Why Kim Da-Eun is Important - Character Analysis/Theory

Kim Da-Eun had an impactful debut in Cobra Kai Season 5. But what are her true motivations? This is why Kim Da-Eun is important. Let's talk about the legacy of the Kim family, her relationship with John Kreese and Terry Silver, her fighting technique, and more.
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0:47 Recap
3:37 The Legacy of the Kim Family
5:38 Kim Da-Eun as a Teacher
8:05 Kim Da-Eun as a Fighter
10:24 Final Thoughts & Future
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#cobrakaiseason6 #cobrakai Why Kim Da-Eun is Important

[@StryfetheWarrior]

What do you think is next for Kim Da-Eun? Keep it civil as always! NOTE: I noted that Kim doesn't bow in the first Devon and Tory fight, but showed a shot where she nodded her head. If you see when Tory first gets up and bows to her, she doesn't bow at all. This is what I was referring to.

[@marmac83]

She's boring and has zero charisma.

[@AaronS4]

I think kim might go after robby to hurt tory even than hitting a stone dummy. It could go either way kim might blackmail robby to provide kim from going after tory sick mom drive a wretch between them or maybe we see someone from robby past and they working with kim.

[@marmac83]

@@AaronS4 So so. I have zero investment in this character, so IDGAF what she does.

[@AaronS4]

@@marmac83 so you don't care at all about this character.

[@giovannigiovanni.7220]

I hope they show Kim's parents.

[@Karlos1234ify]

The ironic thing is had Kreese not escaped, he could’ve been a free man.

[@silver8169]

Ik like why did he have to do that :(

[@sawyertuide7636]

It’s still unknown if he gets put back in the cell The season ending does show flashes that he left simply to unite with Kim Da-Eun, and if he’s out, no, he is not going back to Miyagi Fang (if you want to ruin a series ending, and a character, that’s how you do it. But then again Kreese probably should’ve never been escaping, and probably should’ve just died). IMO I don’t think he is but I think if there’s a time to put Karate Kid Cobra Kai behind, it’s now. So it is a possibility he’s locked up again

[@adamkalaf5476]

He still will be a free man

[@sawyertuide7636]

@@Autisticwanderer I doubt he’s that stupid to return to the scene But even if he does, it’s Cobra Kai. If it’s realistic, he would’ve been dead

[@leannestuchberry6573]

I'm curious to see what they do with kreese! There's no way these writers haven't got a story line for knees in season 6, but I haven't got a clue where they'd go with it.

[@AirbenderHawk]

I absolutely loved her, and Alicia Hannah did a great job this season. Her dangerous style is so unpredictable and the long hair itself is a sharp weapon. I'm so ready for whatever season 6 offers in the future.

[@giovannigiovanni.7220]

I think Kim's parents show up. Like did they train or were they not interested?

[@zcm007attack]

Kim Da Eun is the new Dolores Umbridge.

[@zcm007attack]

Kim Da Eun is the new Dolores Umbridge.

[@uttermanbo]

The most dangerous villains aren't driven by greed. They are driven by an idealogy they believe makes them right. In their mind they are right. What makes Chozen a better villain then Barnes, or Lawrence is he is driven by his honor. He was willing to die for it. Edit: I think Chozen displayed why Kym is going to be a very dangerous opponent. Her whole goal is to spread a very ruthless form of martial arts. That's a mindset. Chozen was ready to kill Daniel. Can you imagine what a student of a much more ruthless master is willing to do?

[@derrickhaggard]

If Julie does appear as a Miyagi-Fang Sensei to help train and prepare for Sekei Tekai tournament I would love to see her fight Kim in a episode, especially since Julie unlike Daniel actually kept up with her training, and it'd be cool to see Kim's Tang-So-Doo clash against Julie's Fusion style of Miyagi-Do Karate and Changsha.

[@senonimoustv2497]

What's Changsha?

[@derrickhaggard]

@@senonimoustv2497 Changsha is a Chinese Martial Art known for it's swift graceful, agile, flowing movements/defensive stances, and it's rapid graceful, agile, flowing offensive strikes. It's more common name especially in the West is the Northen Chinese Long Fist. And in Next Karate Kid when Julie asks when she's about to begin the 2nd half of her training with the Chinese Monks and when Mr. Miyagi reveals that this training will involve her learning movements, stances, and offensive techniques used in Changsha and fusing it with the variation of Miyagi-Do he taught her, and when Julie initially asks why Mr. Miyagi reveals that fusing Changsha with Miyagi-Do will greatly benefit Julie due to her natural affinity for grace and agility, but when Julie asks how would fusing Changsha which is known for swift, agile, graceful flowing techniques and movements with a martial art known for hard, fast strikes like Karate be good, Mr. Miyagi states "Despite being known for being graceful, and flowing water can crumble the biggest and strongest rock"

[@jaydenjones1374]

How do we know Julie kept up with her training?

