About Quote by Martin Kove

I still feel that the original 'Karate Kid' is the great piece of work that has stood the test of time. It's a bit…

— Ralph Macchio

With 'The Karate Kid' especially, there's been so many references and visual images from that film, you know? Who knew that 'Wax on, wax…

— Ralph Macchio

You know, all 'The Karate Kid' fans from the original are parents these days. I think it's a cool thing.

— William Zabka

First I tried karate but I didn't like it because it was boring. There was no action like you see in the movies.

— Andy Ruiz Jr

It was 'Shaolin Temple,' Jet Li's first movie. That was the movie that got me to want to learn martial arts. Then I became…

— Daniel Wu

Cinematically speaking, there's more of a striking appeal to karate. It's kicking and punching action. Jiu-jitsu is dudes rolling around and wrestling.

— Riley Stearns

I think one of the reasons 'The Karate Kid' film has stood the test of time, aside from 'Get him a body bag,' 'Sweep…

— Ralph Macchio

After 'DmC' came out, we had a fantastic relationship with Ninja Theory, and we loved what they made. We wanted to see a sequel…

— Hideaki Itsuno

I think the one thing specifically that is most consistent, is that we want to harken back to martial arts movies because that's kind…

— Jennifer Yuh Nelson

Kids are always infatuated with the action in Martial Arts Films. Let me tell you, there is nothing better for kids than the Arts.…

— Thomas Ian Griffith

We did two films [Kung Fu Panda], because the first two films were so embraced by the Chinese audiences we wanted to make something…

— Jennifer Yuh Nelson

Hoping to see karate included in the universal physical education taught in our public schools, I set about revising the kata so as to…

— Gichin Funakoshi