last dragon filming locations in Brooklyn?
@Adam Chapman yeah it's possible some of the demographics in the Valley changed over time. I'm not sure to what degree. But if that's the reason for the almost exclusively white casting in 80's teen movies like Karate Kid, Summer School, etc then it has REALLY changed over the past 30-40 years. But yeah that's possible. And unfortunately I never found myself with any time to do any exploring in New York City. I did drive a truck through Manhattan and drove right past the coffee shop restaurant from Seinfeld. It's much smaller than the show makes it look. I always wished for a layover in Atlanta. I wanted to go visit locations from the first season of the Dukes of Hazzard. The town square from the opening credits, which I hear looks very similar still today. The Boar's Nest which I hear is a church now, and maybe the exterior shots of the Sheriff's office. Just stuff like that. But unfortunately I'm a local truck driver now. I've not left Ohio for like 6 years at this point. I'm just old and fat now. No more exploring for me I guess.
I need to do the same. I still live on Saticoy, but on the other side of The Valley near Lankershim. & I want to visit Ohio & be the only Latino in town 😅
Again, such amazing work done on a location vid. Great detail about every shot. Funniest part was easily your face in place of Daniel's staring at Allie.
As someone really into urban geography, these videos are fascinating... you can see just how much and how little everyday spaces actually change. Thanks for all this work! My suggestion for another would be Beverly Hills Cop! EDIT: Just saw you DID BHC, heh.
What's cool is that same beach ... was also used in 1991 , in a scene for the movie Point Break . It was where they were around the campfire , and say to Patrick Swayze he is a FBI agent .. Bodhi !
That was really sweet. I remember seeing the Karate Kid when it first came out back in 1984. It's pretty cool that you grew up in that area, that must have been fun. Thanks for posting this!
Stumbled across your channel today and am super impressed. 1st video was BIBO and now KK. Cannot wait for a day off so I can stroll down memory lane via your channel.
@@jazzyjeff7431 A lot relied on your parents and I do not think this flick attracted much attention. I saw countless movies underage because I was accompanied by one or two parents. Sudden Impact was an 18 certificate in the UK and I sneaked in with my dad when I was 10. Go figure.
@@Truthseeker1515 Yes that is very true.I thought Karate Kid was popular right from the start here in the US but i can't really remember.If it had anything to do with karate or ninjas,i had to see it.
Great video bro! I actually didn't know that they filmed those scenes at the chatsworth reservoir lol I lived right down the street from it for almost 20 years lol
Nice work! It is SO COOL to be at the same location where someone was once physically present! I'm not only a movie fan, but a history fan in general, and I think about that kind of stuff when visiting historical sites. From this video I think you may have the same fascination as me lol 😂
Thank you sooooooooo much for taking the time and effort to put this little 💎 together - your superimposed face over daniels on the 🏖️ was hillstbluesarious!!!
Wow that was awesome it takes me back when I was a young lad. Thanks for sharing. Now my kids know about the Karate kid movies and they love them, specially the early ones
Very good video. I enjoyed it all the way through. Thank you for taking the time and effort to make this for us. Looking forward to more then/ now filming location videos from you.
The pool in Daniel's apartment building would have given me the wrong impression of California if I lived out of state, but luckily I live in L.A. The movie and this video are great! Wonder if there is a video of Fast Times at Ridgemont High?
All these videos you have made are great, I grew up in the 80s and 90s watching all the big Hollywood movies and tv series and was always in awe. its great seeing the locations of all my fav movies, When I eventually am able to visit LA I would love to hire you as a tour guide as I can't imagine the commercial guides doing a better job than this!
I lived in that apartment building when they filmed the movie. During the scene where Daniel and his mom first arrive and he's taking his bike off the car, I was standing on my balcony (says "South" on it). I had been watching them rehearse the scene a few times. When the director said he was ready to shoot, I asked if I should go back inside. He said no, it was okay if I stayed and watched. I wouldn't be seen.
And yes, the wooden front gate was just installed for the movie. It was a metal gate before and after.
Oh wow that's really cool. I should have interviewed you for the video.
