When "Karate Kid" star Ralph Macchio took a walk down Memory Lane ... Mr. Miyagi must be smiling.

let's look back on the origins of the Karate Kid saga with star Ralph Macchio, who was in his early 20s when he landed the role of Daniel LaRusso in the first Karate Kid. He would go on to play ...

Ralph Macchio and William Zabka reflected on three decades of The Karate Kid and Cobra Kai while speaking with PEOPLE at PaleyFest Scott Huver is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. He has been writing ...