Underrated actor. He can do it all. Hero. Villain. Action, drama, comedy. If my novel ever gets turned into a movie he’s on my list of actors I want in it.
@@roninnotasheeplikeyou.2631 I now watched a couple...I honestly don't know what to make of it. I'm no internet troller but watching a few of his videos just urges me to trolling the bastard 🤣
I was bullied as a kid and this movie inspired me to take martial arts. I practiced TKD for months to confront the leader of the bullies. The confrontation happened, I was super pumped and went into the Alex Grady stance. *POW*...one punch was all it took ... I woke up maybe 4 mins later with a broken tooth, dislocated jaw, and was rushed to the hospital. Luckily my buddy had the foresight to place the tooth on ice and I got it fitted again. Ahh, fun times...
James Lew is one of the best Korean martial arts Taekwondo technicians and martial artists of all time. He inspired my own kicking as well having been in Tang Soo Do and Taekwondo for 41 years now. I also loved him in "The Perfect Weapon" and he is a great bad guy and stuntman as well, and can take hits really well and makes them look very realistic.
actually hes american born and raised in escalon california of chinese descent not korean. he does practice and teach korean martial arts and in my opinion he is one of the best of the best along with eric roberts.
The ending to this movie is unexpectedly/pleasantly and emotionally impactful. As a fella with two brothers of my own, this wildly cheesy yet earnest scene spoke to me, and I recall tearing up (as a kid) watching this for the first time...
JulesGunn After that many years the guy who Killed Tommy's Brother, finally had the Courage, Honor, & respect too walk over too Tommy and say "that he was sorry for killing his brother, so with Honor & Respect he offered himself too be Tommy's new Brother." Also he knew that Tommy won that match, so he knew that Tommy deserved his Gold Metal More than he did so with his Honor he gave his Gold Metal too Tommy. The next guy who dislocated Alex's shoulder, knew that that Alex won that match by a T. K. O. So he knew as well Alex deserved his Gold Metal than him.
If you watched this movie as a kid, you did one or all of the following: 1. Picked a fight with a kid in school. 2. As you were ready to get into it, you said in a quiet tone: "I'm gonna kick your ass" 3. You got into that awkward fight stance Alex Grady had. I did all three!
i know this is our childhood movie, and i know that you all cried at the end.. but i never did. I'd watch this film daily (no shitting you) and i was in rageeee by the training and the fight! I LOVED IT!!!!!!!!
I practice Judo for already 10 years and I love the old Martial Arts flicks instead of today’s flicks where editing makes them move like a cocaine monkey, give and take zillion of punches/kicks for 5 min without getting tired.
I took some taekwondo classes, so if I were Alex Grady, and meet up with a taekwondo artist that can set off bone-crushing kicks and punches, here would be my strategy against this infamous Korean fighter: 1. Use your hands to fend off the opponent's high kicks. High kicks are the mainstay of most taekwondo "free fights" (also known as "gibon kyorugi"). 2. Watch for the opponent's crippling move - the standing reverse ax-kick (or "neria chaki") to the face - it is a crippler to me and a knockout if it connects perfectly. 3. Watch out for the opponent's spinning, roundhouse and instep kicks targeting my face - use the blocks with your hands and immediately counterrattack before that fighter does damage to me.
Also, competition TKD tends to be very direct and linear in its methodology. Using old--school circular evasions and counters can disrupt a modern TKD player's normal "script"
Thank you for that information, I street fight mostly but I'm waiting to find someone who also street fights Tae Kwon do as well, so I can fuck him up right good, but for now I keep losing
That jumping reverse kick into the the springboard reverse punch ......one of my favorite moves ever with the kick Dutch lands in the first karate kid tournament
@Curt Christensen You talking about the whole movie, or just this fight scene? If just the scene, then yeah, only the Korean was susposed to know tkd. If the movie??? lol Both Rhee bros are masters, and did you see the Korean coach?? That's Grandmaster Hee Il Cho! Not to mention James Lew, playing Sae Jin Kwon - knows a ton of martial arts, including TKD. This was the probably the best martial arts movie of its time.