Did you go to Cleveland?
Makes sense that they used a wooden gate for that shot since Daniel couldn't see the person behind it.
@@Raiderrosey Did I go to Cleveland? No. But I worked at Weber's Place down on Vanowen.
@@johnnychun59 Oh yeah, spent time there for sure. Tall lady owned the place I think
There's something about the aura of just being in those locations and reminiscing of times past that just hits deep.. If only we could go back in time.. Great video, very nostalgic..
I keep hoping to run into Doc Brown and the DeLorean.
If we only could.
Every day i wish I could just go back to the 80s again (I was born in 72) the 80s and early 90s were a time when I had a lot of dreams and goals..
And today…
Fk
@@JohnHobart I hear you, brother, I hear you.
So much agree with you it makes me happy to see theses videos
I can't believe it's been over 35 years. I got my son hooked on 80s movies.
If you are a kid growing up in the 2010's 2020's what have you got movie wise apart from Marvel / DCU and Disney remakes very un-exciting times for Hollywood.
I’m hooked on 80s movies my self and I’m 17 😂
Good choice better than the garbage they play today 80s was da best
@@SecretOfMonkeyIsland784 bruh ur probably like 2 lmao
I’m a gen z 2010 kid I love 80s transformers and karate kid
The 80"s were the shit.
Lots of fun.
Totally agree. I was a child of the 80s, their was something endearing about the lack of tech and mass information. Things were exciting then
Any time before mobile phones
I know right it looked so peaceful and fun
@@deathbystereo- correct
Love the 80’s and 90’s. It just isn’t the same now.
For 15 minutes watching this I was 11 years old again! Thanks for putting these together very cool!
For those of us who don't have the time or money to take a trip and visit all these iconic locations....... We kindly THANKYOU sir!!!!! Such a great movie that we still watch today.
80's Life...You're the best around!
Thank you!!
Nothing’s gonna ever keep ya down!
I saw Karate Kid with my dad and a bunch of other kids from my tae kwon do class. We were all laughing because we went direct from TKD to the theater, and we were still dressed in our TKD uniforms. We were all cheering at the end of the movie. Great times.
That's awesome.
For my 40th birthday we rented Golf n Stuff and had a slumber party in the secondary arcade. We got to use the go carts, arcade, golf course and slept in sleeping bags in the building that most of the KK footage was shot in front of. Plan on doing this again once covid subsides and if they still have the slumber party rental option. It's mostly meant for kids, but I am one. A kid of the 80s forever.
That is amazing. I didn't know that was a thing. So rad
@@80sLife it was so rad. I'm hoping to do it again for my 45th or 46th.
Justin! That sounds like a dream come true for KK fans! I’d do that too for sure! 80’s kids 4 Life!🤣👍
was young allie there also?
@@dacoldest3896 Oh I wish! I looked everywhere for her. All I saw were Cobra Kai. 😆
I've seen several Karate Kid location vids on TH-cam and this by far the best one. You pointed out some very unique things!
Thank you so much. I really appreciate that
Great video
Loved it
I'm a karate kid movie fan 👍👍👍
What just about to say exactly the same. This is a great video! I wish more location videos were as detailed and accurate as this one.
@@80sLife How you doing? I just found out about your channel by far the best , I love how you explained the scenes and play part of them great job!!! Can’t wait for more videos... Give me a tour lol I would love to see this places in person.
Stay safe out there and keep up the good work!
@@renesalazar7021
And you crown it by saying you're a Karate Kid Movie Fan
WOW !
We all love the movie so much
That the spin off has even more fans ...
IT'S CRAZY !
As much as I loved Karate Kid and all those 80s movies, you couldn't pay me enough to live in LA, back then and especially now.
I loved the lockers detail! Lockers were a huge part of school life then. Lots of social activity in front of them...and secret notes slipped in the slots when you weren't there ;)
Oh my God I remember that too!!! Those lockers were important in middle & high school!! And this was before cell phones when people socialized at them!