[@senonimoustv2497]

@@derrickhaggard The last time I watched The Nxet Karate Kid I stopped watching while she was training with the monks but I'm glad you pointed that out cause it shows that Daniel still had to grow in his understanding of Mr. Miyagi's teachings. Mr. Miyagi didn't seem to be against fusing other styles with Miyagi -Do. The heart of his teachings was self-defense only and balance.

[@derrickhaggard]

@@jaydenjones1374 The shows creators revealed it when they revealed that she met and befriended Daniel at Mr. Miyagi's funeral prior to the events of Cobra Kai S1.

[@rosebookfan7677]

For those in the comments who complain that her character is irrelevant to the plot I respectfully disagree. Let’s not forget that Silver brought her in cuz Chozen took out his other potential candidates to be his partner for Cobra Kai. There’s also the fact that her family’s karate lineage practically gave birth to Cobra Kai, so having her on the show & disciplining the new students would make more sense in this season’s plot not to mention that her ruthless brutality furthered the “No Mercy” memo the dojo lives by. Plus, though I don’t like her vicious attitude, I kinda admire her on her principles mainly that she strives to bring her grandfather’s teachings to the world & not for profit. And it’s that determination that might be pushed further if her character returns for season 6 & if she’s able to take Cobra Kai from silver now that he’s in prison. Plus that scene where she mercilessly made Tory brake the stone dummy till her hand brakes shows that “extreme measures” stance that Silver & Cobra Kai lives by.😨

[@marmac83]

She wasn't in the movies, she feels superfluous. That hand-breaking was a lazy call back to KK3.

[@angelphoenix7784]

She's meant to be a character that you hate.

[@rockybalboa4593]

I respectfully disagree with you to an extent. All these senseis were not part of the 1980s karate kid movies. They easily could have brought back Snake and Dennis to be some of those senseis. Dennis’s actor is a Sensei in real life. He easily could have returned and that would have been a perfect role for him instead of introducing all these new characters we never saw before.

[@Gothicblackchic]

I’m not sold on Kim yet maybe because Terry silver was such a powerhouse this season. Though I loved this season I kinda wished that the writers waited for Terry’s defeat in season 6.

[@609raider7]

agreed Terry's defeat could have waited. but as soon as she was introduced I immediately thought Julie Pierce will be called upon two handle her after some training with Chozin.

[@PoweredByEnvy]

I don't think Terry is out of the picture yet though. He can still bounce back from his defeat. Besides, Chozin needs to face him again.

[@rockybalboa4593]

@@609raider7 I felt we should have had snake and Dennis back as some of those senseis instead of all these new characters. Dennis’s actor from KK3 is a Sensei in real life. It would have been a perfect role for him. I expected more familiar faces when terry silver talked about old friends. Snake and Dennis would have fit in perfectly as new senseis.

[@sheridannlawrence8217]

@@rockybalboa4593 Agreed! maybe if and when they introduce Julie they can bring in Ned or Col. Dugan. Barns could have at least mentioned them they were a three man team. Johnny even mentioned Dutch who I thought was just as important to Cobra Kai as Bobby was.

[@brodythebrickbuilder6843]

Speaking of Julie Pierce, I think that Daniel will call her in to help train the Miyagi-Fang students in Season 6. I think that she's kept up with her training over the years, and it's possible that her skills at karate could rival those of Da-Eun's.

[@nilehoruseus]

I really like Kim as a villain now that Silver is in jail she’ll take over Cobra Kai

[@bluestarsaberstarwarsfan3838]

Kim song is the villain we did not execpt, but the one we needed. Given how all the original karate kid villains have been used up, with only the next generation ones left.

[@123ucr]

Here is my prediction on her character: I think she will appear again in Cobra Kai Season 6 but as the main antagonist. Also, remember she once said to the Cobra Kai students in America, " you would not last one minute against my Cobra Kai students in South Korea." In other words, her South Korean Cobra Kai students would be at least as tough as the best American Cobra Kai students or even tougher (at least as tough as Karate Kid 3 Mike Barnes). I think their will be a tournament in Cobra Kai Season 6 and we will see how strong her South Korean Cobra Kai students are. Also, if you think John Kreese and Terry Silver were evil and cruel, wait until you get a load of Kim Da-Eun. She might be on another level of being sinister and she might now surpass both John Kreese and Terry Silver in terms of fighting ability. I bet even Daniel LaRusso, Chozen, Johnny Lawrence and Mike Barnes would struggle with her. I hope Cobra Kai gets renewed for Season 6 and I hope we see more of Kim Da-Eun.

