The Tragedy of Kwon Jae-Sung - Character Analysis/Theory

[@StryfetheWarrior]

Who will face consequences for the Sekai Taikai brawl?

[@Cactuscooler26]

Krease

[@TheGOAT161]

The Russian sensei who started the brawl by attacking Gunther and Kreese for bringing the knife. Assault and negligent manslaughter charges will be filed.

[@Oscar-z3d]

Definitely Kreese but I can also see Sensei Wolf being brought to be questioned since Axel has to stand up for his actions of defending himself and may bring up drama about his abuse with his sensei.

[@AlzaidUsman]

​@@Cactuscooler26 yea I agree I can even explain why it's kreese fault

[@zeeunveil1324]

Kreese

[@josiahwillis1680k]

Brandon H. Lee made me a fan, the acting portrayal of Kwon was dope in spite of the fact he didn’t have more screen time in Cobra Kai season 6 he gave us a memorable performance, a character who was brash yet insecure, outspoken yet doubtful, angry yet vulnerable, Kreese taught Cobra Kai strike first, strike hard, no mercy, because of those principles instilled and him forgetting the eunjangdo silver knife it lead to Kwon’s downfall and shocking demise btw Stryfe this was another great character analysis on your part too bro, also as you were talking I couldn’t help but think Apollo Creed did the exact same thing when he faced Ivan Drago in Rocky III

[@AdityaKapur96]

The main problem with Kreese is his hypocrisy. He claims to follow the idea of treating life as a war, and treats himself as a commander but he rarely gets down to fight himself, he looks for people or in this case teens to fight for him. Since the Karate Kid part I till Cobra Kai season 6, whenever he fights his opponents one on one, he never wins on sheer skill or power, either he looses the fight or someone comes to help him. He can only do surprise attacks. He never was a warrior and that is why he cannot teach that honor to anyone.

[@KVirtueofficial]

To be fair to Kreese (this is the only time Kreese and fair have ever been in one sentence) Kreese views himself as a commander like u said And commanders do not fight they come up with strategies and such (correct me if I'm wrong IK very little about the various responsibilities of different ranked soldiers) Also kreese did win a fight against that other soldier above the snake pit

[@AdityaKapur96]

@ well i am also not completely sure about the responsibility or hierarchy of military but i think even commanders get down to fight if there’s a situation like this, but what i’ve noticed is that Kreese never really does that instead he either hurts his students or just uses manipulative tactics like he bad mouthing Amanda when she confronts him in the dojo and provokes her to slap him and then files a restraining order

[@DarrylDavis-z9y]

Kreese been using and training his students like soldiers since the 80’s Johnny Dutch Bobby Tommy and jimmy all fell victim to his programming

[@srami004]

One helluva way to put it

[@shazaalala28]

i mean, kreese absolutely does try to do stuff himself. he tried to kill silver just this season. did you forget?

[@SirBoggins]

Kwon is basically Daniel LaRusso without a wise master like Miyagi. Kreese's "No Mercy" attitude warped his psyche which was also already corrupted under Kim Sun-Yung and his granddaughter. His motto, "How do we defeat an opponent with heart?..By becoming heartless," is the foreshadowing of Kwon literally stabbing himself in his heart.

[@zeeunveil1324]

Bro that was beautiful lol

[@thebullseye8524]

He has the arrogances of johnny, the aggressiveness of mike, the blood lust of chozen

[@SirBoggins]

@thebullseye8524 Alongside the cunning of Silver, the cruelty of Kreese and the prowess of Dae-Eun.

[@SirBoggins]

@zeeunveil1324 Thank you!

[@thebullseye8524]

@@SirBoggins he also is a fast learner like miguel, the rebellious, disrespectful nature of pre karate robby and the ruthlessness of cobra kai hawk

[@williams3552]

Kwon is basically Chozen, and would have changed with the correct mentor. The knife symbolized Kreese, and how his methods were like poison to Kwon, sadly, the correct mentor, Larusso, could not reach Kwon in time.

