What is the title of the movie where a kid falls into a whirpool goes into another dimension to learn karate?

Question

I cant seem to remember the title i think its an 80's film where a kid wants to hang out with the 'cool kids'. so they meet in kind of a sewer system of some sort where there is a whirlpool looking thing and he falls in and goes into another dimension. and learns i think karate from this life size badger or some sort of furry animal. But its kind of like a dream and he comes back wiser and decides not to go with them or something. Please help this movie has been on my mind for years.

Answer 1

the karate kid

Answer 2

Warriors of Virtue

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120479/

Answer 3

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Answer 4

That would be The Warriors of Virtue, and they're not badgers, they're kangaroos.  Heh, kung fu kangaroos... There's something terribly wrong with that phrase.