[@michaelsarmiento3057]

Not only that, we could see Paul Dugan teaming up with her.

[@hardcore4665]

I don’t think she’s running a cobra Kai dojo Is she? I don’t remember her specifically saying her cobra Kai students

[@123ucr]

@@hardcore4665 --- She did say that in Season 5. Just pay attention to the show.

[@123ucr]

​@@michaelsarmiento3057 --- I think John Kreese will team up with Sensei Kim Da Eun and not Paul Dugan. That being said, I think Paul Dugan will be in Cobra Kai Season 6 along with Julie Andrews.

[@hardcore4665]

@@123ucr damn bro my bad

[@eranshachar9954]

I loved Kim Da-Eun from the start. She is evil and not apologizing for it, and in the first few minutes of talking to Silver you could see she has a sassy part to her personality. And it's in a good way. I am sure she will take control on CK and might even change the name for "Kim Karate" or in a racist joke I made KKK "Kim Kai Karate" because Terry Silver owns the CK name and company. So maybe after seeing the way he managed his rivalry and she of course didn't like that, she probably wouldn't want anything to do with him and will try to fix the reputation. Sure she is worse than Terry and I think she might be just as criminal. However there are no proofs to link her into crimes, so she is the perfect women for the job of owning the Dojo. I would pay money to see Julie Pierce vs. Kim Da-Eun and if we get that match it will be legendary. But also I wouldn't mind to see Chozen Toguchi vs. Kim Da-Eun might also be an epic fight. And Julie Pierce don't need to be a Sensei in Miyagi-Fang because they have enough Senseis already. They have Chozen Toguchi, Johnny Lawrence and Daniel Lapusso. Is that not enough? And arguably after Mike is now a friend of Daniel and the others, he might join from a time to time giving lessons from his perspective to the students. Julie might be a substitute teacher in case Chozen need to go back to Okinawa. I can even see a situation in which he calls upon his finest students from Okinawa to come and help in the tournament.

[@jonathanbynoe4375]

Darth Dae-Eun, Dark Lady of the Sith. Kim wanted to carry on the family legacy of Cobra-Kai and help spread the style around the globe. Her training methods are brutal showing no mercy. Kim don't take betrayal lightly and looks for some sort of quick punishment, though Kreese just lets them walk away calling them too weak to be Cobra-kai material. The aftermath of the All-Valley screwjob, Terry and Kim tried to push Tory as the top student of the dojo, yet overtime Tory just opened her eyes of the corruption and wants out, so Kim turned to Devon Lee as the next top student. Quite frankly, others in the dojo who have seniority than Devon, it could've been Kyler, Kenny or the black guy with the braids who is the best background character and has been in Cobra-kai since season 1 could've got the top spot. However, she picked Devon Lee because one thing in commonality is that both of them are Asian descent, and I guess that Devon reminds Kim, herself a lot of her younger self; having the qualities of being tenacious, having ferocity and determination to be the best, and she wants to be a surrogate mother or a big sister to Devon with tough love. We don't know so much of Kim Dae-Eun, we know who her grandfather was, but who was her parents? Did or mother and or father trained in Tang-soo do? Were they killed? I was thinking during the Korean War that her parents were killed, but the time line wouldn't be too accurate, since the Korean War happened in the 1950's and I think that Kim was born c.1970's at the tale end of the Vietnam War. Maybe her parents died of a disease outbreak in Korea and her grandfather raised her.

[@user-wh4fx4cn1t]

I think the reason that people don’t like Kim isn’t because of the character itself but rather her writing and acting. I get that she’s supposed to be stricter than the other senseis but the writing makes her seem more like an anime villain

[@furious3383]

She reminds me of O Ren Isii from Kill Bill volume one. At the same time in my honest and humble opinion Kim is definitely about the business.

[@angelphoenix7784]

Now that you mentioned it, yea she does.

[@GABRIELA-ACEVEDO.]

Master Kim also kinda reminds me of Pai Mei. The theme also playing when she'd gotten off the plane sounded like something from Kill Bill.

[@marqueswilliams345]

I would love to see a interaction between with Master Kim vs Sato

[@TrueBlueMajikDewd]

Kim was a badass. Reminded me of O-Ren from Kill Bill. She's cold as ice. 🥶

[@antmanatthemoment7233]

Yeah, the actress even kind of looks like Lucy liu

[@DeadMeat991]

And about as cartoony.