@@Elurin Chris Penn was a trained Karate Man. I knew of the Rhee brothers as well for there stunt choreography I presumed that Eric Roberts was skilled in the martial arts.
The UFC and MMA made movies like this archaic, since people know that isn’t how people fight, not to mention the rules are completely wrong for competitive TKD.
Dude this movie is the shit. Darth Vader, Julia Roberts, Ryu, Snake Plissken, Nice Guy Eddie, Mr. Miyagi, and Carlton from Fresh Prince. Every ones in this movie. America, Fuck Yeah!
Can never get over Eric Roberts (Alex Grady) and his "Set-Up Stance". Hands in the air and standing on one leg???? What is that!?!?!?!? Kind of like Daniel-Son's Crane Kick, If it works it works.
Tyson we would of taken home gold if you didn't slip ;) but doing the best we could and what we left with in Regina then I feel proud of showing the sensi on my durability.
I remember watching this movie with my oldest son. I looked him with a very serious expression, and I said, "It's all true son. It's all true." No it's not! LOL I just told him that to make the movie better. LMAO
Yeah i know what you mean now i wasn't born in the 80s im 1991 but i do class the 80s as the best for action films and that, i loved all the cheesy Stallone and Schwarzenegger films.
This movie is not well enough remembered I had to Google what I remembered to find it because I couldn't remember the name , I'll never forget this movie I loved it since I was a child and this movie was made so many years before me!
HOW MUCH I WAS SEARCHING FOR THAT FILM !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I knew the italian version but did not remember the name... i was so little at that time, thanks for sharing whoever you are!
1:40 - the Korean fighter Kwon counters against Brady with I call a "ahre dwit dolhyo golcha chaki") - or a high back roundhouse hook kick. Devastating.
Alex (Eric Roberts) had such a strange fighting stance, starts with the hands up and one leg then switch so a side stance... odd, but looks cool on him.
We were so blessed to be there! Movies like this are ICONIC and they will never be made again!
Looking back! This sh#t was horrible..
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Underrated actor. He can do it all. Hero. Villain. Action, drama, comedy.
If my novel ever gets turned into a movie he’s on my list of actors I want in it.
This was one of the best martial arts movies of the 80's very underrated.
i am trying to find out what kind of karate is that
Disagree.
@@khoury7956 it’s not karate it’s American tae kwan doe it’s free style
I agree....
@@khoury7956 its Tae Kwan Do
My god..this movie was my childhood man.. i still remembering crying at the end.
Same man, it still hits me in the feels all these years later.
Guilty too
Just glad I wasn’t the only one
I'm tearing up now😢
Eric made me cry 😭😭😭😭
Best movie Ever!!! I could watch this everyday for the rest of my life.
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Eric "nobody does a crying man scene better than me" Roberts
Im a sucker for ugly cry scenes
Legal otimo ♥️🤝
Guess you haven't seen the hundreds maybe by now thousands of Lorne Armstrong videos on RUclips yet.
@@roninnotasheeplikeyou.2631 I now watched a couple...I honestly don't know what to make of it. I'm no internet troller but watching a few of his videos just urges me to trolling the bastard 🤣
“I can hold him off for 30 seconds…. Pop it back in!”
Oh my god I was about 7-8 when I watched this... We all cried as a family at the end. ❤
2020 lockdown still loving this n 2 of my daughters are going to watch the movie with me as they love a great film ,ty for the upload .
@Leylo Berlin the Best of the Best
@Leylo Berlin karate tiger iv , german
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I was bullied as a kid and this movie inspired me to take martial arts. I practiced TKD for months to confront the leader of the bullies. The confrontation happened, I was super pumped and went into the Alex Grady stance. *POW*...one punch was all it took ...
I woke up maybe 4 mins later with a broken tooth, dislocated jaw, and was rushed to the hospital. Luckily my buddy had the foresight to place the tooth on ice and I got it fitted again. Ahh, fun times...
