Spoilers for Cobra Kai Season 1 follow!
Strike First. Strike Hard. No Mercy.
Cobra Kai, the decades-later sequel series to the iconic Karate Kid film franchise of the ’80s, (crane) kicks off its second season on YouTube Red this Wednesday, April 24.
To prepare you for the chops, blocks, sweeps, and sweeping drama of the next 10 episodes, here’s a quick and dirty rundown of all the ways Season 1 surprised and delighted us by subverting the established lore of the Karate-verse.
As the curtain dropped in 2018, William Zabka’s Johnny led his star Cobra Kai pupil, Miguel (Xolo Maridueña), to victory over Miyagi-Do and his own son Robby (Tanner Buchanan) in the All Valley Tournament. Starting to have serious reservations about the type of warrior he’d allowed Miguel to become, and possibly realizing that Cobra Kai’s toxic aggression was unhealthy, Johnny was promptly visited in the end by his old mentor, Kreese (Martin Kove), who emerged from self-exile to bask in the new glory of his old school.
Source: IGN.com Cobra Kai Season 1: Everything You Need to Know