Kreese, walking toward his flight, closely misses passing by Daniel and Miyagi as they are returning from Okinawa (the setting of The Karate Kid II) he does not notice them coming out of their flight, nor do they notice him. They exchange military salutes before Silver drives off, after dropping Kreese off at the airport. Then he's going to formulate a plan to make sure Daniel and Miyagi have to pay for humiliating Kreese. First, he is sending Kreese for some R&R time in Tahiti. Silver learns the story of Daniel and Miyagi and promises to help Kreese make things right. Silver declines, getting Krese to tell him the story of his troubles, and promising to take care of him. Kreese goes to hand Silver the dojo keys, saying he is going away, saying good-bye, and will pay him the back rent soon as he finds a new line of work, as he has had no students for nine months. Broke, hungry and alone, Kreese goes to the one friend he has left: Terry Silver ( Thomas Ian Griffith), an army buddy whose life was saved by Kreese several times, and the founder of the Kobra Kai, now a shady and very wealthy businessman dealing with nuclear energy. As he listens to a recording on his answering machine of his prone provider threatening to disconnect him, he picks up a newspaper clipping article devoted to Daniel's victory in the tournament and crumples it in his hands. The organizers of the All-Valley tournament that Daniel ( Ralph Macchio) won is dropping the Cobra Kai from its membership rolls due to non-payment of dues. All of his assorted creditors are beginning to harass him for payment on now-long overdue bills. His dojo has been completely empty for several months now, leaving him with no income and now broke.
Miyagi's hands, all of Kreese's students have left him and the Cobra Kai.
Army as its 1970-1972 karate champion, before going into his office in the dojo. He quickly throws them in the trash and stares reverently at a photo of his stint in the U.S. A number of mail envelopes are on the floor, having been slid through the mail slot in the front door. Miyagi ( Pat Morita) in front of all of Kreese's students.
The movie begins with montages from the first Karate Kid movie, followed by the first scene in The Karate Kid II, where John Kreese ( Martin Kove) is severely humiliated by Mr.The synopsis below may give away important plot points. Mike terrorizes Daniel and his friend, Jessica to participate in the Karate tournament that he won last year, but Miyagi believes that it's not a priority, causing a rift between Daniel and Miyagi. Part of his plan is to recruit a deadly karate fighter, Mike Barnes, to fight Daniel in the tournament. Terry decides to send him on a vacation, and while he's away, he'll get Kreese his revenge on Daniel and Miyagi. Kreese decides to close the dojo, he then goes to to his friend, Terry, who is also the dojo's owner, to turn in the keys, and announces that he is leaving town. Miyagi realizes the bad guys have gone too far and agrees to coach Daniel for the tournament.Īfter Daniel and Miyagi defeats the Cobra Kais, and after Miyagi humiliates their master, Kreese, all of his students desert him. But after Daniel finds himself trapped at the bottom of a cliff and Daniel's girlfriend, Jessica (Robyn Lively), has her life threatened, Mr. To defend a plastic trophy means nothing." As a result, Daniel naively falls into the clutches of Terry, who takes him on as a karate student. Miyagi refuses to help Daniel train for the tournament: "Karate to defend life and honor means something. Daniel's rival Mike Barnes (Sean Kanan) is known as "the bad boy of karate," and Daniel feels he requires more training to vanquish him.
Kreese's friend, Vietnam veteran and toxic waste dumper Terry (Thomas Ian Griffith), agrees to help his old pal regain the championship trophy. Miyagi (Noriyuki "Pat" Morita), Daniel (Ralph Macchio) will defend his karate title in an All-Valley Championship match arranged by his nemesis Kreese (Martin Kove), whose karate studio folded after his star student lost the championship to Daniel. Going against the wishes of his mentor, Mr. Avildsen rehashes his shopworn formula for another go-round in The Karate Kid Part III.