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Members of a Wishaw karate club have dug deep to support hard-up families this Christmas.

A Lanarkshire karate club is running a community Christmas fayre offering free visits to Santa and pocket-money attractions.

Amid the news that Jackie Chan and Ralph Macchio are returning for a brand new Karate Kid movie, let’s take a look at all the Karate Kid actors who have reprised their roles in the series Cobra Kai.

We’re getting a new Karate Kid movie!

With the success of “Cobra Kai,” it’s clear there’s been a bit of a resurgence in interest with the ‘Karate Kid’ franchise. Well, Sony is ready to capitalize on that with a new entry in the film franchise, and the studio is ready to combine two of the biggest ‘Karate Kid’ stars to make it happen.

A Lanarkshire karate instructor has been awarded a Saiko Shihan Supreme Master Title by a world governing body.

Shawn Mendes is wrapping up a workout.

Youngsters from Lanarkshire Karate Academy scored a sensational medal haul at the British Four Nations Championships last month.

Sixteen karate kids were in the medals at the Children’s Championships in Penrith last month.

A karate club which has been training members in South Lanarkshire for over three decades has hit out after discovering two of their venues could be facing the chop.

Netflix announced Friday that its popular series Cobra Kai is coming to an end after its up coming season.The streamer shared the news with a video announcing that the series — a sequel to the Ralph Macchio–starring Karate Kid films — had been renewed for a sixth season.Describing the next batch of episodes as its 'the biggest' and 'baddest' season to date, the streamer said in a statement: 'Cobra Kai never dies! After five bada** seasons, Cobra Kai Season 6 will be the final showdown. The epic conclusion to the decades-long karate saga is coming soon to Netflix.'The series turned the tables on the first two films in the series, making the original antagonist Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka) the main character who reopens the Cobra Kai dojo, while the original protagonist Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) later joins forces with him.

The achievements of 2022 were recognised at Lanarkshire Karate Club recently, as youngsters picked up prizes for their accomplishments.

Lanarkshire Karate Academy ended their 2022 season on a high by taking home a host of medals from the Manchester Youth Championships recently.

KARATE Kid star Ralph Macchio may be 60 - but he certainly doesn't look it. The actor is best known for playing Daniel LaRusso in the 1984 classic and some of the sequels which followed. Over the past 37 years many fans have pointed out how young he STILL looks.

The Karate Kid star Ralph Macchio said he was never told about two major projects linked with the franchise, 1994's The Karate Kid Part III and the 2010 remake The Karate Kid.The Huntington, New York native, 60, opened up about his experiences in his new memoir Waxing On: The Karate Kid and Me, which was released Tuesday.Macchio, who played the role of Daniel LaRusso in 1984's The Karate Kid and its two sequels, 1986's The Karate Kid Part II and 1989's The Karate Kid Part III. He said he learned about the 1994 film, titled The Next Karate Kid, via the newspaper.

“Waxing On: The Karate Kid and Me.”“I saw it in the newspaper,” Macchio continues. “They went with a different writer, a different director and a different actor for the protagonist.”Actress Hilary Swank, making her first appearance in a starring role, portrayed Julie Pierce, replacing Macchio as LaRusso.

Waxing On: The Karate Kid and Me.”The franchise, which included sequels in 1986 and 1989, is now enjoying an extended second act with the series “Cobra Kai” on Netflix, but Macchio wasn’t always on board with the original title about a teen who uses martial arts to confront his bullies.“And the title of the script they were sending me was: ‘The Karate Kid,’” writes Macchio, now 60. “What? Seriously? Was this a cartoon? An after-school special? All I kept thinking was, What a silly, lame-ass title. It must be a placeholder.”It wasn’t — but his character’s original name in the movie, Danny Webber, was later changed, making the “ethically Italian” Macchio more comfortable and send “everything into high gear.” Here are five other secrets Macchio reveals in his memoir:Macchio bumped into actor Charlie Sheen as he left a casting session for the first film — and later learned the “Red Dawn” star had been a “candidate” for the role.

Ralph Macchio revealed why he turned down the opportunity to be participate in Will Smith's The Karate Kid remake, starring his son Jaden, which came out in 2010.Ahead of the release of his memoir, Waxing On: The Karate Kid and Me, the Cobra Kai star, 60, explained to Fox News Digital that he was never offered a 'big role' in the reboot, but told by Smith, 54, he could have 'any involvement' he wanted. 'He wanted me to feel comfortable with it going forward,' the actor explained, before noting that it was a 'jarring moment' to learn the new version of the 1984 martial arts drama did not include any of the original cast.

Sean Kanan "nearly died" on the set of 'Karate Kid III'. The 55-year-old actor - who starred as antagonist Mike Barnes in 'The Karate Kid Part III' and 'Cobra Kai' - suffered internal bleeding when filming a fight scene in the third instalment of the franchise and recalled the incident as the "scariest moment" of his life. He said: "I passed out in the Dunes Casino and it turned out that the pain in my leg was internal bleeding and it was the blood dripping down on my femoral artery.

A post shared by Lucienne Lastovic (@llastovic)James' mother, Lucienne, told TMZ that James and Nevin's car had a tracking device, but authorities were unable to locate it for some time. However, on Tuesday, Nevin's sister shared a message that the two had been found."My sister and James are okay, they got lost on their hike but made it back to their car and are on their way back to the resort now.

After three decades, The Karate Kid III's hunky bad boy Mike Barnes finally returned to the franchise in season five of Cobra Kai. Veteran daytime TV star Sean Kanan, 55, exclusively sat down with DailyMail.com to talk about the 'humbling' experience of reprising his famous role alongside Ralph Macchio and William Zabka.Kanan became a Hollywood heartthrob in the late 80s in the third installment of the Karate Kid films, however, he revealed that he barely made it through the production alive.The actor suffered internal bleeding from one of the fight scenes and said the ordeal was one of the 'scariest' moments of his life.