Mr Miyagi (Pat Morita) RIP

With the understandable sadness surrounding the demise of George Best, "arguably Britain's best post-war footballer", the death of an even greater hero has been overshadowed somewhat. I'm talking, of course, about Pat Morita - also known as Mr Miyagi in the Karate Kid series.

While Georgie was a hero for many Manchester United fans and countless football aficionados the world over, Mr Miyagi was a great spiritual teacher who taught a whole generation of children that bullies could be horribly wounded using skills learnt doing a saturday job. His legendary 'Wax on, wax off' approach - while not actually invented by Pat Morita - will certainly live on for longer even than Best's numerous incredible goals for Man U and Northern Ireland.

A sad day indeed for the ever colliding worlds of football, celebrity and martial arts instruction.

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