[@thebandit0256]

Antman At The Moment that's Racist

[@antmanatthemoment7233]

@@thebandit0256 how is it racist, she does kind of look like Lucy liu a little bit

[@DeadMeat991]

@@thebandit0256 Two people can't look alike without racism involved?

[@AlGggeee]

There's no way I can say Da-eun without thinking Dayum!

[@a-bomb3769]

She's got a strong connection with Kreese than Silver

[@chancellorellis02]

I really want to see Chozen and Kim Da-Eun duke it out!

[@indrajeet]

Realistically, she would be knocked out!

[@YD-uq5fi]

LOL! Another simp/cuck/soyboy! In what sports has the top woman stood any chance vs. not just the top man, but any moderately competent man. In reality, Kim Da-Eun is about equal to Robby/Hawk/Miguel. What Kim has in training and skill, she loses in size, strength, and durability to a man. Frankly, a good plot twist would be if an MtF Transgender shows up, learns karate for just one week, and then beats up Kim Da-Eun. As is what happens in ALL women's sports where a transgender appears. And the transgender isn't even the top man like Chozen.

[@sawyertuide7636]

I think Kim Da-Eun is probably the main villain of Season 6. There’s no way she can’t be. The question is, what is Cobra Kai going to be like? There is a possibility she can’t do anything about Kreese and he gets locked back up anyway + if there’s a time to put the Karate Kid CK behind, it’s now. Kreese and Kim Da-Eun teaming up is the most likely scenario, with Kreese taking a side main antagonist role, but if that’s not the case, it would make sense for her to try to lead the Dojo on her own. Her main enemy is probably Julie Pierce, who becomes the 4th Sensei (5 sounds like too many unless you want the Fist running CK alongside Kreese and Kim). Cobra Kai is probably going to be a bunch of recruited kids from Korea and Kenny, as most of the other characters would probably join Miyagi Fang. And about Kreese, he is definitely a side character. Everyone hates him, but he is no longer the man, and has no true main enemy. I do believe the theory Silver was dying throughout S5 and even if he wasn’t, if you let him go on, you’re clinging too hard to nostalgia if you keep him a main character, especially after you got him arrested. Oh yeah, and he is not leaving Cobra Kai for Miyagi Fang. You wanna ruin an ending by going too Hollywood and not align with the previous season? Just have Kreese join Miyagi Fang. Season 6 also does seem like the final season for not the series, but this part of Karate history. I do think the Pandemic will still be in the series and shut down Karate enough to take out some of the OG main characters, but I do think the 2022 AV will have Kenny, probably some other kids from the Valley who are introduced, and Sensei Kim on her own as Kreese is old af as a potential underdog if they lose the SKTK.

[@melissapas8474]

STRYFE THE WARRIOR: I always love your character analysis videos; you do such a great job & get the characters down perfectly. I do believe that a team up between Sensei Kim and Kreese is definitely a possibility because it's as you said as well as being shown in the show that she's much closer with Kreese than she is with Silver. Though I don't know how long that team up will last given that Kreese is also Close with Tory and is likely not going to like what Sensei Kim did to Tory when he finds out. This intern may cause Kreese to turn against Sensei Kim. I love the idea of exploring Sensei Kim's personality full fold because she doesn't just seem crueler than any Cobra Kai Sensei that we've seen so far, but going by her comments to Tory and Devon in regards to fighting Sam and during the fight at the Dojo in the Finale she seems like she would have absolutely no problem by truly finishing off the opponent by any means that she deems necessary (even killing them) whether they are adult or even child. With her presence on the show bringing Julie into the fold seems a lot more likely given the turn that the show is taking in bringing in more female fighters. It's more likely that Sensei Kim will keep cobra kai open (discreetly) by bringing in her students from her Dojo to compete in Seiki Taiki Tournament as Silver did say that she was his partner, and he was giving her 50% of the cobra kai dojo's (even if she didn't care for it at the time and only cared about spreading her family's karate to the world)

[@BearOfZU]

I'm pretty sure Kim will take over Cobra Kai and maybe partner up with Kreese since they seemed to have a connection

[@cobraeditz9454]

That wouldn't work cus kreess just escaped from prison he's gonna get locked up again if he goes back

[@Revkor]

@@cobraeditz9454 that is iffy. since he was their do to corruption. becasue look at the actual case. he was in jail for beating up Stingray yet the only proof was Stingreay's word. so how in the heck was he called guilty on just that unless bribed officals. Terry downfall is puttign a black eye not just on the local karate judges but the local law as well. Best thing to do is call it a wash. leave kreese alone unlesss he breaks the law

[@tripendicular]

I love her character!