[@dannymagdaleno4039]

brandon who plays kwon acted so dam well man the clip where he falls on the knife even tho the clip was muted i still heard his haunting scream its scary

[@bawi7]

exactly

[@diamondinthesky4771]

It's very poetic how the student who embodied the teachings of Cobra Kai more than any had before, was killed by the most prized weapon of the dojang's founder (Kim Sung Yung), then owned by the current sensei (Kreese). Let alone the fact Kreese told him to be heartless and bro ended up stabbing himself in the heart.

[@xxwales15xx33]

Gotta be Kreese " The fight is only over, when you say it is over". His teachings have finally gotten somebody killed

[@Mr.MilkChocolate]

I feel bad for Tory because she witnessed two deaths within like a week span.

[@scxiao]

Damn good point, never thought of that

[@Oscar-z3d]

What about his parents? They witnessed his own kid dying on live tv.

[@jsi1738ohio]

@@Oscar-z3dwho, kwon?

[@reina2081]

@@Oscar-z3d I'm pretty sure Kwon was an orphan

[@target9180]

Kwon weakness is cockiness and arrogance once his opponent dominates him he will lose easily Like axel dominated him thats the reason he died bcz he doesn't fight smart once rage consumes

[@Jokuthesaiyangod]

I'm tired of people saying axel He didn't do it

[@Mr.MilkChocolate]

We can only blame Kreese for bringing the knife, and Kwon for grabbing it.

[@juanrodriguez5404]

Yeah right he lost that knife during the chaos of the brawl. It was fate 😞

[@richardsapingo1828]

Kreese... Gather the dragonballs. We need to bring Kwon back.

[@juanrodriguez5404]

This comment made my day 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@itzzrahim]

They should’ve made Kwon the same level as Axel, he had so much potential

[@T_money808]

Doesn’t even have to be same level could be a little below but still enough to be a “threat” to Miyagi Do, I absolutely despised how they built him up to have him lose to everybody and get toyed by Robby. Should’ve been a hard fought battle with Robby edging the win because Kwon was never gonna win that. Even having Kwon injure someone in Miyagi Do, so many things they could’ve done

[@captainzero4768]

@@T_money808 I mean he didn't loose to everyone just Robby and Axel

[@nxvxa]

@@T_money808 I mean Kwon was getting angy and spamming them 540s in the air, got Robby looking for a map 💀

[@jayvlogz1755]

@@T_money808thank you cause honestly what was the purpose bro was brought in to get tagged up

[@Oscar-z3d]

I feel like there are two sides of the same coin of handling the enemy, first Kwon gets introduced and met his demise. NOW Axel gets abused and goes after the prize.

[@MrEnergee1987]

Kwon is a mix of KK2 Chozen and S1 Kyler

[@DBZ_AnimeWORLD]

Why was he so upset when Kwon had another chance to win the tournament, and he was winning pretty easily the second time. Can’t believe they killed off the one interesting character in the show😭😭😭😭😭

[@ZjemCiWontrobe]

Star Wars 2050: Have you ever heard the tragedy of Kwon Jae-Sung?

[@shwheat6315]

Kwon has himself to blame plus according to the Season 6 Part 3 leaks there were scenes of Kwon's ghost haunting Kreese MAster KIm Da EUn and the other miyagi do students

[@cky7765]

Oh shit

[@Brandonweifu]

No,the adults who should have guided him on a better path take a good chunk of the blame

[@BumblebeeTuna8]

​@@BrandonweifuDaniel and Johnny are also at fault for involving their Kids and other Teens in their Rivalry to begin with having them fight their Battles for them.

[@Brandonweifu]

@@BumblebeeTuna8 yea

[@PrincessSerene]

It really is a shame that for their last season ever, they decided to waste precious time going over what happened between Kenny and Devon, just for it to be resolved by a simple, "It's okay." It was just such a useless situation that ended in a very useless way. They also wasted too much time on Dimitri being mad at Hawk for not applying for MIT. It was just so stupid and immature. At one point, I kept asking why Dimitri was even there. He never was a useful character, and if anything, he was just annoying. It should have been Kenny over Dimitri if they wanted Devon to be there so badly. It was just not the best way to go about their last season.

