Cobra Kai – In the highly anticipated return of two iconic characters, the arch-rivals from the legendary Karate Kid film series reunite over 30 years after the events of the 1984 All Valley Karate Tournament. Now living in the affluent hills of Encino, Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) leads an enviable life with his beautiful family, while running a successful string of car dealerships throughout the valley.
Meanwhile, his high school adversary, Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka), whose life has taken a rocky turn, seeks redemption by reopening the infamous Cobra Kai karate dojo. Their lives inevitably become intertwined and the rivalry is reignited, setting forth the next generation of "karate kids" in Cobra Kai, a YouTube Originals series.
Season 2 brings fans back into the action with Daniel and Johnny after the shocking Season 1 cliffhanger featuring the return of John Kreese (Martin Kove). When a new rivalry between opposing dojos is born in the aftermath of Cobra Kai's controversial win at the All Valley Championships, Daniel realizes his next countermove is to open his own karate training school called Miyagi-Do, in honor of his mentor Mr. Miyagi.
What was once a personal feud between Daniel and Johnny escalates beyond their differences to engulf their students, who as teenagers, are already challenged to figure out who they are and who they want to be. Which path will they follow – Cobra Kai or Miyagi-Do?
One week after the YouTube Originals' series debuted its sophomore season to strong reviews from viewers and critics, Cobra Kai was renewed for a third season.
To say Cobra Kai went above and beyond the scope of The Karate Kid film franchise would be an understatement considering instead of one lead learning and growing in the ways of martial arts as stars Ralph Macchio did in the first three films, Hilary Swank did in the fourth film, and Jaden Smith did […]
With the proverbial light at the end of the tunnel, writers are taking notice of the tentative agreement the Writers Guild of America has reached with the major studios and streamers that may put an end to the near half-year-long strike. The WGA informed its strike captains. "We have reached a tentative agreement on a […]
As Hollywood grinds to a halt due to the current WGA strike from industry writers, productions ground to a halt as negotiations are ongoing with studios. Among those affected is Netflix's Cobra Kai which was about to film its sixth and final season. Creator Jon Hurwitz quote tweeted himself with a picture of the writing […]
Griffin Santopietro has come a long way in the Netflix series Cobra Kai playing Anthony LaRusso, the youngest of protagonist Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio). Like his mother Amanda (Courtney Henggeler) and unlike his sister Samantha (Mary Mouser), Anthony never bought into martial arts the way his father embraced it, training a new generation of youths […]
One of the top emerging stars of Cobra Kai season five was right under our noses from the beginning in Griffin Santopietro. The actor grew up on the series, initially more in the background as Anthony LaRusso, often scoffing at his father, Daniel (Ralph Macchio), and sister, Samantha's (Mary Mouser) path to martial arts. As […]
Hilary Swank is starting to feel left out when it comes to the Cobra Kai party. As the lone holdover from "The Karate Kid" films and Miyagi-verse, The Next Karate Kid star told Live with Kelly and Ryan about the lack of progress from the creators of the Netflix series as she's well-aware of the […]
As Cobra Kai fans are well aware, season four was all about the rise of Terry Silver (Thomas Ian Griffith) and his ascension to the iron throne…I mean king of the Valley dojo mountain. When John Kreese (Martin Kove) tracked him down, Terry was done with karate and more than happy to live out his […]
We went from "Beyond the Bonsai" to "Behind the Gi" with Cobra Kai stars Ralph Macchio and Mary Mouser in a behind-the-scenes conversation for season five. For Macchio, it was Daniel's climactic moment when he was at his lowest, and Cobra Kai's Terry Silver (Thomas Ian Griffith) completely broke him from being one step ahead […]
When Cobra Kai season five dropped, one of the most anticipated returns was Sean Kanan's Mike Barnes. Creators Josh Heald, Hayden Schlossberg, and Jon Hurwitz slipped in another surprise from 1989 The Karate Kid Part III in Robyn Lively's Jessica Andrews, Daniel LaRusso's (Ralph Macchio) friend also terrorized by the dojo run by Terry Silver […]
One of the most pleasant surprises of Cobra Kai is Yuji Okumoto's Chozen Toguchi, Daniel LaRusso's (Ralph Macchio) rival in The Karate Kid Part II (1986). Reintroduced in the Netflix series' season three, Chozen's the second bully-turned-ally from Daniel's past after William Zabka's Johnny Lawrence. When Daniel revisited Okinawa, Japan, he ran into two familiar […]
One of the more exciting dynamics of Cobra Kai season five is when former enemies of Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) decide to ally together to take down their common enemy. No, not revenge on Daniel, but Cobra Kai king Terry Silver (Thomas Ian Griffith) himself in the season finale. Creators Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg, and […]
As far as twists go, Cobra Kai co-creator Jon Hurwitz confirmed a major bombshell in regards to the 2024 film Sony Pictures is planning in regards to the next Karate Kid film. After a fan asked for confirmation on Twitter, the executive producer responded, "The guys and I would love to make Karate Kid and […]
There's plenty to unpack when it comes to the events of Cobra Kai season five. The theme for the season was, as star Thomas Ian Griffith described, "The world vs. Terry Silver," with his plans to expand his dojo throughout the Valley and beyond. Miyagi-do's Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) and his partners Chozen Toguchi (Yuji […]
Sony provided major updates to their theatrical releases, and among them is arguably the biggest eyebrow-raiser in a new The Karate Kid film set for release on June 7, 2024. Netflix recently released season five of the franchise series Cobra Kai earlier in September, having reintroduced almost all the major characters from the films, the […]
There's no shortage of redemptive arcs on Cobra Kai, and it's something Peyton List is well familiar with as Tory Nichols. The season four finale was supposed to be Tory's shining moment winning the women's final at the All-Valley Karate Tournament, but she discovered it was tainted after overhearing her sensei Terry Silver (Thomas Ian […]
Cobra Kai star Mary Mouser hosted a behind-the-scenes segment called "Shot by Shot," in which her character Samantha LaRusso fights with her shadow counterpart in a karate nightmare while in the sensory deprivation tank in the season three episode "Playing with Fire." The scene was somewhat reminiscent of Daisy Ridley's Rey battling her Dark Side […]
When we're introduced to Oona O'Brien's Devon Lee in Cobra Kai, she was recruited to Johnny Lawrence's (William Zabka) Eagle Fang Karate in season four to compete as the dojo's lone female participant at the All-Valley Karate Tournament. Entering season five of the Netflix series, we find that Devon's passion for martial arts continued even […]
As Netflix marks the release of Cobra Kai season five and prepping for water cooler fodder, one of the stars of the Karate Kid franchise is already taken to social media to give a nudge and a wink to a certain cameo. Ever since the series made its debut on YouTube, other figures from the […]
If there's one thing The Karate Kid franchise is known for, aside from their epic fights that carried over into the Netflix series Cobra Kai, it's their training montages. The one sequence more synonymous with the franchise is Mr. Miyagi's (Pat Morita) wax-on, wax-off. It's something that wasn't only used to teach Daniel LaRusso (Ralph […]
To say fans had mixed feelings about 1989's The Karate Kid Part III would be an understatement, as most regard it as the weakest chapter in the franchise. Two of its breakout stars were Thomas Ian Griffith and Sean Kanan, who played villains, Terry Silver and Mike Barnes, respectively, who would carve out very successful […]