Cobra Kai season 6 part 3: Release date, trailer and latest news

Off the back of that traumatic event, the synopsis (courtesy of Netflix) teases that "Miyagi-Do and Cobra Kai must reckon with their pasts while facing an uncertain future both on and off the mat".

Indeed, co-showrunner Josh Heald has teased (via TVLine) that the tragic incident "throws the whole idea of competitive karate and the safety of that into question" and will be a major influence over the show's "endgame".

If you're eager to find out what Cobra Kai season 6 part 3 holds in store for the characters we've come to know so well, read on for everything we know about the final five episodes so far.

Cobra Kai season 6 part 3 release date

Cobra Kai season 6 part 3 will be available to stream on Netflix from Thursday 13th February 2025.

It means that the series will be all wrapped up prior to the release of soft reboot film Karate Kid: Legends on 30th May, which also stars Ralph Macchio as Daniel LaRusso, but takes place "after the events of Cobra Kai" (via ScreenRant).

Cobra Kai season 6 kicked off with part 1 on Thursday 18th July, followed by part 2 on Friday 15th November, with co-creator Hayden Schlossberg previously explaining the staggered release in an interview with RadioTimes.com.

He said: "As soon as we decided on 15 [episodes], the five-five-five split-up made sense to us because we do write in five-episode arcs… If you look at seasons 1-5, everything that's in the beginning of episode 1 or 2 comes to a head in episode 5, and things change for the second half of the season.

"And so we were used to writing towards a big mid-season finale. And we liked the idea for fans, also, because five episodes for this show is about three hours, so it's a good binge – whereas 15 episodes all at once is just impossible.

Schlossberg added: "So it gives fans a good binge spread out from now into 2025 – to keep the party going [and] satiate fans with new episodes."

Season 6 was confirmed to be the final season in an open letter to fans shared in January 2023, coming from co-creators Schlossberg, Josh Heald and Jon Hurwitz.

Hinting at future spin-offs and sequels, it teased: "The upcoming season six will mark the conclusion of Cobra Kai. While this may be a bittersweet day for the fandom, the Miyagiverse has never been stronger.

"This fandom is the BEST on the planet and we hope to be telling more Karate Kid stories with you down the line. Because, as we all know, Cobra Kai Never Dies."

Who is in the cast of Cobra Kai season 6?

Cobra Kai fans can expect the show's core cast to return, led by The Karate Kid actors Ralph Macchio (Daniel LaRusso) and William Zabka (Johnny Lawrence), as well as rising stars Xolo Maridueña (Miguel Diaz) and Peyton List (Tory Nichols).

The other students of Miyagi-Do are played by an ensemble of young talent, including Tanner Buchanan (Robby Keene), Mary Mouser (Samantha LaRusso), Jacob Bertrand (Hawk), Gianni DeCenzo (Demetri), Griffin Santopietro (Anthony), Dallas Dupree Young (Kenny, above) and Oona O’Brien (Devon).

The supporting cast of Cobra Kai season 6 also includes Martin Kove as the villainous John Kreese, Courtney Henggeler as Amanda LaRusso, Vanessa Rubio as Carmen Diaz, Yuji Okumoto as Chozen Toguchi and Alicia Hannah-Kim as Kim Da-Eun.

New additions for part 2 include Lewis Tan (Mortal Kombat) as the villainous Sensei Wolf, plus Patrick Luwis (Rebel Moon) and screen newcomer Rayna Vallandingham as challengers Axel Kovacevic and Zara Malik.

Cobra Kai season 6 part 2 also made headlines with a cameo from the late Pat Morita as his legendary character Mr Miyagi, which was made possible by cutting-edge technology also used in recent blockbusters like Alien: Romulus and The Flash.

On the surprise scene, co-creator Jon Hurwitz told Deadline: "Before season 6, we sat down with Ralph and discussed what he would love to see this final season. And the idea of him sharing screen time with Pat Morita again was something that he would love to find a way to make happen.

"If we were going to do this, we had to do it the right way by getting involved with [Morita's] estate and making sure they were comfortable with it. We also contacted one of Pat’s daughters with whom we have a relationship. Ralph spoke with her about the scene to ensure everyone was on board and felt good about what we were doing."

It seems likely that the appearance was a special one-off to pay tribute to the Karate Kid icon, but it's not impossible that another fleeting cameo could feature in the show's final hours.

