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‘I was the original Karate Kid – 40 years later, my story comes full circle’

The end of Netflix spin-off Cobra Kai has finally arrived.

More than 40 years ago, the actor made his debut and soared to global stardom as Daniel LaRusso, a teenager who’s trained in martial arts by the wise Mr Miyagi (Pat Morita) after he’s tormented by bully Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka). Their characters’ relationship started out incredibly frosty to say the least (Picture: THA/Rex/Shutterstock)‘The last day of filming on Cobra Kai was Johnny Lawrence and Daniel LaRusso on the beach in California, running, playing together, jumping in the surf and hugging when they yelled cut,’ Ralph told us. The end of Cobra Kai is near… but the Karate Kid franchise is carrying on (Picture: Curtis Bonds Baker/Netflix)The comment from a user with the handle @YD-uq5fi in response to the trailer for the final episodes read: ‘I am 51 and never thought I would ever be counting down the days to a TV show at my age.

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