[@cawse3429]

I fully agree with kenny being there instead of dimitri, but I think the point of cobra kai is to show their human side; these guys are literally kids, being trained by (in some cases) nut jobs, seeing them squabble over little things makes the show more realistic, along with kenny being able to forgive devon because i'm sure he already feels like a punishment was given - ik it was to anthony but once they made up, kenny had gotten rid of his anger about the situation making it easier to forgive devon

[@anti_riot]

I mean we still got 5 episodes left, there's a lot of time for things to be tied up and an ending to be made

[@jasongotcello]

Despite me hating Kwon's guts every second of his screentime, it was still heartbreaking to see him die like that

[@thefirespecialist9007]

Imagine what Johnny would do if Both Robby and Miguel died in the Brawl, and then Carmen, The Unborn baby, and Yaya Rosa all died same night.

[@WandileNtuli-g5r]

HEY MAN LOVE THE CONTENT AND THE TYPES OF PICTURES YOU DESCRIBE THE FIGHTER EXAMPLE KWON IS DANGEROUS AND YOU PUT A COBRA KAI NEXT TO HIM LOVE IT MAN KEEP IT UP PLEASE

[@srami004]

Can’t help, but compare the Axel and Quan moment to Anakin and Obi-Wan. As Obi-Wan stated that he had the high ground, and Anakin a.k.a. Darth Vader went on to make a strike. Look what happened as result. He left himself open

[@freddiegalvan4168]

While Vader lived, one wonders...did he actually? As in 20-30 years in a full body mobile Iron lung essentially. Anakin only got to live again in his final mortal hours, and afterwards, as part of the collective Force.

[@Scorch1028]

Kwon was beyond redemption, similar to Dutch and Dennis. Kwon was a loose cannon who was bound to end up incarcerated unless he was killed first, because of his warped, angry, misanthropic disposition.

[@sethcashman1011]

Agreed. He was possibly beyond help. That said, I felt the same way about Chozen in KK2 and look what happened with him.

[@dragonfire4527]

​​@@sethcashman1011The big difference is that Chozen was taught the values of honor and was helped by his uncle Sato. As for Kwon, he was taught to show no honor and no mercy to anyone and would achieve anything to win including using dishonorable tactics. Even back then Chozen had a sense of honor (albeit twisted) while Kwon had no honor whatsoever.

[@openingshift7070]

@@dragonfire4527And the reason is what you just said. He didn’t have the right mentors to lead him to a different path. Remember, even Mike Barnes hated Daniel and wanted to hurt/kill him and he didn’t find the right mentor until after he was banned from karate

[@stefanss-q7m]

Keeese is partly responsible since it was his knife

[@BumblebeeTuna8]

The Thing is the Knife wasn't necessary because Kwon had Axel set up almost perfectly for a knock out. If Kwons Left Leg wouldn't have gotten caught by Axels Sweep then he would've landed that Kick on Axels Head knocking out Axel.

[@target9180]

Kwon should have more screentime in part 1 but they didn't they focus on stupid devon and kenny like background characters who has nothing add to in the story

[@BumblebeeTuna8]

Agreed and Demetri also.

[@blakeaskew7086]

What was Kwon gonna do with this extra screen time throw eggs at Robby? You give a character too much screen time for no reason then he’ll be boring Kwon did his job as a character and he died Kenny and Devon’s moment may have been rushed because they have shit to do and they also know how to get the hell over things

[@Swavae]

Kenney is actually good tho

[@Optimusprimeisachad]

Kenny was good but Devon yeah I agree with you on that they should at least give kwon a backstory and more development

[@dcrawley507]

K'won is very similar to how Vegeta was in the early arcs of DBZ especially after he became super saiyan for the first time

[@Kennyisdarkvanilla]

What’s crazy is today I was thinking the actor Brandon Lee would make a great live action Vegeta.

[@Swavae]

​@@Kennyisdarkvanillaisn't Kwon like taller then Vegeta tho

[@Kennyisdarkvanilla]

@@Swavae so, its not like live action Wolverine is comic accurate. We can get a not size accurate Vegeta lol

[@Swavae]

@@Kennyisdarkvanilla that's true

[@ericklopez-castro3500]

Kwon remind me of young Chozen being arrogant and cocky not only that Chozen wanted to die but he end up living and Kwon wanted to live but he end up dying.