Ok...that's not how I expected the story to go. Lol!🤣
@@acewilliams7917 Honestly... Neither did I :)
One of the most emotional martial arts movies of the late 80s
I agree
Literally one of my favorites as a kid! And then Part 2 came along! Loved both! The rest can kick rocks lol
I tried ordering part 2 they said they don't make it any more
Derrick Tso there’s ways to watch it on google for free.
James Lew is one of the best Korean martial arts Taekwondo technicians and martial artists of all time. He inspired my own kicking as well having been in Tang Soo Do and Taekwondo for 41 years now. I also loved him in "The Perfect Weapon" and he is a great bad guy and stuntman as well, and can take hits really well and makes them look very realistic.
actually hes american born and raised in escalon california of chinese descent not korean. he does practice and teach korean martial arts and in my opinion he is one of the best of the best along with eric roberts.
The ending to this movie is unexpectedly/pleasantly and emotionally impactful. As a fella with two brothers of my own, this wildly cheesy yet earnest scene spoke to me, and I recall tearing up (as a kid) watching this for the first time...
Yeah. I have the same response.
***** i cry too mane
JulesGunn
After that many years the guy who Killed Tommy's Brother, finally had the Courage, Honor, & respect too walk over too Tommy and say "that he was sorry for killing his brother, so with Honor & Respect he offered himself too be Tommy's new Brother."
Also he knew that Tommy won that match,
so he knew that Tommy deserved his Gold Metal
More than he did so with his Honor he gave his Gold Metal too Tommy.
The next guy who dislocated Alex's shoulder, knew that that Alex won that match by a T. K. O. So he knew as well Alex deserved his Gold Metal than him.
Justin L. Shults
This and when Dinobot dies in Beast Wars are the few times I remember crying as a kid.
🇿🇦 Closing the 'GAB' is what is mentioned in so many movies. Here on this YARD. 👑
This movie and 1989 was so great.
Theme?
If you watched this movie as a kid, you did one or all of the following:
1. Picked a fight with a kid in school.
2. As you were ready to get into it, you said in a quiet tone: "I'm gonna kick your ass"
3. You got into that awkward fight stance Alex Grady had.
I did all three!
could you... deliver?
You pillock.
Lol
I get the joke, but no😅 Rather had to protect myself from fights in school👍
"Yeeeah!" *high five* lol cheddar cheese.
I still quote the, "I'm going to kick your ass," to this day though.
i know this is our childhood movie, and i know that you all cried at the end.. but i never did. I'd watch this film daily (no shitting you) and i was in rageeee by the training and the fight! I LOVED IT!!!!!!!!
I practice Judo for already 10 years and I love the old Martial Arts flicks instead of today’s flicks where editing makes them move like a cocaine monkey, give and take zillion of punches/kicks for 5 min without getting tired.
Love how at 2:19 they go from world class bad ass fighters to two kids on the playground after lunch when the bell rings to go back inside 🤸♂️🌍
@Zouhair Oueslati Best of the Best
'Best of the Best' a classic film which never ever gets old. The 80's, you surely missed out if you didn't experience that era.
@Michael Hicks Thank you, I will.
Gotta Love Eric Roberts opening stance though With the hands in the air. Looks cool.
Such a classic movie...I remember watching this as a kid with my older bro's
I took some taekwondo classes, so if I were Alex Grady, and meet up with a taekwondo artist that can set off bone-crushing kicks and punches, here would be my strategy against this infamous Korean fighter:
1. Use your hands to fend off the opponent's high kicks. High kicks are the mainstay of most taekwondo "free fights" (also known as "gibon kyorugi").
2. Watch for the opponent's crippling move - the standing reverse ax-kick (or "neria chaki") to the face - it is a crippler to me and a knockout if it connects perfectly.
3. Watch out for the opponent's spinning, roundhouse and instep kicks targeting my face - use the blocks with your hands and immediately counterrattack before that fighter does damage to me.
