I found it to be a stretch as well.

@intothenightalone said:

I found it to be a stretch as well.

LOL right? I mean its definitely possible and martial arts does teach you about focus, discipline, training and work ethic, but it is definitely a stretch. It would be interesting if the show explained how he went from teenage karate champion to the successful car dealership owner that he is.

The show didn't mention college at all right? Or what he did after the teenage years right? I think the 3rd Karate Kid had Daniel in his early 20's right? He wasn't doing much at all work wise, career wise or college wise was he?

Realistically, the best he could hope for is to be a used car salesman.

Were talking about a show were anyone can get one a school intercom and start a school wide fight with no faculty trying to stop them and no police or swat team showing up. Where not in the realm of realism here.

@intothenightalone said:

Realistically, the best he could hope for is to be a used car salesman.

LMFAO!

@Nygma-0999 said:

Were talking about a show were anyone can get one a school intercom and start a school wide fight with no faculty trying to stop them and no police or swat team showing up. Where not in the realm of realism here.

LOL Well in all honesty I think it does show what's wrong with schools today UNFORTUNATELY a school shooter can just plot and shoot up a school and flee the scene AGAIN UNFORTUNATELY . With the one teacher who said, F this I don't get paid enough for this and just letting them fight, is what a lot of teachers feel and do.

@mechajutaro said:

Implication the series seems to be making: The lesson Miyagi imparted to to Daniel-san translated into success not just in the dojo, but life overall. Conversely, all that Kreese taught Johnny lead to heartbreak and degradation

Well real true martial artist would be fully focused, discipline and have strong work ethic. But does that necessarily translate into successful business owner?

@MrCharmingMan said:

How did Danny become so successful? Owning the top Luxury Car Dealership chain in the valley?

It obviously could be possible, but we never learn how he went from a teenage Karate champion to successful business owner of multiple luxury car dealerships. Usually the people who achieve this level of success are multi-millionaire entrepreneurs who own other large companies and businesses as well. Or of course super star athletes of the NFL, Golf, NBA, etc.

Karate, especially a teenage karate champion of a local Valley tournament would not have that kind of wealth or endorsements or even fame.

Also on a side note. Have any of you ever worked in a car dealership before? I have and it was a completely different experience from Larusso Motors. The sales managers, and GM at the dealership I worked at were total creep a-holes, on coke and treated everyone like garbage and used intimidation tactics to try to scare all the employees to sell and stay in line.

I'm not sure if any dealership is like Daniel's where you are actually treated that well and it not being a hostile environment?

Karate Kid 3 pretty clearly established Daniels interest in starting and running a business with the Bonsai shop. He even mentioned it again in Cobra Kai, when he comments on the fact that it failed, but it was his start. Most successful businessmen go through a few failures before they really get on their feet.

@Tsavo said:

@MrCharmingMan said:

How did Danny become so successful? Owning the top Luxury Car Dealership chain in the valley?

It obviously could be possible, but we never learn how he went from a teenage Karate champion to successful business owner of multiple luxury car dealerships. Usually the people who achieve this level of success are multi-millionaire entrepreneurs who own other large companies and businesses as well. Or of course super star athletes of the NFL, Golf, NBA, etc.

Karate, especially a teenage karate champion of a local Valley tournament would not have that kind of wealth or endorsements or even fame.

Also on a side note. Have any of you ever worked in a car dealership before? I have and it was a completely different experience from Larusso Motors. The sales managers, and GM at the dealership I worked at were total creep a-holes, on coke and treated everyone like garbage and used intimidation tactics to try to scare all the employees to sell and stay in line.

I'm not sure if any dealership is like Daniel's where you are actually treated that well and it not being a hostile environment?

Karate Kid 3 pretty clearly established Daniels interest in starting and running a business with the Bonsai shop. He even mentioned it again in Cobra Kai, when he comments on the fact that it failed, but it was his start. Most successful businessmen go through a few failures before they really get on their feet.

Great points bro! Totally forgot about that. The funny thing is now had Daniel tried to do a Bonsai Tree business say online he'd probably be real successful since online businesses is where its at and he'd be like the first or most prevalent bonsai tree business online with the cool backstory and all he could even go on Shark Tank with that idea and partner up with Mark Cuban. That definitely seems realistic far more than becoming the top luxury car dealership owner in all of the valley!

@MrCharmingMan said:

@Tsavo said:

@MrCharmingMan said:

How did Danny become so successful? Owning the top Luxury Car Dealership chain in the valley?

