<P> Mr. Miyagi travels to Boston, Massachusetts to attend a commendation for Japanese - American soldiers, who fought in the 442nd Regimental Combat Team during World War II . He meets Louisa Pierce, the widow of his commanding officer, Lieutenant Jack Pierce . At Pierce's home, they catch up on old times and war stories . </P> <P> Miyagi is introduced to Pierce's granddaughter, Julie, a teenage girl struggling with anger issues due to her parents' death in a car accident . Her behavior has led to friction between Julie and her grandmother, along with her fellow students . She sneaks into the school at night to care for an injured hawk, whom she names Angel, which she keeps in a pigeon coop on the roof . </P> <P> Miyagi invites Louisa to stay at his house in Los Angeles to enjoy peace and quiet tending his garden while he stays in Boston as Julie's caretaker . At school, Julie meets and befriends Eric McGowen, a security guard in training and a pledge for a shady school security fraternity, the Alpha Elite . The members are taught to enforce the school rules, mostly by using physical force, by a self - styled colonel, Dugan . In this group is Ned, the short fused leader and Dugan's toughest, strongest, and most aggressive student, who makes repeated unsuccessful sexual advances on Julie . Eric learns of Angel and promises to feed her while Julie is with Miyagi . </P> <P> When Julie survives almost being hit by a car by jumping into a tiger position, she reveals to Miyagi that she was taught karate by her father, who learned from her grandfather, Miyagi's student . The next time she sneaks into the school to feed her bird, she is detected by the Alpha Elite, and chased through the school . Julie hides in the cafeteria until Ned finds her, at which point she hits a fire alarm with her backpack, causing Ned to let go of her . Escaping the school, she is arrested by the police and gets suspended for two weeks by Colonel Dugan . Miyagi uses this time to take Julie to a Buddhist monastery to teach her the true ways of karate and how to handle her anger issues . </P>

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