[@jrlikeshockeyandmetal]

Kwon was my favorite new character bro😢

[@chrusbruh6922]

man I still hate that Kwon died. literally their dojang was training “the viper attack” suppose to penetrate the most advanced of defense, I feel like if anyone could’ve gone through axel it should’ve been him. honestly they should’ve done the death differently if they wanted one , it should’ve showed how much more skilled they were , not saying axel is an easy opponent by any means , but he’s literally exactly what they were training for . if anything I feel like axel should’ve died , but I also get how Kwon dying isn’t shock value and will affect the other fighters , like axel will prolly hold back now bc he thinks he’s responsible. but still rip the homie Kwon 😔 should’ve never been you

[@FreeFlowFireF3]

Almost every time throughout the cobra kai plotline, kreese was responsible for turning key people into villains and this has been a pattern I've been noticing. In S3, he brought out the worst in Tory and Hawk, S4 be brought back Silver in and kept pressing his trauma button to bring the psycho back, and now in S6 he brought out the worst in Kwon, only this one is very tragic as Kwon ends up killing himself with Kreese's knife (which he brought into the tournament and had it out with him during the brawl). Kreese was at the center of almost all of these, a lot of characters need to watch their backs when dealing with him.

[@bigbiggsreaction5349]

Man I love this character I wish he could come back for season 7

[@mafiagrim]

What season 7?

[@AnilSubhrai]

Great analysis man. Can you please do a video on Sam & how she can gain the closure she needs?

[@blakeaskew7086]

4:33 this shows Kreese sees his students for what they can do for him, he says what he wants them to hear but ready to throw them away for a better option In season 2 he would mentor Hawk and eventually he fully took the dojo and Hawk was under his influence then when he got a hold of Robby it’s like Hawk was just not there he was more focused on Robby

[@HxHwillReturn]

The cobra kai team will probably be severely criticized for their student using a knife to kill a contender. Their reputation will likely suffer.

[@rexydruk]

Can't believe what happened to him .. i swear i had nightmares after watching that scene

[@frankcarlone5130]

Calling the Robbie vs Axel fight in part three a "rematch", is a little bit of a distortion. Technically, it's a CONTINUATION of the match that was never completed. Sorry I'm nitpicking here.

[@StryfetheWarrior]

Yes, but the match is more likely done as a redo, since it was never finished... as in a rematch. ;)

[@katiematkowski7478]

1,000th like. Glad to be that mark for the character

[@timgersh6787]

Ya Kreese broke out of an American prison

[@bestfriendof3021]

I’ve got a question can you make a playlist of the cobra Kai analysis videos

[@jayvlogz1755]

I loved Kwons character not only because Brandon H Lee portrayal was amazing but I also related to certain aspects of his character, Kwon was realistically young chozen the parallel is clear as day, Chozen was able to be reasoned with before and after challenging Daniel to a duel with also Mr miyagi, Sato and other people near watching having all the attention on them, in Kwons case the only thing that could’ve prevented this which we see is Daniel trying to reach kwon before he charged in to fight Axel again in the middle of the brawl something so chaotic you wouldn’t even pick up on Kwon grabbing the knife if u we’re not fighting or focused in that direction, The sad reality is not everyone can be saved and I think Daniel has to learn that too, Kwon wasn’t an entirely horrible person, just misguided, used as a pawn for someone else’s gain, and that’s the another part of reality we can’t escape Kwons fate was truly unfortunate but fate is fate and if Daniel wasn’t meant to reach Kwon he wasn’t meant to

[@AlzaidUsman]

For im blaming kreese

[@kairasendo1175]

I think the main reason Kwon lost is because of his over reliance on his fancy spins and kicks. Almost every time he went up against anyone we actually were introduced to, they tended to dodge or block his attacks because of how easy it became to see them coming. Against Robby if he'd just stopped with the theatrics and just fought seriously, he probably could've won, not saying WOULDVE but COULDVE. Against Axel, he had no chance, his fighting style was too all around and Kwon's was pretty one note.

[@nxvxa]

tbf them spin kicks had robby looking more lost than a protagonist in a horror movie

[@kairasendo1175]

@ Spins like that ARE usually a distraction tactic and to confuse the opponent as to which leg will strike.

