It’s a cruel, cruel, cruel summer." Daniel rounds the corner on his first day of school in the Valley.
In that first day of school scene, Daniel rounded the corner at Capistrano Avenue and Philiprimm Street in Woodland Hills on his Mongoose 24 BMX bike. Mongoose bikes were first manufactured in Chatsworth.
Charles Evans Hughes Junior High School, located at 5607 Capistrano Ave. in Woodland Hills, was used for Daniel's school. It was built in the early '60s and it closed in the early '80s before filming of The Karate Kid. The school also was used in Carl Reiner’s 1987 film Summer School.
Daniel and Ali in the courtyard at Charles Evans Hughes Junior High School.
The main courtyard at Charles Evans Hughes Junior High School.