Also, competition TKD tends to be very direct and linear in its methodology. Using old--school circular evasions and counters can disrupt a modern TKD player's normal "script"
Thank you for that information, I street fight mostly but I'm waiting to find someone who also street fights Tae Kwon do as well, so I can fuck him up right good, but for now I keep losing
That jumping reverse kick into the the springboard reverse punch ......one of my favorite moves ever with the kick Dutch lands in the first karate kid tournament
One of for only movies where Eric Roberts played a good guy but still has the same attitude
"Vicious Aerial Back Knuckle" made me laugh too.
Pop it Tommy, POP IT!
Darth Vader: Forget It Alex it's. Over
LMAO
There is no pain
I have always loved this movie, and I still do!!!!
I just saw Eric Roberts in a commercial for stand up tubs for senior citizens. Damn I'm old.
They just don’t make martial arts movies like this anymore
But by
Thank god
@Curt Christensen You talking about the whole movie, or just this fight scene? If just the scene, then yeah, only the Korean was susposed to know tkd. If the movie??? lol Both Rhee bros are masters, and did you see the Korean coach?? That's Grandmaster Hee Il Cho! Not to mention James Lew, playing Sae Jin Kwon - knows a ton of martial arts, including TKD. This was the probably the best martial arts movie of its time.
@@Elurin Chris Penn was a trained Karate Man. I knew of the Rhee brothers as well for there stunt choreography I presumed that Eric Roberts was skilled in the martial arts.
The UFC and MMA made movies like this archaic, since people know that isn’t how people fight, not to mention the rules are completely wrong for competitive TKD.
Shout out to James Lew, Simon Rhee and Hee Ill Cho. Martial Arts legends...
And my mate Brian. He tripped over a pallet at work and bruised his bollocks on a plant pot. That was around 1991 or sommat.
Dude this movie is the shit. Darth Vader, Julia Roberts, Ryu, Snake Plissken, Nice Guy Eddie, Mr. Miyagi, and Carlton from Fresh Prince. Every ones in this movie. America, Fuck Yeah!
I would like to see these actors show up in cobra Kai for the Sekai Taikai tournament!
Classic movie. Always made me cry
Grandma!!!! Im practicing his stance right now. Im feeling it like when i was 12
One armed boxer ..wung chun 1972 best fight scenes ..also Raid martial art action film ..
This is a awesome classic movie.
On weeddddd!
rewatching this scene after so many years.. damnnn the fight scene is so unreal....
the only time, i'd enjoy eric roberts act :-D
Can never get over Eric Roberts (Alex Grady) and his "Set-Up Stance". Hands in the air and standing on one leg???? What is that!?!?!?!? Kind of like Daniel-Son's Crane Kick, If it works it works.
LOL! Something spiritual going on there or some tactic!
I bet you every kid copied that stance when they picked a fight. Lol
@@javieraldape4242 sparring in the day
It wasn’t a stance. I think it was something spiritual or a ritual a bit like a Muay-Thai prefight dance.
Tyson we would of taken home gold if you didn't slip ;) but doing the best we could and what we left with in Regina then I feel proud of showing the sensi on my durability.
So many really good actors in this movie are already passed away, its really sad.
Pure karate!! This movie should be second best next to the karate kid series. I love karate,and those movies make me love it even more!!
I remember watching this movie with my oldest son. I looked him with a very serious expression, and I said, "It's all true son. It's all true." No it's not! LOL I just told him that to make the movie better. LMAO
Pop it tommmy pop it... Aaaaarrrrggggggh.. His crying in this was shockin
They trained in this movie like people trained 2020..
I'm pissed off I never learned the vicious aerial back knuckle
I love this movie. Though I hate it when a fight scene is cut short. The final was great.
80s movies are the best, this movie is so underrated
Yeah i know what you mean now i wasn't born in the 80s im 1991 but i do class the 80s as the best for action films and that, i loved all the cheesy Stallone and Schwarzenegger films.
i got my mum to rent this for me when i bunked off school, i must have been about 10 at the time and i remember thinking what a great film it was!!!
