Note: This list excludes "The Next Karate Kid" since "Cobra Kai" has yet to fully acknowledge ... get involved in what is essentially a karate gang war that gets out of control.

but how is the next Karate Kid film connected to Cobra Kai? Directed by Jonathan Entwistle and written by Rob Lieber, Karate Kid: Legends introduces a new young martial arts student, Li Fong (Ben ...

Johnny first appeared in the original The Karate Kid, where he faced Daniel in the Under-18s All Valley Tournament, fighting for the Cobra Kai dojo under his mentor Kreese (Martin Kove).

As you probably know by now, Ralph Macchio is in the main cast of Karate Kid: Legends along with Jackie Chan (Rush Hour). Even though the upcoming movie is not a direct sequel to Cobra Kai ...

You can't have "Cobra Kai" without "The Karate Kid" — of course, the Netflix drama is a spinoff of that fan-favorite film franchise, centered on the decades-long rivalry between original "Karate ...

Cobra Kai with its karate-obsessed valley and rogue's gallery of rivals is essentially an American live-action sports anime. The Karate Kid franchise has never been so popular thanks to Cobra Kai ...

and Hayden Schlossberg's Cobra Kai Season 6 Part 3 would be left out of today's "Next on Netflix 2025" celebration. With the Ralph Macchio and William Zabka-starring "Karate Kid" sequel series set ...

Then came the creative trio of Josh Heald, Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg, whose vision and unadulterated respect for The Karate Kid ultimately led Macchio and Zabka to climb aboard Cobra Kai.