It obviously could be possible, but we never learn how he went from a teenage Karate champion to successful business owner of multiple luxury car dealerships. Usually the people who achieve this level of success are multi-millionaire entrepreneurs who own other large companies and businesses as well. Or of course super star athletes of the NFL, Golf, NBA, etc.

Karate, especially a teenage karate champion of a local Valley tournament would not have that kind of wealth or endorsements or even fame.

Also on a side note. Have any of you ever worked in a car dealership before? I have and it was a completely different experience from Larusso Motors. The sales managers, and GM at the dealership I worked at were total creep a-holes, on coke and treated everyone like garbage and used intimidation tactics to try to scare all the employees to sell and stay in line.

I'm not sure if any dealership is like Daniel's where you are actually treated that well and it not being a hostile environment?

Karate Kid 3 pretty clearly established Daniels interest in starting and running a business with the Bonsai shop. He even mentioned it again in Cobra Kai, when he comments on the fact that it failed, but it was his start. Most successful businessmen go through a few failures before they really get on their feet.

Great points bro! Totally forgot about that. The funny thing is now had Daniel tried to do a Bonsai Tree business say online he'd probably be real successful since online businesses is where its at and he'd be like the first or most prevalent bonsai tree business online with the cool backstory and all he could even go on Shark Tank with that idea and partner up with Mark Cuban. That definitely seems realistic far more than becoming the top luxury car dealership owner in all of the valley!

Yeah, that would work these days, but I can easily see him opening up his first car dealership. He already had an interest and love for cars in the films, a taste for business, it does make sense. Also, it was the 80's, when things were at a bit of a more even playing field. All he would really need is one success, then start working his way up. Anyways, thanks man!

@Tsavo said:

@MrCharmingMan said:

@Tsavo said:

@MrCharmingMan said:

How did Danny become so successful? Owning the top Luxury Car Dealership chain in the valley?

It obviously could be possible, but we never learn how he went from a teenage Karate champion to successful business owner of multiple luxury car dealerships. Usually the people who achieve this level of success are multi-millionaire entrepreneurs who own other large companies and businesses as well. Or of course super star athletes of the NFL, Golf, NBA, etc.

Karate, especially a teenage karate champion of a local Valley tournament would not have that kind of wealth or endorsements or even fame.

Also on a side note. Have any of you ever worked in a car dealership before? I have and it was a completely different experience from Larusso Motors. The sales managers, and GM at the dealership I worked at were total creep a-holes, on coke and treated everyone like garbage and used intimidation tactics to try to scare all the employees to sell and stay in line.

I'm not sure if any dealership is like Daniel's where you are actually treated that well and it not being a hostile environment?

Karate Kid 3 pretty clearly established Daniels interest in starting and running a business with the Bonsai shop. He even mentioned it again in Cobra Kai, when he comments on the fact that it failed, but it was his start. Most successful businessmen go through a few failures before they really get on their feet.

Great points bro! Totally forgot about that. The funny thing is now had Daniel tried to do a Bonsai Tree business say online he'd probably be real successful since online businesses is where its at and he'd be like the first or most prevalent bonsai tree business online with the cool backstory and all he could even go on Shark Tank with that idea and partner up with Mark Cuban. That definitely seems realistic far more than becoming the top luxury car dealership owner in all of the valley!

Yeah, that would work these days, but I can easily see him opening up his first car dealership. He already had an interest and love for cars in the films, a taste for business, it does make sense. Also, it was the 80's, when things were at a bit of a more even playing field. All he would really need is one success, then start working his way up. Anyways, thanks man!

Yeah well Im just basing this on my personal experience working in a car dealership. Have you ever worked in one before? Its brutal and you experience the most harshest stress, and abuse. Its all about selling and meeting your quota literally each month to month all they care about is numbers. Like if you sold 30 cars one month and then had a slow month the following month they scream at you and are ready to can you just for having a bad month. I don't advise anyone to work at a car dealership its the WORST!

I actually did well too I was our number one salesman but the money they paid me for the BS I was doing was not even worth it. Again from my experience the only people who actually OWN car dealerships are already established multimillionaires, former NFL, PGA, NBA superstars. I don't see anyone working their way up to owning a car dealership unless they just inherited millions.

Most of those guys too worked ridiculous hours with no days off. I remember we went like 2 months straight with no days off like literally not one single day off because the GM kept yelling at us for not hitting our locations goals. I remember I worked like 6 weeks straight with NOT ONE SINGLE DAY OFF and finally i called in sick because my body was so fatigued and dehydrated. The GM calls me in his office the next day and yells at me. I then stop him and said look do you want your best salesperson to quit because thats what you are about to make happen. I then said our biggest competitors GM just gave me his business card(which he actually did) and said he'll pay me much more than you will but I'm loyal so from now on watch the way you talk to me!

