Tatami Academy

When I saw that Disney was producing a "Karate" show, I didn't expect much. After watching several episodes, I discovered it was good program. The young cast meshed well, the stunts were well executed, the stories were palatable.

Over the years I watched the cast grow up, while the stories shrank. The kids have done their best, Jack is strong and powerful, but remains humble, Jerry is hilarious, I missed Kim when she left, she added balance to the team. In what seemed like its final year, the character Milton seemed to have pages of dialogue and talked endlessly. The innocence of the early years was gone.

But even worse, the show just seemed to fade out. You'd think that Disney would give a program that worked hard for four years to give the channel its best, would get a good send off. Disney XD gave Zeke and Luther a proper good-bye and final episodes; Kickin' it certainly deserved it. There were many great episodes, but if I had to select just one, I think it would be when Jack fell asleep in Rudy's office and he had a dream that they were all in a 70s detective episode. It was extremely well done.

Kickin' it episodes will replay for years. I'm sure kids, not even born, will enjoy the adventures of Jack,Jerry, Kim and Milton as Wasabi Warriors.

This show is great for what it's supposed to be. This show is not supposed to be some super funny show with the best production, it's just supposed to be a lighthearted show *for kids*. That's what I think a lot of people don't realize is that this is a kids show, it's not supposed to be perfect. It was my favorite show for the time that it was running, and I didn't see many problems with it. After re watching it I have seen that the laugh tracks are a bit overused, but it gets better. I don't think that full grown adults should be bringing down the rating of the show if they have said in their review that their kids enjoy it, and the fact that the show isn't meant for them. The show has great characters, and I know they're a bit stereotypical, but it's Disney. The character development is great towards the end, and I actually enjoy the stereotypes. They are done in such a way that I don't really think the show would be as good if they weren't there. If Milton wasn't a big nerd stereotype, then his character wouldn't be as great, and there are episodes for each of the characters that help them evolve. Jack is kinda full of himself in the first and second season, but he's like 14 in the show, and he knows karate very well, that's not unrealistic behavior. The show has a couple flaws, but in my opinion they all work together to make the show better in some way or another.

Overall:6.3 I did karate because of this show.

This show is not great by any means but it does get nostalgia points from me.

The actings not great and some of the episodes feel completely pointless but what can you expect. The characters are great and can be really funny at times but you would definitely have to grow up on it to fully enjoy it. Honestly kind of a bold move from Disney but it worked pretty well in my opinion. One thing that was really annoying about this was how the took out Eddie 'the best character' from the last one or two seasons and gave no context as to why he was gone.

#Christian movie watcher.

This show is one of the better children's sitcoms I've watched in a long time. I watched only a couple episodes of hannah Montana and I genuinely liked it. I think icarly was good and drake and Josh was fantastic. Suite life on deck and pair of kings were really funny and I enjoyed them. They've been progressively getting worse like victorious, lab rats, and crap shows like ANT Farm, sonny with a chance, and basically anything on Disney channel and nickelodeon. Kickin' it's previews and advertisements were weak. I watch the first episode and I was utterly impressed with the use of violence and martial arts rather than just one punch. I liked that they showed action but I'm confused with they didn't rate this show TV-Y7(FV) because there are fight scenes and violence in the majority of the episodes. They've gotten better until season 4. The fight scenes in seasons 2 and 3 were really good and it was entertaining. I watched 7 episodes of season 4 and there were no fight scenes in any of them. I was glad that Eddie's character was written because his character wasn't funny, interesting, or any physical capabilities. I was extremely saddened when Kim left because I liked her as a character as a positive, sassy, and confidently awkward person. Her relationship with jack was glossed over a lot but I wanted to see character development. Milton and jerry are annoying because their characters cannot be worked with. They can't fight but Disney XD can't trick me into thinking he can fight. Jerry was just obnoxious and idiotic. He can be funny but he just comes off as irritating. Jack's character is especially weak. Him being an expert close to Rudy's was bad because it made Rudy look like a bad sensei for him just showing up and being able to kick just as much butt as Rudy. Jack being a "flawless" character leaves no room for development or believability that he's in danger or has a problem. Rudy is a great sensei as where a mentor is supposed to discipline his students but that is played on as he's the most immature. He puts himself into weird situations and reacts as immaturely as possible. He can fight which is good and expected from a sensei. He's a funny likable character. He's my favorite. The show is genuinely funny with some good ideas.

Good, it seems like sometimes though the show forgets things that have already happened and brings them back up again.