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# Cobra Kai
- URL: https://tombeaverbooks.ghost.io/cobra-kai/
- Published: 2026-10-05T19:46:03.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-08T03:48:58.000Z
- Author: Tom Beaver
- Tags: Book: Movies And TV, #Import 2026-10-09 17:51

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*STORYSUBTITLE: Sept. 16, 2020*

STORYCONTEXT: Ralph Macchio, William Zabka, Courtney Henggeler; TV Series, 2018–23

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If you liked *The Karate Kid* movies, you’ll like this, too. The story resumes as a TV series. Thirty-five years have passed, but the fight isn’t over, nor the learning. This is how a sequel should be done. Build on the original, echo it, but cover new ground. I’m liking every minute of this. It’s funny, poignant, has surprising twists. Ralph Macchio is still a natural. The Johnny character grows on you. The relationship between these two is an interesting study in masculinity. There was something rare about the movie versions. Having all this revelation of what happened later, two seasons worth so far, getting to see that kid grown up, seeing that story pattern played out again but against new problems, more variations on the old theme, feels a little like a gift from above, like a comet returning that you assumed you would only get to see once. *\~ Sept. 16, 2020*