[@MihirMishra-pw4vf]

nice video analysis man

[@js3599]

If Julie does turn up in season 6, will she bring an army of zen monks with her?

[@OGDweeb]

I'm willing to bet she had a little crush on Kreese as a little girl and will maybe help him in season 6.

[@waywardYT]

Stryfe how do u upload so often? ur a god with this algorithm

[@johnsebastianalday5698]

Great video spotlighting Kim Da-Eun🔥 To me, Kim is far from being a compelling, 3-D character, for at the moment, she is a caricature of extreme (dare I say, cartoonish) villainy. It is expected though, for the creators had only introduced the Kim character in this recent season. The other issue was that most of Kim's interactions in Season 5 were with Terry Silver and his deliciously evil, scene-chewing self. Kim had no chance to set her character apart (other than being more sadistic) when paired with the ultimate villain of the franchise. Moreover, I do not consider Kim to be "Big Bad" material and/or totally evil, for she has (subtly) shown signs of having an honor code. The creators have written a character that has the potential to be good with a decent foundation, that being Kim's main desire/motivation to have her Grandfather's martial art and the family name respected, acclaimed, and recognized by international martial arts circles. This can be accomplished in Season 6 through her interactions with Kreese, who is also undergoing a personal transformation in both mindset and philosophy (albeit, on the run from authorities whilst maintaining his hard edge). In the Season 5 flashback, it showed that Kim as a child was quite fond of Kreese (which can make more for an interesting/compelling older brother-little sister dynamic as opposed to evil, right-hand henchwoman that Kim was to Silver). If my assumptions prove correct, the Kim-Kreese pairing would allow the creators to layer in the emotional and complex facets easier into the character makeup of The Granddaughter of Tang Soo Do, as well as complete the transformation of Kreese. As I put it in my hypothetical Season 6 arc, my hope is that after the tournament, a mellower Kreese would accompany Kim back to Korea, where they would devote their lives (and, for Kreese's sake, avoid jail time in the US) to restore honor and pride in Tang Soo Do and Kim Sun-Yung's legacy, under the name "The Way of The Fist." Lastly, I hope Kreese/Kim and Chozen would find reconciliation for past issues/grudges between dojos on behalf of Kim Sun-Yung and Sato. In regards to Julie Pierce (Hilary Swank), I am all for the character making her debut appearance on "Cobra Kai" but I am not behind the idea of her having a one-on-one against Kim. I feel Julie would be best utilized in Season 6 as a guest sensei/ symbol for Miyagi-Fang, helping Sam, Devon, and (especially) Tori find honor, discipline, as well as inner balance, strength, and peace in mind, body, and soul, which would be a complete dichotomy from Kim's Season 5/6 teachings of having no honor, maintaining brutality, and not having mercy

[@kartikayysola]

Julie with Sam and Devon would be great, but I personally want to see Tory work with Chozen more. I really loved that scene at the beginning of the season where he works with her while going undercover at CK.

[@R3fug333]

What's funny about her is that she uses Taekwondo terms when she's supposed to be teaching Karate. Karate and Taekwondo are two very different sports. In Taekwondo, you're taught to bow with your head down. If you bow with your eyes up it means you don't trust the person you're bowing too. This is the same in traditional Karate and Japanese culture in general. For the show Miyagi said "always look eye" and that's just been the practise in the show. She says Dojang too.

[@xlinkkaisaintsrow2365]

She does Tang soo do which in western countries is known as Korean karate but is also known as traditional taekwondo.

[@stixoimatizontas]

Regarding the "look eye" aspect, I guess it depends on what culture you where brought up by. As a Greek fellow I get the look eye thing. We even have a phrase about looking someone in the eyes; it means that you are being honest to them. As for the "dojang", she just uses the Korean terms, which is the right thing to do imo.

[@SirJoelsuf1]

Kim Da-eun is gonna be the legit final boss of the Cobra Kai franchise I think. She's gonna seduce Kreese into creating a new CK dojo with the inmates that Kreese befriended and is going to transform CK into pretty much a criminal organization. I mean it was practically a juvenile criminal organization when Kreese owned it, and Kreese wasn't nearly as psychotic as CK's originators either. Even worse, she's gonna use the fact that she's a chick to make herself even more untouchable. Like I could see her mixing it up with Dan sometime in season 6 and being like "didn't Miyagi tell you never to hit a lady?" or something along those lines.