I enjoyed this so much. Reminiscing the early 80s, 1984 to be exact when this film was created. I was 16 y/o then. Thanks for sharing. My all-time favorite feel-good movie that I tend to watch yearly. To add, the soundtrack of this movie was just phenomenal..."Cruel Summer" by Bananarama just simply awesome.
"Daniel having one of his many temper tantrums"....That made laugh.
I cracked up on that line!!
Danisan was a huge Babysan
Grew up in Norwalk ,Ca .....we used to go to Golf n' Stuff and ride the go karts...brings back a lot of memories.
Growing up in the valley in the 80’s was amazing! I’m so glad I grew up in the SFV during the time of this movie!
Great job filming the locations! Season 3 of Cobra Kai was incredible. There's something magical about the whole Karate Kid history and the joy it has brought to so many people.
I really think it's great mate 👊
So true. I was thinking the same thing. The story of Daniel and how he finds happiness, love and a father figure is so compelling, no wonder it was a hit that spawned a sequel. Cobra Kai is the proof of how much fans still love it!
This is so my generation and I love it
To be able to say that you actually live in Daniel LaRusso‘s apartment would be so awesome!!
sometimes...it also must be annoying seeing a couple of strangers at your doorstep everytime because you just happened to buy a house where a classic movie was filmed...I'm from Brazil and a couple of years ago, a TV crew from Record TV (a Brazilian TV channel) went to Philly to film the Rocky locations and the woman now livng in the Rocky's house in Rocky I and II felt a bit annoyed by their presence and she briefly told that it's usual for her to see strangers photographing her house...it must seem awesome at first, but as time goes by, it must be something invasive...
I don't know if you know something in Portuguese, but the video's here below (@ 5:59):
th-cam.com/video/iauM8O7Ni8M/w-d-xo.html
@@aSome1 Yep true but why would you buy a ex-movie house if you are going to then complain when it gets attention. Get a normal house otherwise there are tons to choose from.
I would love it. Even better would be if someone converted the apartment block into martial arts dojos. no better advertising than the fact it was on karate kid and cobra kai! each little apartment doing a different style. can cool off in the pool after training.
Get a life dude.
This movie brought my love for that song cruel summer
Loved this song too. I watch Karate kid every year or if I want to feel good and happy after being lonely....
They used it in cobra Kia as well
bananarama.
All time Favorite Movie for me , why, I lived in NORWALK as a teenager and use to hang out at GOLF N STUFF, arcade games, bumper cars, golf, water slide, bumper water tubes. We would ride our BMX bikes that night when GOLF N STUFF was closed ,cuz they were filming. NOT knowing it was THE KARATE KID MOVIE !! memories😁😁😁
Do you know why they closed the water slide?
I believe it was a LIABILITY issue, kids use to get hurt all the time, accidently, that slide would be packed with kids and next to that electrical plant at the back..
@@spuds94bravo USED
I never realized Daniel got jumped right behind his home
I went through that feeling years ago.. never forgot feeling that.
Yeah I always wondered how Miyagi knew where to come and save him. Makes total sense now.
Was thinking that
He didn't get jumped. He got disciplined the Cobra Kai way
@@SALTER818 Damn..What happened..If you don’t Mind me asking??
One of my favorite 80s movies. the best decade for music and movies ever imo
One of my favorite movies of all time. 🤙🤙Class of 84’
I watch Karate Kid every time it's on TV! Great video! Thanks 😊👍🇨🇦
You have to! Thank you so much!!
Thanks for the nostalgic trip down memory lane! It's so cool that the area remains only slightly changed. SO many places from other movies just are so different now that they are hard to even recognize.
A flood of memories just hit me, and I’m a teenager again. Thank you!
Glad I grew up late 70s best times 80s 90s
Lucky
@@kingreyfamily1706 thanks
Elizabeth Shue still looks awesome for her age.
Enjoyed this trip down memory lane.
Great job on the locations! Massive thumbs up for the kicking bricks joke! Lol!
Haha thank you!
Ralph Macchio said that he was 23 years old when he made the film and he was playing a 16 year old kid.
I remember hearing that the lady that played his mother was only 13 years older than him.
If you look younger or just fair enough then the film will qualify you for the that role !
