By Heder Ambriz
Season 4 of Cobra Kai is finally here, and even though the show is great, I personally felt like something else was missing. Cobra Kai reintroduces the idea of Miyagi-do and how important it is to Daniel LaRusso for him to continue the legacy of his masters onto his daughter, Samantha LaRusso. Viewers are reintroduced to one of Kreeses’s friends who he saved during the war and it turns out both Kreese and Silver started Cobra Kai to show that karate is not something to laugh about and was created for the sole purpose to show the world that fear does not exist. The Cobra Kai dojo revolves around the whole idea set on that “fear has no place,” and the students learn by that throughout the season. Furthermore, the season was great although I felt like the fighting scenes for Samantha were not quite it as opposed to the fighting scenes for Robby. Samantha’s fighting style was be based more on defense although, the acting could have been better by making the blocks from the hits not seem weak. Fortunately, the season brought background characters more into the scenes. For example, Demetri was not really focused on in previous seasons, but with the new season, he had character development where he became a prime fighter to win the tournament. Although some fighting scenes seemed weak, the overall suspension throughout the tournament would cancel out the fact that some hits were weak, but the outcome of the fight was a plot twist. Who knows what the next season has to bring, but surely the Miyagi-Do dojo will get their revenge, but who knows if they will team up with their past rival, ex Cobra Kai mentor, Johnny Lawrence.