He reconciled my mam with the idea of martial arts as a sport and not as a brutal occupation and if you knew my mam you'd know what an achievement that is.
Actually, I think it was Pat Morita who died recently, not Mr Myagi! We loved Mr Myagi. He always reminded us of a Chinese version of my father-in-law, if my father-in-law was a Karate-guy rather than a civil servant. Small and wise with a little beard, anyway.
[quote:8250310c0c="Mynona"]"Wax on. Wax off"[/quote:8250310c0c] Then there's "Paint up, Paint down" :cry:
[quote:b9cf9df67b="Hermia"]Actually, I think it was Pat Morita who died recently, not Mr Myagi! We loved Mr Myagi. He always reminded us of a Chinese version of my father-in-law, if my father-in-law was a Karate-guy rather than a civil servant. Small and wise with a little beard, anyway.[/quote:b9cf9df67b]He's Japanese not Chinese, both the character and the person - and so is karate.
I know, someone pointed this out to me over the weekend, and I thought of my post and [i:fa5594adbc]cringed[/i:fa5594adbc]! I'll go hang my head in shame now.
Aw gee, hubby is gonna be really sad... He's a real martial arts fan, my man... Sad to see a well-known face go, although I wasn't a great fan...
THere is a showing of karate kid two on tv coming up soon. That is its on in england. not sure wen or were but I know its there
