Cobra Kai season 6 ending explained: who wins, who dies, and does it set up Karate Kid: Legends?

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That's all, folks. Cobra Kai has thrown its last kick in anger and come to a definitive conclusion. But amid the melees, last-minute twists, and deaths,💟 you may be waiting for the dust to settle before taking stock of the season 6 endin🀅g.

For that, we're here to help. Below, we'll run you through a recap of not only what went down in the Sekai Taikai, but also its immediate aftermath. There are even answers to the biggest post-finale questions, including what this all means for its cast of Cobra Kai students, thဣe fate of the dojo, and the m🍒eaning behind that slightly out-of-left-field last scene. We'll even talk Karate Kid: Legends and how – if at all – the events of the upcoming movie starring Jackie Chan and Ralph Macchio are influenced by the Cobra Kai season 6 ending.

So put your headbands on and get on your gis: this is our guide to the Cobra Kai season 6 ending. It should go without saying, major spoilers follow.

Cobra Kai season 6 ending recap

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The Cobra Kai season 6 ending – structurally, at least – begins after the surprise 'defection' of Tory (Peyton List) and Miguel (Xolo Mariduena) to💫 Cobꦇra Kai for the Sekai Taikai.

In the first final match-up, Tory handily defeats the Iron Dragons' Zara to claw back some of the remai𒆙ning points needed for the dojo to win the tournament.

In the boys' final, Miguel starts badly against Axel and only begins to turn it around after a pep talk from Johnny. During the comeback, various lessons that he learned throughout the series comes into play. He sco🥃res the decisive blow after Axel, perhaps fighting back against his sensei Wolf, slightly hesitates.

However, that's not the end of the Sekai Taikai. Cobra Ka൲i and the Iron Dragons are level🌳 on points, which means a final tiebreaker between Johnny and Wolf.

Before the final showdown commences, Kreese (Martin Kove) finds Johnny and sa♐ys he is proud of him and s♛urpassed him as a teacher long ago. The two tearfully reconcile.

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Despite the looming match, Terry Silver (Thomas Ian Griffith) doesn't want to take any chances. With his reputation andꦚ legacy on the line, he orders the kidnapping of Johnny's wife and newborn child. But Kreese boards his yacht and foils his plans. In the ensuing fight, petrol leaks onto the deck. In one final desperate move, Kreese flings his cigar into the petrol and the yacht is engulfed in flames, killing them both.

After being intimidated by Wolf hꦫeading into the fight, Johnny starts off tentatively. It's only after some Cobra Kai-style rhetoric from Daniel (Ralph Macchio) does Johnny begin to find his mojo again. He eme𒁏rges triumphant, with Cobra Kai the toast of the karate world.

Several storylines are then wrapped up in a montage-of-sorts: Chozen reunites with Kim at her dojo in Korea; Robby and Tory are offered karate contracts on mega money; Sam heads to Okinawa for her year-long placement and Miguel travels with her to help ꦫher settle in; Johnny buys a new house for his family, and even Stingray gets a job at the new Cobra Kai teaching weekend lessons for beginners.

With a new generation of students waiting for some Cobra Kai discipline, Johnny announces that he will train them the Cobra Kai way – and also the way o✃f defense over at the Miyagi-do dojo.

In one final scene, Daniel and Johnny sit down for dinner. In a moment reminiscent of a Karate Kid scene with Mr. Miyagi, Daniel once again attempts to catch a fly with his chopsticks.ꦇ This time, though, there's no "beginner's luck" as Johnny squashes it flat with his hand.

, "I've had some really detailed conversations with the Cobra Kai team about just cool stuff that we can do in the movie and can make this whole thing feel holistic."

Despite that, there aren't too many plo💝t threads that c🏅ould continue on the big screen. As far as we know, Ralph Macchio's Daniel LaRusso will unite with Jackie Chan's Mr. Han to train a new student, Li Fong (Ben Wang). It also takes place three years after the events of Cobra Kai. Entwistle only teased that "the Han family and the Miyagi family are connected all the way back to the old times."

Right now, though, it's unclear if Cobra Kai sets up Karate Kid: Legends. The sixth season doesn't do much in that respect, so we imag🎃ine the upcoming movie will be a largely standalone affair with only some small 🍬nods to Cobra Kai's story.

What does the final scene mean?

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Aside from the cute meta cameo from creators Josh Heald and Hayden Schlossberg as they try to pitch each other the idea of an alternate take on the Ka𝐆rate Kid story, Cobra Kai ends with Johnny and Daniel baking bread – ꦉor perhaps dumplings – in a restaurant.

As they look ahead to the All-Valley, Daniel reminisces about a lesson Mr. Miyagi taught him about catching a fly with chopsticks. If he can do that, the karate master says, he can accomplish anything. In the scene from the film, Daniel catches it quickly &ndash🎃; something Miyagi laments as "beginner's luck".

Daniel attempts to do so again in the present-day, but Johnny returns from his bathroom trip and quickly sq🀅uishes the fly. The moral of the story? Same outcome, different methods. Johnny and Daniel's teach🌳ing styles may be very, very different, but they both stay true to the honorable history of karate.


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