Here's a referesher on the Cobra Kai cast heading into season 6 part 3:

• Ralph Macchio plays Daniel LaRusso
• William Zabka plays Johnny Lawrence
• Courtney Henggeler plays Amanda LaRusso
• Xolo Maridueña plays Miguel Diaz
• Tanner Buchanan plays Robby Keene
• Mary Mouser plays Samantha LaRusso
• Jacob Bertrand plays Eli 'Hawk' Moskowitz
• Gianni DeCenzo plays Demetri Alexopoulos
• Martin Kove plays John Kreese
• Peyton List plays Tory Nichols
• Vanessa Rubio plays Carmen Diaz
• Thomas Ian Griffith plays Terry Silver
• Yuji Okumoto plays Chozen Toguchi
• Dallas Dupree Young plays Kenny Payne
• Joe Seo plays Kyler Park
• Annalisa Cochrane plays Yasmine
• Bret Ernst plays Louie LaRusso Jr
• Griffin Santopietro plays Anthony LaRusso
• Rose Bianco plays Rosa Diaz
• Paul Walter Hauser plays Raymond 'Stingray' Porter
• Alicia Hannah-Kim plays Kim Da-eun

Cobra Kai season 6 plot: What will happen?

Season 6 part 2 introduced yet another formidable sensei in the form of Lewis Tan's Wolf, whose students from dojo Iron Dragons have given both Miyagi-Do and Cobra Kai a run for their money.

As chaos inevitably broke out during the Sekai Taikai, contender Kwon – one of Cobra Kai's most promising fighters – gets into a scrap with Iron Dragon student Axel, which ends with the former being impaled by his own knife.

Co-showrunner Josh Heald explained (via TV Line): "His death is a big moment and it should reverberate across the karate community. This was a televised event that went out across the world.

"The Sekai Taikai has finally come out of the shadows and is being broadcast as a major sporting event and this happens. It’s terrible and there’s a lot of people who are going to very likely place blame on themselves.

"It throws the whole idea of competitive karate and the safety of that into question, and whether or not anyone’s intentions, good, bad or otherwise, are to blame for what’s happened... it will deeply inform the endgame of the series."

The bladed weapon was smuggled into the competition by Cobra Kai founder John Kreese, who acquired it many years earlier from his own sensei Master Kim.

In an interview with Variety, Heald added: "The knife represents Kreese's last vestige of humanity. It's an inflection point — does it send him further down the spiral or does it create an opportunity for change?

"That’s a big question we want people to be chewing on at the end of these five episodes."

Previously, Cobra Kai co-creator Jon Hurwitz teased Kreese's full season 6 journey in an interview RadioTimes.com, and reflected on how much the character has developed over the course of the Netflix series.

He explained: "We'll see the path that John Kreese takes, but it's been a pleasure for us over the years to take that one-dimensional villain from the Karate Kid franchise – who was just evil – and give him some nuance.

"[To] understand this fraught father-son relationship that he has with Johnny, and get to know about his past, his history. That he wasn't always the man that we’ve seen in the Karate Kid films, and that we've seen over the course of the series.

Hurwitz added: "We start off this season with John Kreese in a very dark place – and we'll just have to watch the 15 episodes to see if he gets redeemed in the end."

On the interpersonal drama front, we'll no doubt see more ups and downs for the couples of Cobra Kai, with one lingering question being whether the relationship between Miguel and Samantha will survive their moves to university.

Mary Mouser told RadioTimes.com: "I just want them both to be happy really badly and I think they have the ability to make that happen either way.

"To make that happen together would be the harder path, maybe, just with life's complications along the way, but they've handled a lot of it really well – even when they've handled it badly, they've figured out the way back to each other."

She added: "My heart as a viewer would want them together."

Meanwhile, co-star Xolo Maridueña weighed in on the simmering rivalry between Miguel and Robby, whose fledgling friendship has been placed under considerable strain by the pressures of the Sekai Taikai.

He explained: "It really is, I think, the step-brother phase of Miguel and Robby. But at the same time, for a lot of the same reasons that I think Daniel and Johnny rely on each other, I feel like Robby and Miguel have a lot of great things to learn from each other."

Cobra Kai season 6 part 3 trailer

Yes! Check out the trailer for Cobra Kai season 6 part 3 below:

In addition, the streamer dropped a "sneak peek" from season 6 part 3 as part of their annual Next On Netflix event. You can find that promotional clip here too:

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