I think 24
@@Booze129 I think that is what happened with the film "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" A guy who was about 23 years old and straight out of Journalism school at UCLA or USC (I think) went undercover as an actual high school student for nearly a entire year to write a best selling book which was later excerpted in Playboy Magazine, which then became a bestseller book and big hit for the ages movie. Development
The film is adapted from a book Crowe wrote after a year spent at Clairemont High School in San Diego, California. He went undercover to do research for his 1981 book Fast Times at Ridgemont High: A True Story, about his observations of the high school and the students he befriended there, including then-student Andy Rathbone, on whom the character Mark "Rat" Ratner was modeled. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_Times_at_Ridgemont_High
He was 22 when it was filmed.
I live on Long Island NY and see "Daniel" Ralph Machio at the NY Islanders hockey games all the time. He's a big fan of the team. Most nights he's just walking around the arena like everyone else is. Very cool dude. He was also a great soccer player in the 80s growing up on Long Island, which is why in the movie he's juggling the ball very well.
That's really cool
No way!!! Awesome!!!
The inner kid in me just did a crane kick! Thank you as I know this survey took some effort, great detail and information
Thank you, I appreciate it
Still to this day I enjoy all the karate kid movies.
Me too, I enjoy them.
I am 47 years old and grew up watching all these movies as a teen. Very good channel i find it so fascinating seeing some of the things still the same as 30 plus years ago.
Yo I love your show takes me back to the good days man...even made me cry just remembering when me and my family would eat dinner and sit around the tv to watch these same shows.. keep up the good work 👍
Thank you so much! That means a lot to me
I love filming location videos, but yours are superior in every way. The details are great, you don’t just do the major scenes you do locations that are minor as well. I was a teenager in the 80s & love all the films you and your brother do. Keep up the great work. Well done.
Thank you so much. That means a lot to me!!
HAHAHAHA!!!.. That's awesome, "Nothing creepy about that" how you put yourself in that shot. This is Fantastic. Loving your videos, and your style of going about your edits.
Haha. Thank you!!
Thank you. Wonderful memories of the 80s.
Absolutely amazing video, It’s hard to believe how little some of the locations have changed. Seeing Daniels apartment building and the lobby of the sports arena gave me goosebumps, it’s a pity we weren’t able to see the arena itself.
Thank you so much! Yeah, I was really disappointed
I've seen this movie countless times and I never even noticed Miyagi stealing that black belt haha! One of the very best Karate Kid location videos on TH-cam! Really appreciate it.
Thank you so much!
Wow i always say to myself or out loud JcPenny $9.95 when he does that you catch on when he says Daniel isn’t getting in without a belt
This video was so cool. Thank you so much for posting this. I was 11 years old in 1984 when Karate Kid came out. I've always been a big fan of the Karate Kid movies. This was very fun to watch.
Bizarre to think that nearly 40 years later there are so many things virtually unchanged, like a time capsule. Esp. those locker number tags.
Fantastic match ups with the movie clips and the locations as they look today. Excellent work!
Thank you so much
Sure is great. And just crazy to know all those years have flown by, yet it's all still so fresh like it was only yesterday
Very cool. God, I remember when Karate Kid came out, i was 16 and living in New Jersey. I didn't see it in the movie theater i saw it on HBO a year later but that movie was huge. There was a lot of great movies coming out every year in the 80's and The Karate Kid was an instant all-time classic. It's still an incredible movie to watch even after all these years. The chemistry between the actors was magic. Those were the days. God, so many memories. A magical time. What a time to be a teenager.
I was a few years older than you, but you nailed it, how it was back then!
@@carlc5748 Thanks Carl C 👍
Yes 80s movies were awesome.
3:04 “here we see the dumpsters where Daniel is having one of his many temper tantrums.” Lol
Superb effort in putting this video together, really appreciate it. I stayed at that Hyatt Regency back in 2013 taking some personal time in So Cal. I am a huge fan of the movie and Cobra Kai, and had NO IDEA that hotel doubled as the Encino Oaks Country Club until literally this very second, nearly 10 years after I stayed there. Just looked through some of my pics to confirm.. Unreal....
