About The Karate Kid Web Site

About This Website -Updated 31st Oct 2000

About the author of this site and why he chose the Karate Kid Movie as its subject and future projects...

We're Over 1 Year Old!

--The Karate Kid Web Site When First Launched.

It seems much longer, but it's been just over a year since the Karate Kid Web Site opened its doors for the first time at the old URL on 6th August 1999.

Just two months before that I was standing on the beach where Daniel and Ali met, at Leo Carillo State beach in LA County, which was about the 4th KK site that I had found, thinking that these wonderful filming locations should be shared with other people on the web.

Since the launch we have added many sections including the "Vanished Scenes" and Merchandise sections, as well as many hundreds of updates to every single area of the site.

Most recently, we have finally listened to the many hundreds of requests to cover the 1986 sequel, The Karate Kid Part II, and we hope that we can once again give you the info that you're looking for.

Our grateful thanks to all of you who have written in, helped out or visited regularly and made this site the clear number 1 for information on this classic movie. I say information deliberately, because for downloads of music, sound and video clips, we have deliberately avoiding treading on Morgan Johansson's toes over at his excellent Karate Kid Dojo where he has the most comprehensive collection of downloads imaginable.

In addition to updates to this site, we have added similar sites for "The Secret of My Success", "Breakin'", the hugely popular "80's Movies Gateway" and most recently "The Last Dragon WebSite".

For those who are curious about these things, In January of 2000, this site received over 5,000 seperate visitors and served them with an average of 10 seperate documents each. That's 50,000 hits in one month or an average of just slightly more than a hit for every minute of each day.

In June, however, these sites combined received 27,000 seperate visitors and a total of over 407,000 hits. Thats nearly 10 hits per minute.

We make no revenue whatsoever from any source. We are film fans, just like you who wanted to create decent sites to celebrate our favourite movies.

Back on the subject of Karate Kid, don't forget the other sites on the net devoted to this classic film, particularly the Karate Kid Dojo and Lane's Karate Kid Page. They all have different things to offer and I have tried not to cover the things that they do so well already.

About The Author?

Dear Visitor,

Thank you for stopping by. I am original creator and the main author [or maybe editor is better!] of this site, Nick Alaway, webmaster of Fast-Rewind and senior webmaster of web design company Pixel Partners, based near London in the UK. I am, at the time of writing, 31 and vividly remember seeing The Karate Kid in 1986 on video.

Having researched and found some of the locations used in the film during a few trips to Los Angeles, I thought it would be nice if this information was published on the web. Having offered the locations information to the webmaster of the most popular Karate Kid site at that time and not even received a reply, I decided to do it myself.

Ultimately, I decided that the movie was worthy of a proper research effort and so I set about researching the various personalities and situations that led to the creation of this classic movie. The results, you see here. Not perfect -I'm always seeking more info... please write to me if you have something to add. We get several hundred visitors a day, and they all would like to know!

The main thing that seperates this site from the bulk of movie sites on the net is that it is a true collaboration between many fans of the movie. I may have started it, but it now is the product of many people [see below] rather than just me. Without the brilliant efforts of so many, the site wouldnt be half as good as the rich source of information that it has become.

This was my first movie-related website. Previously, I had designed my companies corporate website. I now have three other 80's web sites (see below) including the huge 80's Movies Gateway project launched in April 2000.

I hope you enjoy the site!

Once again, thanks for visiting. Thanks for those of you who have written with your kind words of support and additional info (see below).

-Nick
-Oct 31st 2000

Why Karate Kid?

Many people might wonder why I would go to such trouble for a movie that is 15 years old and some would think probably best forgotten... The answer is that although in the 90's the movie might seem cheesy, it has a refreshing unpretentious style and still represents good entertainment --and a refreshing change from the grungy 90's style of movie delivery. A quick scan of the net will show that I am not alone in missing the kind of honest, naiive movies that were so common in the 80's.

The 90's has been an altogether 'harder' decade with people more worried about their own image and, importantly, whether they 'conform' to the cool social stereotypes. That is fine, and the 90's has produced some good. cool entertainment. But the 80's was a decade where anything seemed possible, being different was cool and there were a large number of movies made with a genuine 'feel good' factor. In the 80's people weren't afraid to enjoy a piece of entertainment for what it was...entertainment... and I sincerely hope that we find a way to return to a place where those naiive innocent movies are 'cool' again.

Thanks...

Many thanks to the "friends of the Karate Kid Website" who have written in with info to share:- Vanished Son [aka: Simon Barber], Jared Keller, Jon Hertzberg, Clover Paek, Matt H, Jeremy Cating, Joshua Lober, Jose Artiles, Chris Lozano, Will Nichols, Jr; Troy and any others that I have forgotten.

Thanks also to the many of you who have written in with kind words of encouragement and support. We do read all the mail and try to respond personally to every single one, but sometimes there just isn't time. So if you have written in, my thanks to you :-))

Future Projects?-UPDATED

Having launched 3 new similar sites on other movies of the 80's Breakin', Last Dragon and Secret Of My Success , we have now launched a unique new concept for 80's movies. Hopefully, it will grow to be the only site you will ever need for all your 80's movie favourites! It was launched at www.fast-rewind.com on 2nd April 2000. -Check it out!

We will soon be adding The Dirty Dancing Website. Stay Tuned!