One of the best can u do more martial arts movies my family and I needed more we have the movie best of the best at home we loved it
This movie is not well enough remembered I had to Google what I remembered to find it because I couldn't remember the name , I'll never forget this movie I loved it since I was a child and this movie was made so many years before me!
Ride em like a toilet seat Tommy!
-Travis Brickley.
Best line in all of the movies in all of the world. If you dont agree, we can’t be friends.
One of my favourite martial arts movies ever!
Funny when you find out afterwards that tommy & dae han were actually brothers in real life.
Man.....I loved this movie!
“For YOU Travis!”
Take that.
Good thing is that Cobra Kai show gave this movie some credit, so that this new generation would know of the existence of such a masterpiece
THIS is the BEST film!
POP IT TOMMY. SHIT TOMMY POP IT!
"We're taking home the gold, Tommy. *high five* Yeah. "
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Do it!
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I know I know ..but I love this 😂😂😂
I'm here in 2022 I needed da inspiration dis was always one my favorite
This movie didn’t get enough credit. Actually did decent justice to Asian portrayal, way ahead of its time.
Alex Grady = Robby Keene
Tommy Lee = Miguel Diaz
Dae Han = Kwon
HOW MUCH I WAS SEARCHING FOR THAT FILM !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I knew the italian version but did not remember the name... i was so little at that time, thanks for sharing whoever you are!
HOLY SHIT! I almost forgot Chris Penn was in this!
Dang....this was my favorite movie when I was younger.
Such amazingly believeable dialogue
Underrated movie
damn right !
Gayrrated
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Watched it with my boys , so many good memories at that time.
@@AbcAbc-pk5se Shut Up Stupid Fool
I love this movie!
Ahmad rashad as the commentator. I had this movie in VHS. Dope movie
Best martial arts movie ever!!!!
I like Erik Roberts he is best actor!!!
One of the best good bad movies
Yes but ..
Bruce Lee fist of fury ..big boss ..way of the dragon..jackie chan legend too. Drunken master ..the list goes on
.God bless
RIP James Earl Jones. Great Martial Arts Classic.
great 80s flick
Loved this movie as a kid
1:40 - the Korean fighter Kwon counters against Brady with I call a "ahre dwit dolhyo golcha chaki") - or a high back roundhouse hook kick. Devastating.
The kid also played young Al Bundy “yeah yeah bake a pie eat a pie”!
I loved this movie when i was like 7 man
I would have liked to see the karate kid have fight choreography like this
Alexando Brreeedy. Pooortland Oreghan... Loved this movie. :)
Eric Roberts' is good in this movie, FYI he the is older brother of Julia Roberts.
Eric Roberts
Martial artist Hero, Charismatic Mobster heheh
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I'm guessing this is where SNK got the inspiration for Art of Fighting/ King of Fighter's Robert Garcia
Mario U Comics and Cartoons I think your right
My best movie
Alex (Eric Roberts) had such a strange fighting stance, starts with the hands up and one leg then switch so a side stance... odd, but looks cool on him.
🇿🇦 Reminds me of Marius Erasmus who cries so EASILY. 🥊😡🏉👻👎😎🖤
Safe your tears for another day. 👑
Alex reminds me so much of Robert from the old NEOGEO game Art of Fighting
Legal otimo parabem otimo 😎🥥😁😃🇧🇷♥️🤝🍉❤🥑💙👍🥑
3 million views? I always thought this was an indie movie from the 80s
Back when being a man was a great thing to be unlike this woke trash of today time flies too fast
I Love Taekwondo!
Remember Eric, taking advice from Darth Vader and partnering with Chris Penn is not a way to further your career.
Love this movie.
If only Taekwondo actually looked like this in the Olympics
This is ITF full contact TKD and Olympic's is shit WTF TKD
Yeah but face punching is illegal. Hence the evolution into leg fencing vs what looks like Sanda with MMA gloves.