The Karate kid films are great, now the saga continues with Cobra Kai. 👊
I trained at Jun Chong Lankershim (Corba Kai Karate studio in the movie) for many years. My group and I had done a remodel of the interior a couple years before Master Chong gave up the lease. But, it was always recognizable from the inside as that iconic Karate studio. New students frequently mentioned that it looked familiar, before they knew it was the setting of the Cobra Kai.
That's awesome. Thank you for sharing that with us. And thank you for watching
I used to live in SoCal. I went to the GolfnStuff in Norwalk in the 80s. I live in the SF bay area now. The GolfLands here don't have the same fun environment as GolfNStuff. I also used to accompany my grandmother to Encino where she worked. Encino is an underrated city. It has huge beautiful houses with spectacular views. The house I used to visit was a 15k square foot house with 2 pools, a tennis court, and a huge greenhouse. We would have to walk pass the Jackson's house to get there. Good times.
Good video as always 80s Life
Thank you
It's amazing how easily recognizable these locations are.
I am SO very impressed! Great research, great shots, WELL done! Thank you, I love the 80's and this made my night!
Thank you so much! That really means a lot to me.
Great video! I used to be a long distance truck driver. During mid October 2016 I found myself with a couple days layover in Ontario, California. So I rented a car and visited a bunch of these locations. That had always been a dream of mine! I was 38 years old at the time. I'll be 43 in a week so I guess it's been 5 years ago now.
South Seas: There was still an empty lot next door when I was there. The entire apartment building smelled like marijuana really bad and it didn't seem like anyone there spoke English. Lol!
The beach: Yeah that was cool to visit. I walked up to the lifeguard tower and watched surfers for a while.
The high school: Definitely visited there and saw the sign on the wall. I walked up and touched it with my hands because I just had to. I drove around the block and saw the fields out back. I wish I would have visited his locker. That's definitely a regret. From what I understand that school was also used for the movie Summer School which is another movie I loved.
The dojos: I visited both locations. The exterior shots/Orient express location as well as the location of the interior shots which was being used as an exercise place. Orient Express was vacant.
Ali's house: I drove past, but didn't get out of the car. It felt really weird driving in an area like that in a piece of junk rental car. I can assure you nobody else in that neighborhood was driving a VW Jetta. But that gate wasn't in front of their house in 2016. There isn't anywhere to park other than in someone's driveway or in front of someone's house. So I didn't get out and walk around people's homes. And I don't think people should really.
Golf n Stuff: I believe my visit to this place was at an earlier time. I don't think it was during the same trip. But I played some games and a round of miniature golf with the guy I drove truck with. I don't think he understood the significance of the location. But they had a small poster or something on the wall near the cash registers with pictures and stuff from the movie.
I didn't visit the other sites you mentioned, but I did add one location.
The bonsai store: From Karate Kid 3. I saw the railroad tracks where Mike Barnes and his buddies were doing donuts in the road and were almost hit by a train.
So in total I visited 8 locations. Very happy memory.
Sounds like an awesome adventure. I'm the same age and would definitely enjoy looking at the locations. The apartment smelling like weed made me think there probably wasn't anyone around to reminisce about the movie.
@Adam Chapman it's very strange man. All of my favorite movies from my youth straight up lied to me. And I didn't know any better because I was just some kid living on a dirt road in the middle of nowhere Ohio.
Think about all of the movies and TV shows from the 80's that took place in certain locations. For example the movies set in the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles. The demographics in those movies looked just like the demographics in my small town. Then I get there and I'm the only non-hispanic white dude for miles.
It makes perfect sense to me now, but as a kid I had no idea. It's like Seinfeld. Set in NYC and not a single ethnic character. I just think that's kinda funny, but I think it makes some people really mad. Lol!
But no, nobody there talks about those movies. In fact they're annoyed by tourists stopping by their apartment building to pose for pictures. They even put a gate up so people can't walk in by the swimming pool and stuff now.
When you think about it, those are just financially poor folks living in Reseda just working and trying to keep up with the ridiculous cost of living in SoCal. They really don't want to be bothered.
