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Ralph Macchio, William Zabka, and Yuji Okumoto on the Final Season of ‘Cobra Kai’

Laura Sirikul

With the anticipated sixth season of Netflix’s Cobra Kai set to premiere Part 1 of their three-part final season, fans are curious about how their favorite characters’ journeys will end.

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‘Cobra Kai’ and Cultural Appropriation

Steven Barnes

by Steven Barnes | Originally posted on his website

Some time back, I watched a documentary about master Fumio Demura, one of the first to bring authentic Japanese karate (Shito-ryu) to the United States. I thought of him because he was Pat Morita’s stunt double for the Karate Kid movies.

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