Karate Kid: Legends
Karate Kid : Legendsstarts a fresh chapter inThe Karate Kidmovie saga , but how is the nextKarate Kidfilm connect toCobra Kai ? Directed by Jonathan Entwistle and written by Rob Lieber , Karate Kid : Legendsintroduces a fresh young soldierlike humanities educatee , Li Fong ( Ben Wang ) . Li is tutored byMr . Han ( Jackie Chan ) , who returns as the sensei from 2010’sThe Karate Kid . Karate Kid : Legends ' big attraction is the income tax return of Daniel LaRusso ( Ralph Macchio ) , who join Mr. Han in rail Li .
Karate Kid : Legendsis the sixthKarate Kidmovieand the first unexampled film sinceCobra Kaibecame a world-wide sensation on Netflix . About to wrap up its sixth and final season in February 2025,Cobra Kaisignificantly expandedThe Karate Kiduniverse , draw inspiration from the 1980s movies asterisk Ralph Macchio ’s Daniel - san and Noriyuki " Pat " Morita ’s Mr. Miyagi while introduce a whole newcast of youngCobra KaiandKarate Kidheroes . Karate Kid : Legendswill straightaway connect withCobra Kai , merging the offshootKarate Kidfilms led by Jackie Chan with the great ' Miyagiverse . '
Karate Kid: Legends Does Exist In The Same Universe As Cobra Kai
“Two Branches, One Tree.”
Karate Kid : Legendswill directly connect withCobra Kaiby teaming up Daniel LaRusso and Mr. Han . In consequence , Karate Kid : Legendswill commingle the entireKarate Kidfranchise , which comprises the first fourKarate Kidmovies that centered on Mr. Miyagi , 2010’sThe Karate Kidmovie starring Jackie Chan , and the six season ofCobra Kaiinto one shared universe . The connections even go deeper asKarate youngster : Legendswill link up the history of Mr. Han ’s kung fu with the establishedlegacy of Mr. Miyagi ’s Miyagi - Do karate , andconfirm that Mr. Han and Mr. Miyagi once eff each other .
Cobra Kai season 6 sees the primary gang head to Barcelona for the Sekai Taikai , where they face off against a raw bunch of combatant ( & their actors ) .
BeforeKarate Kyd : Legends,2010’sThe Karate Kidreboot asterisk Jackie Chanand Jaden Smith was take a separate timeline . This was due to right issue , although Will Smith is listed as a producer ofCobra Kaidespite never appearing in Netflix ’s serial because he was a manufacturer of 2010’sThe Karate Kid . However , Karate Kid : Legendsunifies the entire franchise so that every movie andCobra Kaiare now part of the overallKarate Kidtimeline . Karate Kid : fable ' tagline,“Two branches , one tree"can also symbolize how allKarate Kidmovies andCobra Kaiare part of the same tree diagram .
Karate Kid: Legends Takes Place After Cobra Kai Season 6
How Much Of A Time Jump Remains To Be Seen
Karate Kid : Legendstakes place an undetermined amount of metre afterCobra Kaiseason 6.Cobra Kai ’s timeline is years behind the genuine world’swithCobra Kaiseason 6 , part 2’sSekai Taikai tournamenthappening in April 2020 . IfKarate Kid : Legendsis set in the present day of 2024 or 2025 , then years will have blow over for Daniel sinceCobra Kai ended , and his two children , Samantha ( Mary Mouser ) and Anthony ( Griffin Santopietro ) are out of college . The state of the Cobra Kai and Miyagi - Do dojos will be reveal whenCobra Kaiseason 6 ends .
The Karate Kid & Cobra Kai Timeline
age In Universe
age In Real World
The Karate shaver
1984
The Karate Kid Part II
1985
1986
The Karate Kid Part III
1989
The Next Karate Kid
1994
The Karate Kid ( 2010 )
2010
Cobra Kai
2017 - 2020 ( or TBD )
2018 - 2025
TBD
2025
A present day setting would also mean roughly 15 eld will have passed since 2010’sThe Karate Kid , when Mr. Han trained Dre Parker ( Jaden Smith ) in Beijing . Since that time , Mr. Han has move to the United States asKarate Kid : Legendstakes place in New York City . Karate Kid : fable ' trailer shows Mr. Han traveling to Southern California to find Daniel LaRusso at Mr. Miyagi ’s dwelling house in the San Fernando Valley . estimate from the glimpses of Miyagi ’s house , which was also the Miyagi - Do dojo inCobra Kai , it may have been years since students trained there afterCobra Kai ’s close .
Which Cobra Kai Characters Return In Karate Kid: Legends
Karate Kid: Legends Keeps The Movie Franchise Largely Separate
Ralph Macchio as Daniel LaRusso is the only confirmedCobra Kaicharacter returning inKarate Kid : Legends . While it ’s possible there could be mentions of otherCobra Kaicharacters like Johnny Lawrence ( William Zabka ) , Daniel ’s married woman , Amanda ( Courtney Henggeler ) , or the LaRusso children , only Daniel - san is have it off to come out inKarate tike : Legends . Daniel is all important as the main character for the first threeKarate Kidmovies(and as one ofCobra Kai ’s principal ) to mix his side of theKarate Kidfranchise with Mr. Han ’s films .
Daniel LaRusso is the torchbearer of Mr. Miyagi ’s bequest , and he ’s the most widely knownKarate Kidmovie hero .
While Mr. Miyagi wo n’t appear in individual , Daniel - san ’s beloved sensei is unquestionably mentioned and part ofKarate tiddler : Legendsin spirit . Mr. Miyagi ’s portrait and one of his Miyagi - Do headbands are part ofKarate shaver : legend . At this point inThe Karate Kidtimeline , Daniel - san will have worked through hisfears about Mr. Miyagi inCobra Kaiseason 6 . WhileCobra Kaifans will miss their many favorite characters , Karate Kid : Legendsis a Modern and different side of the franchise , and Daniel is link to the overallKarate Kidsaga .
Karate Kid: Legends Continues Making Karate Kid’s Movie Universe Bigger
New York Is A New Setting For The Karate Kid
1984’sThe Karate Kidwas localise in the San Fernando Valley , but the franchise opened up start withThe Karate Kid Part II , which took Daniel - san to Mr. Miyagi ’s habitation in Okinawa . Miyagi traveled to Boston to encounter Julie Pierce ( Hilary Swank ) in 1994’sThe Next Karate Kid , whileThe Karate Kid(2010 ) took the enfranchisement to Beijing , China . Cobra Kaihas also break out of its own San Fernando Valley trappings to travel to Mexico , Vietnam for John Kreese ’s ( Martin Kove ) line flashbacks , South Korea , and Barcelona , Spain for the Sekai Taikai .
Karate Kid : Legendsis poised to growThe Karate Kidsaga by connecting to the past movies andCobra Kaiso that it ’s all one copious , share karate universe .
Karate Kid : Legends’New York City place setting is an exciting new resort area for the saga ’s brand of teen karate , andLi Fong is the first young Asiatic hero to be the pencil lead of aKarate Kidmovie . Karate Kid : Legendswill also link up Mr. Han ’s kung fu with Miyagi - Do , revealing that Mr. Miyagi ’s ancestor learned derive karate from the kung fu of Mr. Han ’s ancestor , as Mr. Miyagi explicate to Daniel - san inThe Karate Kid Part II.Karate child : Legendsis poised to growThe Karate Kidsaga by connecting to the retiring flick andCobra Kaiso that it ’s all one rich , shared karate universe .