@danielmoore1232 You bring up a good point. I didn't think about Hollywood bringing in their white cast of stars to these areas. I always assumed the demographic of the neighborhoods changed over time haha.
The only movie location I wanted to see was "The last dragon" 1985.
I was out in New York in 2018 visiting friends and time slipped by and I didn't get to see filming locations. I'm assuming Brooklyn will be primarily black neighborhood like movie but now I'm not sure lol.
Please tell me you have seen the last dragon filming locations in Brooklyn?
@Adam Chapman yeah it's possible some of the demographics in the Valley changed over time. I'm not sure to what degree. But if that's the reason for the almost exclusively white casting in 80's teen movies like Karate Kid, Summer School, etc then it has REALLY changed over the past 30-40 years. But yeah that's possible.
And unfortunately I never found myself with any time to do any exploring in New York City. I did drive a truck through Manhattan and drove right past the coffee shop restaurant from Seinfeld. It's much smaller than the show makes it look.
I always wished for a layover in Atlanta. I wanted to go visit locations from the first season of the Dukes of Hazzard. The town square from the opening credits, which I hear looks very similar still today. The Boar's Nest which I hear is a church now, and maybe the exterior shots of the Sheriff's office. Just stuff like that.
But unfortunately I'm a local truck driver now. I've not left Ohio for like 6 years at this point. I'm just old and fat now. No more exploring for me I guess.
I need to do the same. I still live on Saticoy, but on the other side of The Valley near Lankershim. & I want to visit Ohio & be the only Latino in town 😅
Subscribed! Thanks so much for the excellent video and comparison! Man I miss the 80s
Thank you so much
What an absolute joyful trip back to 1984. Thank you!👏🏻
This is the best filming location for this movie . You explain everything so well. I can't wait for more stuff
Thank you so much!
Nice work again.. 1 of my favorite 80's movies of all time... Fear does not exist in this dojo does it? No sensei!!!!
Thank you so much! Sweep the leg!!
Dam how cool how things have changed. Back then was the simple life. I grew up in Glendale in the 80s 👊🏼🇺🇸🇲🇽💪🏼
Again, such amazing work done on a location vid. Great detail about every shot. Funniest part was easily your face in place of Daniel's staring at Allie.
Haha thank you! I think that was the start of me letting my wacky side out. Thank you
Agreed. This was really fun. Very well done video. Thanks! It adds so much that you spliced video with the actual movie.
Gawd I miss the 80s so much. Great vid and thank you!
Thank you. And me too!!
OMG as a child of the 80’s I love this video! Thank you so much for posting!
Thank you so much for watching
As someone really into urban geography, these videos are fascinating... you can see just how much and how little everyday spaces actually change. Thanks for all this work! My suggestion for another would be Beverly Hills Cop! EDIT: Just saw you DID BHC, heh.
Great idea!! Please do BEVERLY HILLS COP!! @80s Life
Grew up on this movie! I once visited these apartments a couple years ago while working in the valley
Love your vids! What's the address of Daniel's house? Thanks
Thank you. I put the address on screen
Did it feel great being there mate
Thanks for putting so much care and detail in this! This really bright back some great memories!
That was absolutely awesome. Thank you so much for creating this and sharing it
Awesome footage loved 80s
Thank you. Me too
I hung out at that beach for all my life 43 now, wasn't till bout 5 years ago i realized it was Karate Kid beach
And the crazy thing is it looks exactly the same
What's cool is that same beach ... was also used in 1991 , in a scene for the movie Point Break . It was where they were around the campfire , and say to Patrick Swayze he is a FBI agent .. Bodhi !
@@80sLife yes it does
No u didnt
Awesome video 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾 thank you so much for sharing
Excellent! You answered some long looming questions that I had about several of the filming locations, thank you!
Wow, this is awesome. I love how informative your video is, you just took me back to 1984, my childhood. I love the 80. Thank you
Thank you so much. I really appreciate it
I just cracked up when you said daniel caused that car accident in the dance scene, and that he just is a trouble maker in general 🤣 poor Johnny. Lmao
Loved watching it, takes me down to memory lanes.
