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Why Did Sato Order Chozen To Destroy The Miyagi Family Dojo?

posted 7 years ago by camerica1978
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From the way Sato treats his sensei, Mr. Miyagi's father, on his deathbed, it's clear he truly respects and honors him. So how could Sato order Chozen to destroy the Miyagi family dojo? That dojo wasn't simply the dojo of Mr. Miyagi, it was the dojo of his father, too. Destroying it would be a highly dishonorable act, totally disrespectful of Mr. Miyagi's father. Sato is supposedly all about honor, so it doesn't make sense. It would be the same as Sato spitting on his sensei's grave.

[–] VanillaLimeCoke 7 years ago

I think at that point he was extremely upset that Miyagi had chickened out again.

He really wasn't proud of it but he never actually said to destroy the dojo he just told Chozen to leave message.

In actual reality Sato isn't that fond of Chozen's behavior. When confronting the two Chozen tells Daniel that Miyagi is a coward and Sato sharply warns him to stay out if it.

Later he's visibly upset when Chozen makes that ice breaking bet in the bar.

When Chozen refuses to pay Miyagi Sato sharply tells him not to embarrass uncle.

Sato never told Chozen what to destroy he just told Chozen to leave message and then he left, which in a way was a cowardly act because he had Chozen do the dirty work.