The Karate Kid (1984)

Martin Kove: Kreese

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• [just before Johnny fights Daniel in the tournament] 

  Kreese : Sweep the leg.

  [Johnny stares at him in shock] 

  Kreese : Do you have a problem with that?

  Johnny Lawrence : No, Sensei.

  Kreese : No mercy.

• Kreese : [at the Cobra Kai dojo]  Class, we have visitors. Fall in behind me. Hai!

  [approaches Daniel and Miyagi, then speaks to Miyagi] 

  Kreese : I hear you jumped some of my students last night.

  Miyagi : Afraid facts mixed up.

  Kreese : You calling Mr. Lawrence a liar?

  Miyagi : No call no one nothing.

  Kreese : What are you here for, old man?

  Miyagi : Come ask leave boy alone.

  Kreese : What's the matter, the boy can't take care of his own problems?

  Miyagi : One to one problem, yes. FIVE to one problem, too much ask anyone.

  Kreese : Is that what's bothering you? The odds? Well, we can fix that. Feel like matching, Mr. Lawrence?

  Johnny Lawrence : Yes, sensei!

  Miyagi : No more fighting.

  Kreese : This is a karate dojo, not a knitting class. You don't come into my dojo, drop a challenge and leave, old man. Now you get your boy on the mat, or you and I will have a major problem.

  Miyagi : Too much advantage. Your dojo.

  Kreese : Name a place.

  Miyagi : Tournament.

  Kreese : [laughs]  You've got real nerve, old man. Real nerve. But I think we can accomodate you. Can't we, Mr. Lawrence?

  Johnny Lawrence : Yes, sensei.

  Kreese : Fall in.

  [Johnny turns and leaves] 

  Miyagi : Ask one more small request.

  Kreese : Make it fast.

  Miyagi : Ask leave boy alone to train.

  Kreese : You're a pushy little bastard, ain't ya? But I like that. I like that! All right. No one touches the prima donna until the tournament. Is that understood?

  [class responds with "YES SENSEI!"] 

  Kreese : But if you don't show, it's open season on him... and you.

  [they nod at each other] 

• Kreese : We do not train to be merciful here. Mercy is for the weak. Here, in the streets, in competition: A man confronts you, he is the enemy. An enemy deserves no mercy.

  Kreese : [seeing that Johnny is distracted]  What is the problem Mr. Lawrence?

• [Bobby is about to face Daniel in the semifinals] 

  Kreese : Bobby - I want him out of commission.

  Bobby : But Sensei, I can beat this guy!

  Kreese : I don't want him beat.

  Bobby : But I'll be disqualified!

  Kreese : [icily]  Out of commission.

• Kreese : Finish him!

• Kreese : What do we study here?

  Karate Class : THE WAY OF THE FIST SIR.

  Kreese : And what is that way?

  Karate Class : STRIKE FIRST. STRIKE HARD. NO MERCY SIR.

  Kreese : I can't hear you.

  Karate Class : STRIKE FIRST. STRIKE HARD. NO MERCY SIR.

• Kreese : Fear does not exist in this dojo, does it?

  Karate Class : NO, SENSEI!

  Kreese : Pain does not exist in this dojo, does it?

  Karate Class : NO, SENSEI!

  Kreese : Defeat does not exist in this dojo, does it?

  Karate Class : NO, SENSEI!