The Karate Kid on success in his 60s
By Colin PatersonEntertainment correspondent
Getty ImagesRalph Macchio, pictured recently, was 22 in the first Karate Kid film"Wax on. Wax Off."
"Sweep the leg."
Trying to catch a fly with chopsticks.
In 1984, The Karate Kid, famed for the rigorous training endured by its headbanded hero Daniel LaRusso, was the UK's sixth-biggest film.
It took more money than Romancing the Stone, Splash and Oscar best picture winner Terms Of Endearment. USA Today, The Bleacher Report and Vulture named it on lists of the greatest sports films of all time.
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