16-year-old Daniel LaRusso and his mother Lucille move from Newark to California when Lucille gets a new job. Daniel is struggling to make friends and has a huge crush on a popular girl named Ali. They start to hit it off real well. However, Ali’s ex, Johnny Lawrence, gets jealous and starts to violently bully Daniel over Ali. Johnny just so happens to be a black belt in karate. Daniel gets saved by his maintenance man, Mr. Miyagi, who teaches him karate after making a promise to Johnny’s evil karate sensei, John Kreese, to have Daniel & Johnny’s problems settled at the All Valley Championship Tournament.