[@nxvxa]

@@kairasendo1175 yeah

[@prhmusic]

Major bonus points for the KA reference 6:08!!❤

[@pepito2847]

4:25-4:38 That’s a VERY good point The fact that the most Kreese did for Tory this season was tell her to play nice instead of giving her more productive advice on how to be a team player and also focused more on harnessing Kwon’s already sinister and ruthless nature Shows how ignorant and self serving Big John really was Still, even though I believe “No such things as bad student only bad teacher” will always have a level of validity Kwon still honestly went to a low that no other teen went to Kwon was easily the most irredeemable teen in the franchise even if you could argue that him dying is the reason why we will never see if he could ever be redeemed

[@crowwithinternetservice]

He wasn't irredeemable. The antagonists of each Karate Kid film almost killed Daniel at some point. Chozen was arguably just as bad as he held a knife towards Kumiko's neck and threatened to do other things.

[@pepito2847]

@ Fair Like I said, he could have changed my mind of he didn’t act recklessly, leading to his death

[@pepito2847]

@@crowwithinternetservice Also, while teen Chozen was indeed bad He at the very least you could see where his anger and hatred came from, with it being fueled by his own uncle/mentor’s anger and hatred Kwon isn’t shown to have had that kind of influence/life From what we’ve seen, his life hasn’t been any harder than the other korean students like Yoon

[@crowwithinternetservice]

@pepito2847 You claim he doesn't have that source / influence while his Senseis are literally the founders of the No Mercy philosophy. Kim Sun Yung who is probably the most evil character introduced along with Kreese. We can assume he's been training just as long as Yoon has, likely his whole life. You don't think a lifetime with those kinds of people will shape you to be a little unhinged? If anything Kwon has more justification to act that way compared to anyone else lmao.

[@pepito2847]

@ But again Kwon wasn’t the only student that had to go through those corrupt teachings and philosophies, his teammates also did Do you see them picking up knives and cowardly trying to use it?! No Now maybe “irredeemable” wasn’t the right word for me to use since Kwon didn’t get the chance to show potential for being redeemed So let me rephrase Kwon had the least redeeming QUALITIES of the teens in the franchise

[@KTSpeedruns]

Some people say it's Eve's fault for eating an apple several years prior.

[@konraddygudaj257]

What happened to him at the end scared me.

[@BloodWolfy]

Brah, it can't be just me laughing when this guy stabed himself xD

[@EditNation-ls8pv]

Just u bro

[@BloodWolfy]

@EditNation-ls8pv yikers

[@Jspnj85]

Pretty good take

[@robzreelz]

You shouldn't title the video that, you're spoiling Kwon dying before people even click on the video.

[@MrReganomics1]

I still don't think Kwon died, redemption is the overarching theme of Cobra Kai.. I think he is gravely injured and it becomes the catalyst to mass redemption, for Dae-Un , Kreese, and Kwon. And the series ends with Cobra Kai led by Johnny backed by the redeemed villains and respected by his arch enemy Daniel LaRusso..

[@deonhill2958]

Ye

[@kenroycherrington148]

@StryfetheWarrior Kwon was gifted but asinine but morally (Legally as well) Kreese is liable: Why bring a knife at the tournament?

[@BumblebeeTuna8]

It's one thing to bring it on Vacation it's another Thing to bring it around Kids especially at an Arena during a Kids Competition.

[@juanrodriguez5404]

And yet they allow weapons in the tournament 😂😂😂😂😂.

[@kenroycherrington148]

@@juanrodriguez5404 Still.....Kreese can still be in hot water

[@juanrodriguez5404]

@@kenroycherrington148 yeah good luck with that 😂

[@theturbanator1]

Kreese pushed him on and told him to be heartless, Kwon did that. His cockiness, overconfidence and arrogance got him killed

[@Justin-l8r1v]

I can’t wait for Axel

[@mysticranger6894]

All this doesnt happen if johnny never restarted cobra kai. Johnnny is the real villain! (Play on daniel is real bully)

[@jwilliams7554]

Daniel is the one who enabled Johnny to restart cobra Kai. At first Johnny was just going to teach Miguel karate

[@michaelconsole9755]

I really hope that it was just Daniel illusion but will see in part 3

[@isshintheglocksaintPlotagon]

Kwon was basically Chozen but trained under Kreese

[@jason666king]

My favorite character of season 6

[@sadcrab69]

They kill kwon because the need to mentally break axel

[@StryfetheWarrior]

We don't know that for sure yet.