[@TheSuicune7]

She’s eviler than Silver and Kreese too. Neither of them abused their students, but she did horribly. Her cruelty was on another level with Tory, and I’m willing to bet that she’d have treated Devon the same. Easily the worst of the 7 known senseis (including Miyagi, although Sato and Cornel Dougan are excluded)

[@TwistahsWorld]

Nah this sounds too over the top

[@carlosvelarde818]

@@TwistahsWorld so what is what makes the show interesting besides I don't think in my personal opinion cobra Kai season should end this season but atleast season 8 maybe if we get 10 that will be better but if they can atleast get 8 them make it 8 the actual final rather them 6

[@xroyalprincessx2318]

She kind of reminds me of Chun li from Street fighter because they're both badass fighters

[@AlexisAdrian621]

Can’t wait to see her and John Kreese on season 6

[@kartikayysola]

I agree with you, I think there's a lot more on the horizon for this character. This season was for establishing who she was and what she's about while wrapping up the feud with Terry Silver, and I think next season will deal primarily with the larger legacies of The Way of the Fist and Miyagi-Do. Kim, Kreese, Chozen, Daniel, Johnny, what will these characters eventually leave behind when all is said and done?

[@zainhasan29]

Before Alicia Hannah-Kim became an actresses, she use to be my massage therapist I would go to her spa where she worked and she does amazing work from my feet to my head, so happy to see her star in cobra kai.

[@brawlme6022]

I hope silver returns in some way

[@sethcashman1011]

He will.

[@justplaying2790]

Kenny and Anthony history repeats itself

[@A.Lopez1]

I'm excited for what's coming next..

[@kevinstorm1803]

I just hate how easily Cobra Kai was defeated this season is like who would want to join cobra Kai after this ? Is like they kill the story with this

[@sawyertuide7636]

I feel like they can still recruit kids from Korea And honestly, we haven’t really seen much of Kim Da-Eun to see how unattractive of a sensei she can be. Silver was easily the worst though. Great character, but as an actual sensei? He was only in it for himself I agree they kill the story… by keeping certain characters around instead of having them go (Kreese, Chozen, probably more)

[@zcm007attack]

Kim Da Eun is the new Dolores Umbridge for putting Tory through the quicksilver method, just like Umbridge making Harry use blood quills 😡

[@BUNSOPAVES_PHD]

She was a walking stereotype, although smart for recruiting T Wood and Wonderboy :)

[@sethcashman1011]

Agreed. A little heavy-handed, bordering on cartoonish.

[@DarknessIsThePath]

Silver will likely go free, he is a master manipulator, wealthy and knows how things work. Miyagi-Fang invaded his home and dojo, he will definitely spin that to his favour. Kreese will likely go to Kim Da-Eun and team up but it will not last long because his redemption moment seems to be close due to Johnny. Especially since Silver and the other villains practice the no mercy ideology that Kreese seems a bit hesitant to follow blindly now. In regard to the younger generation, it is hard to say, their arcs are so completed enough that if season 6 truly is the final season, they need to focus more on Kenny, Anthony, Kyler, Devon Hawk and Dmitry. But maybe it is all about friendly rivalry and whoever Cobra Kai sends to the tournament. I just hope they do not ignite LaRusso/Lawrence and Miguel/Robbie enemy dynamic again, their stories are done in that regard.

[@brycefoyabo1191]

Kim Da-Eun is a very dangerous badass fighter🥋!

[@Bigramt]

I thought she was brilliant and Alicia played it perfectly She is also 🔥 so that helps lol

[@lsbnll74]

She's not to be underestimated by any means. She could be the most dangerous Sensai when it comes to The Way of the Fist. Due to the fact that it's in her DNA. She can also enter her own dojo from back home. The only thing that bothers me is that if her students are so great and better than the American Students way of the fist AKA Cobra Kai. Money or no money or connections their skills alone should be worth entry into the greatest Karate Tournament in the World. Those were her own words to Tory and Devon Lee. With that said she should've brought her 2 top students 1male and 1 female to America to help Cobra Kai really understand the style of karate they're being taught. But instead Silver wanted the top Sensai's she had to offer. I remember what Mr.Miyagi once said it's not the quantity,it's the quality. Remember someone else always knows more. Silver was just too confident that having so many dojos was going to impress Kim. She said the same thing Miyagi told Daniel in the first movie. He thought that he was going to buy his way to the top. Hopefully now because of Silver buying referees that the committee's of all the future tournaments will now take an extreme measure to keep all referees a mystery and have 0 affiliation with not only dojos but also the region. That way nothing like that would happen again. Julie could be the only one who can defeat Kim assuming that she has still been keeping up with her training.

[@Bacon7666]

Julie Pierce will be on season 6, and she'll be there to fight Kim.

[@niahoad]

Can't wait what season 6 and how she develops. Does anybody know how many seasons are planned for cobra kai?

