- "I don't think there's much I could teach you right now anyway. Except maybe this... all that Miyagi-Do mumbo jumbo... that might score you points in a tournament. But now you're in the real world, kid, you might wanna learn to strike first."
- ―John Kreese to Robby Keene[src]
Miyagi-Do (episode) is the fifth episode of the third season of Cobra Kai.
Summary
In Okinawa, Daniel spends time with an old friend -- and an old enemy, who has much to teach him. The dueling dojos' rivalry comes to a nasty head.
Plot
The episode begins with flashbacks from The Karate Kid Part II, where Chozen Toguchi fought Daniel to the death, where Daniel won but of course spared the life of Chozen. Back in the present, Chozen appears at the bar with fear sparked in Daniel's eyes. Johnny heads to Miguel's apartment as he planned to do some training exercises to rehabilitate his legs but sees Miguel is doing physical therapy as he makes a mockery of his methods. Carmen convinces Johnny to trust the methods of a trained physical therapist and he agrees to wait for Miguel to finish. At the prison, Robby gets a visit from John Kreese, as he tells Robby about when he knew Johnny was the real deal in karate. Robby has no interest in the story as Kreese tries to recruit him to Cobra Kai unsuccesfully but gives him advice to strike first against Shawn and his cronies. Amanda and a much slimmer Anthony arrive unexpectedly at the Miyagi-Do dojo, Amanda disavows Sam and her Miyagi-Do friends doing karate again. Sam assures karate is not the problem.
Back in Okinawa with Kumiko and Chozen, Kumiko reveals she called Chozen, putting the fight to the death as a thing in the past and assures Chozen is a changed man. Kumiko leaves and tells Chozen to give Daniel a tour around the new Okinawa. Meanwhile Johnny has Miguel do non-traditional physical therapy work such as him dangling a swimsuit magazine above him that he has to stand up from his wheelchair to grab which was unsuccessful.
In Okinawa, Chozen goes with Daniel to the original Miyagi-Do dojo where Daniel finds a scroll containing the Miyagi-Do secret that Chozen inherited from the late Sato. Chozen reveals Mr Miyagi did not teach him everything he knew. In prison, Robby does research on Kreese and finds articles of Johnny and Daniel's All Valley wins before finding emails from Sam, where he tries to write back until Shawn pulls the plug on the computer. At Golf N Stuff, Hawk and his Cobra Kai friends steal tickets from people and then steal prizes from the prize booth Chris is working at. Chris texts Sam about this and informs him she is on her way. Johnny sets a fire under Miguel's foot to try to make him stand up but is once again unsuccessful.
At the dojo, Chozen and Daniel spar Miyagi-Do style with Chozen performing far superiorly, proving Daniel has not learned all of the Miyagi-Do lessons. He tells Daniel the story of how Miyagi-Do had scenarios where they had no choice but to kill when they had to fight against Chinese invaders. Chozen teaches Daniel the Miyagi-Do teaching of pressure points, that could incapacitate their opponent's joints, saying defense takes on many forms. Johnny tries to look up physically therapy drills until he sees Carmen outside crying about how Miguel is right now. Sam and her Miyagi-Do friends arrive at Golf N Stuff and aim for revenge against Cobra Kai. At the prison, Robby takes Kreese's advice and kicks Shawn in the face, and brawls with him after easily taking down Shawn's two friends, Robby has the clear upper hand on Shawn until the guards break up the fight. Concurrently, Miyagi-Do has the upper hand on Cobra Kai until Tory arrives and Sam suffers a panic attack, leading to Chris getting beat up by Mitch and another Cobra Kai and Hawk gets Demetri in a position to break his arm where he breaks it traumatizing Sam.
Daniel and Chozen now with much mutual respect between them, say their farewells and gives Daniel a scroll as a souvenir. Johnny takes Miguel to a Dee Snider concert, convincing the guard it's #1 on his bucket list, where they have a blast and Miguel gets his foot moving to the music exciting Johnny and himself. At the hospital, Amanda finds Sam in tears as she informs her mother Demetri's arm is broken. At the prison, Shawn doesn't rat out Robby to the guards telling him he's no snitch as the two find respect for each other.
Before Daniel leaves, he sees Kumiko and reintroduces him to Yuna, the girl he saved from a typhoon in The Karate Kid Part II. Yuna reveals she is the Senior Vice President of Sales at Doyona International and she assures him that LaRusso Auto will be saved. After hearing about Cobra Kai's attack on Demetri, Amanda confronts Kreese at the Cobra Kai dojo telling him to stop the attacks on other kids as she slaps him before she leaves. Johnny goes home and goes on his FaceBook to see his photos with Miguel at the concert and finally sees Ali's friend request that she sent in No Mercy, much to his content.
Trivia/Episode Discussion
- Yuna, the woman who is Kumiko's friend, turns out to be the young child that Daniel rescued from the electrical post during the typhoon from The Karate Kid Part II (with help from Sato).
- As with Ace Degenerate the opening flashback has been completely re-edited and contains footage not seen in The Karate Kid Part II.
