The warehouse where Johnny trains Daniel in Eagle Fang is named Webber Industrial. Webber was originally going to be Daniel's last name in Karate Kid before Ralph Macchio was hired.
The episode title is taken from a line by Mr. Miyagi in The Karate Kid, when he explains the first learning process of the crane kick.
A scene where Johnny blindfolded Daniel and made him chug a gross-looking pre-training smoothie during the training montage was deleted. It was meant to be a vodka and eggs mix, but spiraled into "whatever the prop master made". Ralph Macchio filmed the scene but it was ultimately deleted. He explained the unique taste saying, "it was like if Johnny Lawrence grabbed everything in his fridge, whether it was expired or not, maybe threw in some protein that he heard about, and put it in the blender that was probably still rusty and mildewed".
When Kenny Payne is talking to his father, his father has a Major insignia on his uniform, thus making him Major Payne.
Kenny's ringtone when he receives a call from his dad is the codec ringing sound from the Playstation game, Metal Gear Solid (1998)