[@AaronS4]

Thats kwon fault for even taking it in the first place. What if that didn't happen and he killed Axel on live TV?

[@StryfetheWarrior]

It's both Kwon and Kreese's fault. The eunjangdo would've never come into play if Kreese never brought it with him.

[@AaronS4]

@StryfetheWarrior yeah it was pretty stupid of Kresse for putting it behind his back. Make me wonder why and the reason and it's plot Necessity for the outside universe Exposition.

[@xeaq9]

Bro packed himself 🤦‍♂️

[@timtimmonsmusic]

Axel wins...FATALITY!..

[@arcanewarrior863]

I’m sorry but kwon is a definite sociopath. Shows no empathy through the series, has zero impulse control, literally attempts to kill someone in a fight he started. You can’t even blame his teachers as not even they could control him. Kreese just gave him permission to be a full on sociopath, allowing him to attack his own team (even though he in past seasons has told students the important of brotherhood and tribalism). This isn’t a no bad students only bad teachers situation, this was a kid who was clearly born evil, and honestly his death isn’t a tragedy in the slightest.

[@chrisbach1533]

Imo Kwon got what he deserved. He was an uncontrolable psychopath and wanted to kill Robby as revenge for losing to him. He would have killed Sam and Tory too if they tried to stop him when he was stomping on Robby, and he wanted to kill Axel too since he knew he cant beat him in a normal fight, so he took the knife. Axel was basically the "hero" (even if he isnt a hero) for all of them. In the end he protected many people from a guy who was out of control and ready to kill. And maybe all of this is a hint what did happen in Miyagi s case back in the day. Back then: Miyagi vs Claramunt: Death Today: Kovacevic vs Kwon: Death Maybe Miyagi's opponent Claramunt was like Kwon, that he freaked out and was a danger for others. Miyagi always said karate is to "defend yourself and protecting otehrs", and maybe he did this there. He defended himself and protected others from a raging pyscho like Kwon was, and his name was Claramunt. About 7:40: Yes I think Kwon s kick hit Axel a bit in the stomach, it was a mixture of block and hit. But like we saw against Yoon, these kind of kicks dont hurt him. He winced a bit but wasnt hurt by it and ready to continiue. About Kreese: I think he and Silver learned their lesson now. This Cobra Kai no mercy BS leads to the death at some point. They both looked so shocked. Wolff wasnt there, seems it didnt touch him at all.

[@mafiagrim]

no kid deserves death at the end of the day kwon is a misguided teenager Tory and chosen where psychopaths aswell and do you wish death on them aswell?

[@chrisbach1533]

@@mafiagrim I never felt Tory and Chozen were like Kwon. Even when Tory went after Sam with the spiked bracelet or nunchaku, I never had the feeling for one second she really wanted to kill her, only hurt her very much. And when Sam took the bo, it was weapon vs weapon. And even if Chozen fought Daniel to the death, he didnt take a knife to do it. Kwon fought against an unarmed Axel, and he took the knife and went after him to kill him. Kwon was imo much more a psycho like Tory and Chozen. But of course you dont have to agree. The point is if you take a knife with the intention to kill someone, expect you can die. And thats what did happen to him.

[@mafiagrim]

@ Tory was gonna punch Sam’s throat with the bracelet if that’s not attempted murder idk what is

[@chrisbach1533]

@@mafiagrim No she didnt. The fight is here on YT and you can see it. She pulled Sam on her hairs and pulled her head back, telling her about no mercy, but then you see in the moment before she stirkes, she pulls her head to the right and aimed for her face (the side of her face to give her a big cut). Sam blocked it.

[@mafiagrim]

@@chrisbach1533 and what movement with the knife implied kwon was gonna kill axel?

[@explanationinbio]

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