Like many of you, I was a child of the 1980s. I grew up watching Saturday morning cartoons and Bruce Lee movies like Enter the Dragon . My favorite movie from that era, however, was The Karate Kid . Most of you have probably seen the Karate Kid multiple times over, but here's a quick recap and explanation for why I'm using it as my lead-in for this blog: Wax on, Wax off! A kid, Daniel LaRusso, and his mom move from the east coast into a Southern Californian suburb. He arrives in sunny Southern CA and is immediately a fish- out-of-water. He develops a crush on a girl at school (played by Elizabeth Shue), but is picked on by mean bullies who are part of the Cobra Kai dojo, an aggressive 'no mercy' brand of karate. Daniel strikes up an unlikely friendship/mentorship with Mr. Miyagi (an old and reclusive Japanese immigrant) who teaches his valuable life lessons and karate using unconventional methods (like having him buff and wax his cars). Daniel eventuall
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