As the teacher of Cobra Kai founders Terry Silver and John Kreese, the Korean karate expert Kim Sun-Yung represents the origin of the dark and dangerous methods Johnny Lawrence spent the entirety ...

The heavy focus on kicks also makes sense because the karate style in Cobra Kai is influenced by Tang Soo Do, a Korean martial art similar to Taekwondo. Back in the 1980s, karate in the US started ...

That is until Alicia Hannah-Kim. In 2022, the Australian-Korean actor became the first female sensei in The Karate Kid universe after joining the fifth season of Netflix’s spin-off series Cobra Kai.