If you grew up in the 80′s the original Karate Kid movie was likely what got you into taking martial arts.

I remember coming home after watching the original and practicing my balance on the tree stump of the tree my father had just cut down that morning in our backyard.

I’m usually skeptical or just against attempts to remake a classic movie as they often fall far short of the qualities that made the original so great, or they fail to modernized in a way that makes these qualities fresh.

But once I heard that its staring Jackie Chan, one of my favourite martial arts movie actors, and I saw this trailer I’m looking forward to checking it out.

Check it out…

[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvHEm4-QB2o]

Interesting Movie Note: A couple of weeks ago I saw this trailer but it was called ‘The Kung-Fu Kid’, but they have since changed the name. This definitely would have made more sense as Jaden Smith’s character is learning Kung Fu. Apparently they tie to ‘The Karate Kid’ title by saying that his character knew some Karate, but got his butt kicked and the other kids start calling him ‘The Karate Kid’ as a mocking nickname. I wonder how many Clubs are going to start offering Kung Fu classes after this comes out.