“There are so many people in the martial arts and in the movie business who never really studied the martial arts, All they do is bulls*** people and talk about all the people they studied with and all the things they did, when they really did nothing,” he says. Seagal had high praise for Demura in The Real Miyagi Documentary, saying the following. During his time with the franchise he became good friends with Pat Morita.ĭemura spent time training many other legends of the Karate world in Hollywood, such as Bruce Lee, Chuck Norris, and Steven Seagal. He continued work in Hollywood for a number of years.ĭemura’s highest profile work was on The Karate Kid franchise, where he worked as Pat Morita’s stunt double for the original movie, The Karate Kid Part III, and The Next Karate Kid. Demura was running his own dojo in Los Angeles when he made his acting debut in the 1977 movie The Island of Dr Moreau. He became a high profile teacher and did demonstrations at various events.
In 1965 Demura moved to the United States as a Karate instructor, settling in Los Angeles. His doctor suggested taking a martial art to help build up his strength.” He went on to train at Shito-ryu master Ryusho Sakagami’s dojo for several years, learning from some of the best Karate and Kobudo masters in the world. According to, Demura first got into martial arts because “He had suffered a severe infection of his tonsils that made him very weak. They say that “Demura claims he was approached to play the character but declined when he saw the size of the role, citing his poor English.”ĭemura was born in Japan in September, 1938. Miyagi fought and allow some of his own techniques to shine.Īccording to The Daily Beast Demura was actually offered the role of Mr. By choreographing the fights Demura was able to shape the way Mr. Miyagi fight scenes, like the one where he saves Daniel from Johnny and the Cobra Kai’s after the Halloween dance. He was also tasked with choreographing many of the Mr. Miyagi character on me, things like having Daniel-san washing my car and painting the fence.”
He said that “They based a lot of the Mr. In an interview with Kung Fu Kingdom Demura explained the role that he had in shaping Mr. Even though The Karate Kid isn't always viewed as a true 'martial arts' movie, few. Demura said in an interview with Karate writer Jesse Enkamp that “you don’t have any basics you can’t go up to a higher level.” Miyagi, the kind and beloved sensei of The Karate Kid, is one of the most legendary characters of the 1980s. His teachings revolve around learning the fundamentals and basics behind Karate techniques, much like Mr. There is a 2015 documentary entitled The Real Miyagi that is focused on Demuras life. The fifth time, we were on a cold, blank outline stage - no sets, nothing, but in costume - but they shoot it this time for real.YouTubePat Morita and Fumio Demura on set of ‘The Karate Kid’ĭemura is, in many ways, a real life version of Mr.
They make us do it again, this time in costume in front of the studio heads. … They want to see if there is chemistry. “They bring me in five times,” Morita said. The producer was shocked how good Morita was but still wasn’t sold that the Happy Days actor could hold his own. “That’s the first teeny, teeny, teeny glimpse that hey, maybe I got a shot at something here,” Morita said.ĭuring a preproduction meeting days later, Avildsen popped in the tape while Weintraub was talking, surprising everyone. At the end of the reading, Avildsen asked Morita if he wanted to take his script because he might need it. I want an actor.'”Īvildsen (who died June 16) decided he would take matters into his own hands, so a reading with just the two men was scheduled, which Avildsen recorded. “Every time my name came up in the casting process, he was adamant: ‘I don’t want a comic. “He wouldn’t even consider me for a reading,” he said. Weintraub hated the idea, Morita explained. Somehow, Morita - previously a comedian whose largest credit at the time was Matsuo “Arnold” Takahashi on Happy Days - was brought up. It all began when Weintraub and Avildsen found their Daniel in Ralph Macchio but weren’t having any luck with Mr. Ralph Macchio (Still) Dislikes 'The Karate Kid Part III' But Proud 'Cobra Kai' Fleshed Out Dynamite Villain
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