Strike First, Strike Hard, No Mercy, Sir!

January 24th, 2007

Fear does not exist in this dojo, does it.

My birthday is fast approaching and the theme (yes, I swear I thought of this) for the party is “80’s Villains.” There is also going to be karaoke, obviously.

Not so much related, but is, kinda, is this video from the band No More Kings, called “Sweep The Leg” (via birthday buddy Jason over IM). You may recognize the phrase as a reference from the first in the holy trinity of Karate Kid movies.

Johnny Lawrence from Cobra Kai (played by one of my favorite 80’s movie villains of all-time, Billy Zabka) is advised by his sensei, Martin Kreese, to strike mercilessly against his opponent, Daniel La Russo (played by Ralph Macchio), and sweep his leg. Anyway, it’s basically one of the pinnacle moments of sports movies and 80’s film. (Could you hear my sarcasm? Well — maybe I was half-kidding.)

Anyway, the song itself isn’t much, but it’s fun to see all the cameos you can possibly see in this video. And, for other fun Karate Kid-related action on Agendacide (like my encounter with the late Pat Morita and pictures of my housemate with Tamlyn Tomita from Karate Kid II), click here.

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