What is Daniel LaRusso?
'''Daniel LaRusso''' is the [[protagonist]] of the 1984 [[movie]] [[The Karate Kid]] and its first two [[sequel]]s [[The Karate Kid Part II]] and [[The Karate Kid Part III]]. Daniel LaRusso is also the [[deuteragonist]] of the [[television series]] [[Cobra Kai]]. He is played by [[Ralph Macchio]]. ==Role in The Karate Kid== Daniel LaRusso was trained in [[karate]] at the [[YMCA]] in [[New Jersey]] and then moved to [[California]] with his single [[mother]]. Daniel falls in [[love]] with a [[girl]] named Alli but her ex-[[boyfriend]] [[Johnny Lawrence]] ends up [[bullying]] Daniel and even though Daniel tries to [[fight]] back, he still loses because Johnny Lawrence knows more [[karate]] than Daniel knows. After [[Mister Miyagi]] rescues Daniel he tells him to go to Johnny’s [[sensei]] and ask him to tell his [[student]]s to stop [[bullying]] him. But when they go to Johnny’s [[dojo]], his [[sensei]] named [[John Kreese]] tells Daniel to fight his students and [[Mister Miyagi]] says Daniel will fight at the [[tournament]]. Mister Miyagi teaches Daniel [[karate]] using [[muscle memory]] but tells him to use karate only for [[self-defence]] and never for [[revenge]]. Sensei [[John Kreese]] tells his [[student]] Bobby to break Daniel’s [[leg]] to beat him but Mr. Miyagi [[heal]]s Daniel and Daniel beats [[Johnny Lawrence]] with a [[karate]] move he learned based on a [[Crane (bird)|crane]] [[kick]]ing. ==Role in Karate Kid Part Two== Daniel goes with [[Mister Miyagi]] back to [[Okinawa]] and falls in [[love]] with a [[girl]] named Komiko. Daniel is [[harass]]ed by someone named Chozen, whose [[uncle]] Sato wants to [[kill]] Mr. Miyagi, because Daniel found out that Chozen was [[cheating]] people out of their [[money]]. When Daniel and Miyagi save a little [[girl]] from a [[hurricane]] Sato helps them and Chozen is [[angry]] about that. Chozen gets [[revenge]] by [[kidnapping]] Komiko and says he won’t let her go unless Daniel agrees to [[fight]] him until one of them [[die]]s. Daniel says yes. Daniel [[fight]]s Ch