Now that Cobra Kai is set to introduce the Iron Dragons, Yuji Okumoto tells us what fans can expect from the show’s “biggest threat”

When we last saw the cast off Cobra Kaias the show continued to work its way through a sixth and final seasonhad the young fighters and their trainers arrived at the Sekai Taikai, a global tournament expected to push each warrior to their limits. Considering the fact that Cobra Kai Season 6 is divided into three segments, this can be considered as Empire Strikes Back for the final season. And there is many questions remain after Cobra Kai Season 5, which we expect to be fixed. But first, there is a new threat about to enter the dojo. Get ready for The Iron Dragons.

Obviously the final scene in Cobra Kai Season 6 Episode 5 teased the return of John Kreese (Martin Kove) at the head of the Cobra Kai team. And then, on top of that, we learned that Tory (Peyton List) had fled to Kreese after she felt betrayed by her friends in Miyagi-Do. It will cause serious drama. However, we couldn’t help but notice when Netflix revealed Mortal Kombat star Lewis Tan joined the show he would lead a new team known as The Iron Dragons. And that made us curious.

Of course, California’s children from Miyagi-Do will face new fighting styles and fierce fighting techniques when they enter the ring of the global Sekai Taikai. During a Cobra Kai press day, but I asked Chozen actor Yuki Okumato what karate fans can expect from this new danger from the Iron Dragons. Okumoto knows a thing or two about getting inside The Karate Kid series as a villain. He made things very difficult for Ralph Macchio way back The Karate Kid: Part 2. And when asked about The Iron Dragons, Okumoto told CinemaBlend:

I will tell you this much. Iron Dragons are a fairly elite group of martial artists. And I think they pose the biggest threat to the whole tournament, (and) all the competitors. They come from a different mindset, I think, and they have a different level of competitiveness that nobody has ever seen before. So I think, as far as who they are, they are the best, and they will really push Miyagi-Do for sure. And hopefully we will prevail. We don’t know. But they are the toughest.

And then, maybe in one more nod the upcoming Evil Film which is about to hit theaters, Ralph Macchio chimed in with this perfect analogy for The Iron Dragons.

They create the “We’re not in Kansas anymore” (moment) for our children.

This is a big part of why I love Cobra Kai as much as I do. The show has relied on familiar storytelling clichés throughout its run. You can’t really call Cobra Kai unpredictable. So when you come to a global tournament like Sekai Taikai, there has to be a moment when the kids you’ve been following realize they’re in over their heads, skill-wise. It happens to Daniel (Macchio) in All-Valley in the original The Karate Kid. Again, we’re not reinventing the wheel.

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But in Cobra Kaiit matters because we care the people in the fights. We’ve become invested in Samantha (Mary Mouser), Miguel (Xolo Mariduena), Robby (Tanner Buchanan) and the young fighters. So we’ll be tuning in to see if and how they prevail.

The middle five episodes of Cobra Kai will be available on Friday, November 15th for those with a Netflix subscription. Then we expect the final season to end in 2025. Stay tuned!

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Now that Cobra Kai is set to introduce the Iron Dragons, Yuji Okumoto tells us what fans can expect from the show’s “biggest threat”

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