Then this Fat slob says oh I didnt know it was like that? I was like yes its like that. I then leave the office and thats how they treat you there. They abuse you, threaten you until you quit. Its probably the most unhealthiest toxic environment one can work in.

@mechajutaro said:

I'm still baffled as to how Johnny Lawerence grew up to be a loser, after he really seemed to recognize the error of what Kreese had been teaching

Well not sure if you saw all the CK episodes yet but it goes into his background and childhood and he had a rough situation with his single mom and rich step dad not showing him any love. Also most bullies are really weak and scared deep inside so they over compensate by projecting and bullying everyone to make them feel better.

The big Loss against Daniel via crane kick might have been the one thing to humble him so much that he lost all his confidence? He did view Daniel as the guy who stole his girl and so he probably just drank a lot of Coors beers got out of shape and gave up on life?

Whats funny was Johnny always stayed in the 80's in both mind, fashion, and personal preferences. There are a ton of people like this who stay in the 80's and always try to relive it over and over again instead of moving on and bettering themselves.

But yeah JL always lacked a firm family foundation and father figure.

@MrCharmingMan said:

@Tsavo said:

@MrCharmingMan said:

@Tsavo said:

@MrCharmingMan said:

How did Danny become so successful? Owning the top Luxury Car Dealership chain in the valley?

It obviously could be possible, but we never learn how he went from a teenage Karate champion to successful business owner of multiple luxury car dealerships. Usually the people who achieve this level of success are multi-millionaire entrepreneurs who own other large companies and businesses as well. Or of course super star athletes of the NFL, Golf, NBA, etc.

Karate, especially a teenage karate champion of a local Valley tournament would not have that kind of wealth or endorsements or even fame.

Also on a side note. Have any of you ever worked in a car dealership before? I have and it was a completely different experience from Larusso Motors. The sales managers, and GM at the dealership I worked at were total creep a-holes, on coke and treated everyone like garbage and used intimidation tactics to try to scare all the employees to sell and stay in line.

I'm not sure if any dealership is like Daniel's where you are actually treated that well and it not being a hostile environment?

Karate Kid 3 pretty clearly established Daniels interest in starting and running a business with the Bonsai shop. He even mentioned it again in Cobra Kai, when he comments on the fact that it failed, but it was his start. Most successful businessmen go through a few failures before they really get on their feet.

Great points bro! Totally forgot about that. The funny thing is now had Daniel tried to do a Bonsai Tree business say online he'd probably be real successful since online businesses is where its at and he'd be like the first or most prevalent bonsai tree business online with the cool backstory and all he could even go on Shark Tank with that idea and partner up with Mark Cuban. That definitely seems realistic far more than becoming the top luxury car dealership owner in all of the valley!

Yeah, that would work these days, but I can easily see him opening up his first car dealership. He already had an interest and love for cars in the films, a taste for business, it does make sense. Also, it was the 80's, when things were at a bit of a more even playing field. All he would really need is one success, then start working his way up. Anyways, thanks man!

Yeah well Im just basing this on my personal experience working in a car dealership. Have you ever worked in one before? Its brutal and you experience the most harshest stress, and abuse. Its all about selling and meeting your quota literally each month to month all they care about is numbers. Like if you sold 30 cars one month and then had a slow month the following month they scream at you and are ready to can you just for having a bad month. I don't advise anyone to work at a car dealership its the WORST!

I actually did well too I was our number one salesman but the money they paid me for the BS I was doing was not even worth it. Again from my experience the only people who actually OWN car dealerships are already established multimillionaires, former NFL, PGA, NBA superstars. I don't see anyone working their way up to owning a car dealership unless they just inherited millions.

Most of those guys too worked ridiculous hours with no days off. I remember we went like 2 months straight with no days off like literally not one single day off because the GM kept yelling at us for not hitting our locations goals. I remember I worked like 6 weeks straight with NOT ONE SINGLE DAY OFF and finally i called in sick because my body was so fatigued and dehydrated. The GM calls me in his office the next day and yells at me. I then stop him and said look do you want your best salesperson to quit because thats what you are about to make happen. I then said our biggest competitors GM just gave me his business card(which he actually did) and said he'll pay me much more than you will but I'm loyal so from now on watch the way you talk to me!

Then this Fat slob says oh I didnt know it was like that? I was like yes its like that. I then leave the office and thats how they treat you there. They abuse you, threaten you until you quit. Its probably the most unhealthiest toxic environment one can work in.