“One of his many temper tantrums”. 🤣🤣🤣 Great video bro.
Haha. Thank you!
The karate kid one of the most classic movies of all time Ralph Macchio Rest in peace to his teacher
That was really sweet. I remember seeing the Karate Kid when it first came out back in 1984. It's pretty cool that you grew up in that area, that must have been fun. Thanks for posting this!
Thanks for watching
Incredible work. Thank you, sir ! 🙏🏽
Stumbled across your channel today and am super impressed. 1st video was BIBO and now KK. Cannot wait for a day off so I can stroll down memory lane via your channel.
I was 10 when this came out, one of the few 80s movie I sadly missed at the theatre.
We are the same age,i must've lucked out and bribed somebody i did see it in the theater haha.
@@jazzyjeff7431 A lot relied on your parents and I do not think this flick attracted much attention. I saw countless movies underage because I was accompanied by one or two parents. Sudden Impact was an 18 certificate in the UK and I sneaked in with my dad when I was 10. Go figure.
@@Truthseeker1515 Yes that is very true.I thought Karate Kid was popular right from the start here in the US but i can't really remember.If it had anything to do with karate or ninjas,i had to see it.
This is by far one of the best filming location video's I've watched. This video was very well put together. Great job! 👍
Thank you you!! I really appreciate that
Wow what a cool video, Iam a huge big Cobra 🐍 Kai Fan and to know I live in the Valley makes me feel cool...... COBRA KAI NEVER DIES!!!!
Thank you!
Here in Brazil, Karatê kid maked my youth and more👏🏼👏🏼🇧🇷🇧🇷🇺🇸👏🏼👏🏼
This is THEE family movie for us. We are heading down in June to check out some of the locations.
That sounds awesome! Where you heading down there from?
Oregon
You lined up the Shots perfectly. Good job.👍
Thank you very much
What a cool walk down memory lane. Thanks for taking us on the tour. Greetings from Germany!
My pleasure. Thank you so much for watching!
Wow, Great walk through with a classic hit growing up! Great video!!!!
Great video bro! I actually didn't know that they filmed those scenes at the chatsworth reservoir lol I lived right down the street from it for almost 20 years lol
Yeah, That was actually a new discovery for me as well
Nice work! It is SO COOL to be at the same location where someone was once physically present! I'm not only a movie fan, but a history fan in general, and I think about that kind of stuff when visiting historical sites. From this video I think you may have the same fascination as me lol 😂
Thank you sooooooooo much for taking the time and effort to put this little 💎 together - your superimposed face over daniels on the 🏖️ was hillstbluesarious!!!
Haha. Thank you. I really appreciate it
Wow that was awesome it takes me back when I was a young lad. Thanks for sharing. Now my kids know about the Karate kid movies and they love them, specially the early ones
Very good video. I enjoyed it all the way through. Thank you for taking the time and effort to make this for us. Looking forward to more then/ now filming location videos from you.
Thank you so much
Loved this movie a favorite for sure. Legend status
Thanks so much for the videos/reliving the Karate Kid. What a masterpiece of a movie that is and was.
Great video. Thank you for the trip down memory lane my friend!
This movie is literally why I moved to California.
That's awesome
The pool in Daniel's apartment building would have given me the wrong impression of California if I lived out of state, but luckily I live in L.A. The movie and this video are great! Wonder if there is a video of Fast Times at Ridgemont High?
I'm sorry your life sucks that bad
Wait...what?
@@marioguzman9290 moving to California lol
imagine walking right where THE Ralph Macchio was
Thanks so much for putting this together. Great watch.
Very entertaining and fun to watch. Thanks for posting this.
Love seeing all the locations!
Thank you
All these videos you have made are great, I grew up in the 80s and 90s watching all the big Hollywood movies and tv series and was always in awe.
its great seeing the locations of all my fav movies, When I eventually am able to visit LA I would love to hire you as a tour guide as I can't imagine the commercial guides doing a better job than this!
Thank you so much. Giving people personal tours in the future would be awesome.