[@westonshorts912]

6 i think

[@kirubeltedros1467]

They wanted to do Atleast 6 but it’s been revealed that it’s been contracted for 8 seasons

[@westonshorts912]

@@kirubeltedros1467 oh ok thanks

[@kirubeltedros1467]

@peacefulskullgaming1712 well guess they had to cut it short because the actors are getting up there in age 💀

[@kek13223]

Pretty annoyed we never got to see Tori and Devon fight her in the season finale. We see the fight start and then that's it.

[@ricardolugo4985]

I LOVE HER!!!

[@michaelsmith5740]

It was never assumed in the show that she was the one who trained the other sen seis who came with her. The one character who has not been mentioned yet which would indeed be a key character is her father.

[@LazyPirate8]

that art of fighting theory is holding strong lol

[@justinbarton8808]

She is going to be a major villIan in season 6 calling it, she’s sadistic, intimidating, snarky and other things, granddaughter of the founder of Tang Soo Do which if it didn’t exist there would be no cobra Kai, she is the queen Cobra ready to take over and amplify her grandfathers legacy.

[@michaell874]

I am guessing that Kim Da-Eun is going to have to wage a bet with Johnny and/ or Kreese for control over Cobra Kai, making the Seikei Teikei the tournament to which the winner will win it. My guess is that Chozen will be mentioned often, but may not be around much until the last few episodes when he surprises everyone with his appearance at the tournament, where he is accompanied by Kumiko. This means that Kreese’s understanding may be required to help Johnny and Daniel win the tournament, but my guess is that Silver will also make a surprised appearance at the tournament after he posts bail and leaves the country. I would love to see Julie Pierce come back as a villain, but consistent with the show thus far, she will probably have had a past encounter with someone, whether it be Mike Barnes or Tory or someone else. Who knows? At the end, Cobra Kai must die in order to reverse its slogan, and as much as I don’t think anyone should be killed off, maybe some old feuds will get out to rest in one way or another. I do hope Daniel appreciates all that Chozen, Mike Barnes and Johnny had done for him in Series 5, and this is shown in the series finale.

[@grudgematch6653]

Can you do Chozen (S5) vs Terry Silver and John Kreese (KK3)?

[@JMyoutube1]

All I know is that I am in love 🥰 with Kim

[@adavidbujanda]

I bet at some point mr Norris will make an appearance

[@russellmiller823]

Ok, so I'm gonna be totally honest about the character Kim Da-Eun in Kobra Kai... I don't like her, and that's exactly why I absolutely LOVE her!!! Her cold stare alone scares the piss out of me, and based on her unique style of martial arts, I actually wonder if she could possibly take Terry Silver, and that says a LOT..... She makes a fantastic heel, and that's what Kobra Kai needs... I'm sooo hooked on Kobra Kai #truestory

[@lindsayleininger4021]

Kim steps on tory's broken hand in taring lesson is over

[@SpiralMoss]

She reminds me of the Borg queen in startrek 👍

[@halamander1112]

Kreese can't remain in the US safely while he's an escaped fugitive. Kim will smuggle Kreese out of the country. As to where exactly? Dunno, but he'll eventually end up in whichever country the global tournament is being held (Japan, I assume, but it could be elsewhere I suppose). At any rate, Kreese will turn up there and try to ensure that Johnny can't "erase every mark" he's made... by attempting to kill Daniel. And that's where we'll finally see the technique on that scroll Chozen gave to Daniel being used. The technique that Daniel once described to Anthony as a technique that he hopes "none of us will ever have to use."

[@harryovo]

Please post another video

[@Naldo411]

I thought this characters over acting was a bit over the top.. seemed cheesy. Necessary character but no nuance to the acting technique the actress chose to use.

[@userjlj]

hey, I have a theory that with the sekai takai being an international tournament, will this be a good time to bring in the 2008 multiverse of karate kid? I'm not sure if netflix will have a budget for jackie chan but if those two worlds will intersect, that would be the best situation for it, don't you think?

[@BrianSmith-jx7td]

They've already confirmed that that's not part of the miyagiverse, In fact I think in the Cobra Kai universe that is a movie just like it is in this universe. It would be cool if it was though. We have seen Karate and Tang Soo Do but we have never seen Kung Fu in Cobra Kai And I think it would be cool if there were some of those fighters at the Seikai Teikai

[@spicymchaggis6581]

She's important because she gives Sensei Julie Pierce someone to fight next season.

[@yashgulave8366]

Johnny started Cobra Kai and was thrown out by Kreese. Kreese was thrown out by Silver. I think Silver will be thrown out of Cobra Kai by her in S6, because she is the only one who is malicious enough to be able to do this, and also because the people guarding Silver's house S5 are her people. From there, Kreese may join Miyagi-Fang and Silver may join them as well or disappear. We will have to see.