I hear you, I'm just saying that if he started with a lesser business, then managed to get a business that kicked off, he could earn the money to start a dealership. Or he might have started with a small used car lot. It's kind of hard to say, while already having the money would be easier, it's not impossible for someone to find a path on their own. I really don't think it's that unbelievable.

Thus far the series has been silent on what happened between 1989 and the start of the TV series. We only know that he married a very attractive woman and opened a car dealership as his wife was pregnant. Perhaps that will be explored in a future season. Maybe his wife comes from a very wealthy family. Maybe he won the lottery. Maybe he sued Terry Silver. I wouldn't lose too much sleep over it in the interim.

@Tsavo said:

@MrCharmingMan said:

@Tsavo said:

@MrCharmingMan said:

@Tsavo said:

@MrCharmingMan said:

How did Danny become so successful? Owning the top Luxury Car Dealership chain in the valley?

It obviously could be possible, but we never learn how he went from a teenage Karate champion to successful business owner of multiple luxury car dealerships. Usually the people who achieve this level of success are multi-millionaire entrepreneurs who own other large companies and businesses as well. Or of course super star athletes of the NFL, Golf, NBA, etc.

Karate, especially a teenage karate champion of a local Valley tournament would not have that kind of wealth or endorsements or even fame.

Also on a side note. Have any of you ever worked in a car dealership before? I have and it was a completely different experience from Larusso Motors. The sales managers, and GM at the dealership I worked at were total creep a-holes, on coke and treated everyone like garbage and used intimidation tactics to try to scare all the employees to sell and stay in line.

I'm not sure if any dealership is like Daniel's where you are actually treated that well and it not being a hostile environment?

Karate Kid 3 pretty clearly established Daniels interest in starting and running a business with the Bonsai shop. He even mentioned it again in Cobra Kai, when he comments on the fact that it failed, but it was his start. Most successful businessmen go through a few failures before they really get on their feet.

Great points bro! Totally forgot about that. The funny thing is now had Daniel tried to do a Bonsai Tree business say online he'd probably be real successful since online businesses is where its at and he'd be like the first or most prevalent bonsai tree business online with the cool backstory and all he could even go on Shark Tank with that idea and partner up with Mark Cuban. That definitely seems realistic far more than becoming the top luxury car dealership owner in all of the valley!

Yeah, that would work these days, but I can easily see him opening up his first car dealership. He already had an interest and love for cars in the films, a taste for business, it does make sense. Also, it was the 80's, when things were at a bit of a more even playing field. All he would really need is one success, then start working his way up. Anyways, thanks man!

Yeah well Im just basing this on my personal experience working in a car dealership. Have you ever worked in one before? Its brutal and you experience the most harshest stress, and abuse. Its all about selling and meeting your quota literally each month to month all they care about is numbers. Like if you sold 30 cars one month and then had a slow month the following month they scream at you and are ready to can you just for having a bad month. I don't advise anyone to work at a car dealership its the WORST!

I actually did well too I was our number one salesman but the money they paid me for the BS I was doing was not even worth it. Again from my experience the only people who actually OWN car dealerships are already established multimillionaires, former NFL, PGA, NBA superstars. I don't see anyone working their way up to owning a car dealership unless they just inherited millions.

Most of those guys too worked ridiculous hours with no days off. I remember we went like 2 months straight with no days off like literally not one single day off because the GM kept yelling at us for not hitting our locations goals. I remember I worked like 6 weeks straight with NOT ONE SINGLE DAY OFF and finally i called in sick because my body was so fatigued and dehydrated. The GM calls me in his office the next day and yells at me. I then stop him and said look do you want your best salesperson to quit because thats what you are about to make happen. I then said our biggest competitors GM just gave me his business card(which he actually did) and said he'll pay me much more than you will but I'm loyal so from now on watch the way you talk to me!

Then this Fat slob says oh I didnt know it was like that? I was like yes its like that. I then leave the office and thats how they treat you there. They abuse you, threaten you until you quit. Its probably the most unhealthiest toxic environment one can work in.

I hear you, I'm just saying that if he started with a lesser business, then managed to get a business that kicked off, he could earn the money to start a dealership. Or he might have started with a small used car lot. It's kind of hard to say, while already having the money would be easier, it's not impossible for someone to find a path on their own. I really don't think it's that unbelievable.

Its very rare bro as in probably less than 5% and I'm being generous with that 5% ask anyone who owns a dealership they usually are from generational wealth, a celeb athlete, or just a multi-million dollar millionaire. I'm an entrepreneur bro I've own several small businesses and more directly related to this topic I've worked in a car dealership on the management side so I do know insight into this. So yeah 5% out of 100 is generous.