'Show Me Sand The Floor' | The Karate Kid (1984)

Daniel realises the true meaning of Mr. Miyagi's lessons.

An elderly martial arts expert (Pat Morita) teaches a high schooler (Ralph Macchio) to defend himself from bullies.

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"Show Me Sand The Floor" | The Karate Kid (1984)

[Kyrieru]

These two guys have a permanent place in the childhood memories of millions of people. The best place for any memory.

[jonahrichmancoaching]

What I love about this is that Mr. Miyagi is really teaching Danny to trust him. He put him through all that doubt and frustration only to realize later that it was for his own benefit. Now if Danny doubts Mr. Miyagi’s teachings again he’ll remember to trust that everything will make sense later on.

[jessv]

This scene never fails to make me cry. The realization in Daniel's face when he realizes he's been learning all along. Ugh.

[Imlosep]

Its funny how he taught him basic 8 blocking techniques and also got his work done! Genius.

[jeffreyjackson]

The patience of Mr. Myagi is simply beautiful.

[frozenlake]

"Come back tomorrow." After all that intensity, Miyagi closes the lesson with three words wrapped in kindness. He could have gone off with a lecture explaining to Daniel the purpose of the indirect guidance, or chastised him for his attitude. Instead he just invites him back to learn more, with smiling eyes.

[tjcarr]

I loved how Miyagi yelled “SHOW!” at Daniel

[alvinlizada]

A classic scene between teacher and student. This is what makes this movie a classic,

[miked]

Mr Miyagi is a perfect example of a good approach to take with young men, particularly young men without a father. He balances compassion and understanding with toughness, discipline, and reality. These are the characters we used to get from Hollywood.

[Lughnerson]

The acting is superb. Daniel's slow progression from tired, achy, and dopey, slowly changing to understanding. Watch Daniel's eyes as he is struggling to comprehend, and then his dawning realization.

[ColinDada]

One of the best scenes ever filmed, brilliant in every way. Makes me emotional every time

[axelwulf]

What I loved most here, was how Miyagi was teaching Danny how to block and deflect a punch, which is more important than learning how to throw punch

Anyone can throw a punch, but to deflect, dodge, block, stop, that takes real skill

[kevinbirmingham]

It was the mid 80's and I watched this scene for the first time in a movie theatre in Nurnberg, Germany. When they finally put all of those moves together and we (the audience) suddenly realized that Mr Miyagi really was teaching Karate the whole time, the audience literally burst out in applause...at a movie screen, but still....

[ttman]

"Come back tomorrow." The best scene closing line ever.

[billspangler]

The life lesson we can all learn from Mr. Miyagi is "always look eye."

[Viney]

"Never take your eyes off your opponent, even when you bow" - Bruce Lee

[dsscam]

One of the best scenes in cinematic history

[CalicoShadowPlusCat]

Mr. Miyagi's wisdom shows in the writing of this scene. The best way to train someone to naturally do something as a reaction is to develop the muscle memory so it happens devoid of thought and entirely as a reaction. He taught him through repetitive tasks not tied to karate how to do Miyagi-do karate almost instinctively. Excellent writing showing the interaction between master and student. One of the best scenes of this movie.

[cwpo]

Daniel's last spoken line in that scene is at 1:52; he says nothing else for the remaining 2 minutes of that scene, only conveying his confusion and then his discovery through his body language.

[nolimit]

1:53 when mr miyagi makes fun of Daniel lol