[@Michael-hy2ud]

Knowing from experience making someone fear you won't work in training

[@zacqueeentertainment7336]

She's kinda cute tho

[@ricohutchinson9684]

I think Julie pierce will turn up in the sakai takai as a sensei

[@michaelsarmiento3057]

I wonder what happened to Kim Sun Yung's child. The reason I say this was because since Kim Da-Eun is Kim Sun Yung's granddaughter. Another thing is that is Kim Sun Yung's child is a boy or girl.

[@williamtruax1665]

One has to understand that this is how Kim was trained. It's not a matter of her being a major bitch, this is what she knows. In her school, they were trained to fight to survive. Just as they were in Sato's or Chozen's dojo. Miagi-do uses a different approach to incapacitate the enemy using pressure points, rendering him unable to fight, while Tang Soo Do teaches to kill the enemy will make him/her unable to continue the fight. Weakness or a show of respect is a prime opportunity to kill the opponent and survive to fight another day. Either discipline is effective. In the martial arts world, there is not a question of which style is better than the others. The winner is simply the one that did not make mistakes that were taken advantage of. I understand that this is entertainment, but any martial artist worth his weight would know this.

[@samdavis9093]

Don't think you said her name correctly once but tbh her sense senseis have silly names to l

[@elenalaordenleira1641]

Es lo que en. Cobra kai lo las mejor em las Temporadas en las ,me Ha pasado en la peleas en que el al final de esta en las temporadas en las Películas kararte kid Que lo mejore s😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@DougieYT]

I think she’ll take over Cobra Kai and align herself with Kreese….

[@BillyBob_McSanchez]

Sensei Azula

[@marconjakecanonoy]

I'd prefer Kim da eu as my Sensei.

[@jaydenalcide1392]

Robby s2 vs Miguel s4

[@bigogarland7325]

But Goddamn!!!!! they really need to teach this actress some emotional depth... Everything she says is condescending even when she is talking about mundane things. Maybe that is her character but not good to be so one dimentional and monotoned. she could say "today, I went to store and bought a potato...If it were a Korean potato, it would have magicly appeared in my hand."

[@chelsymcclinton8799]

1:00 🗿☕🎶🌸🎶

[@littlejonathorn6860]

I want to see Kim VS Chozen!!!

[@whosehousefootball5772]

Easy work for Chozen

[@littlejonathorn6860]

@@whosehousefootball5772 Idk

[@whosehousefootball5772]

@@littlejonathorn6860 I do know

[@littlejonathorn6860]

@@whosehousefootball5772 Yes, that’s what I mean.

[@michaelsarmiento3057]

What happened to Kim Sun Yung's child. Is his child a boy or a girl.

[@lindsayleininger4021]

Why tory breaks her hand in training Lesson got to far

[@kiercebarrington949]

She is like the female version of Chozen

[@summoner3438]

Kim Da-Eun solos everyone. Chozen is the only person that can probably match her

[@beaviskornholio2754]

She's important because she's a hottie 😍. I want to see more of her 😍 💕

[@carlosrodriguez5282]

She bad tho

[@thebandit0256]

Imagine they reveal of the suffering the Japanese did to the Koreans

[@OGDweeb]

Terrible chapter in history for sure.

[@RandalKeithOrton420]

I feel like she was sorta underwhelming. I mean compared to her hype.. Kim literally got stalemated by 2 students :/

[@roosevelttheodore344]

No chance for Hilary Swank to be in Season 6 of Cobra Kai. She is pregnant and expecting twins for 2023. I'm happy for her but sad for Cobra Kai :(

[@jamiepoems]

so basically kim would kick Terry's ass

[@whosehousefootball5772]

No she wouldn’t

[@chris_zed7425]

She's kinda irrelevant to the plot. Have her do something dirty for the saikai tournament, lose, get stuffed into a dumpster and place it on the moon for 10000 years. I'm pretty sure she'll learn her lesson by that time.

[@Jigzandstuff]

I'm 2nd lol

[@marmac83]

I was first. Suck on it!

[@regularbrain8712]

4th

[@poutsamouni5483]

I think she isnt that great of a fighter I doubt she can beat miguel or robby She defenitly loses to the adult sensei's

[@baconelcholo801]

Idk but andrew tate solos her

[@nerdymidwesterner3662]

I didn't like her at all. I felt like hurling a chair at the TV everytime she scoffed.

[@roythousand13]

🤣

[@DeadMeat991]

The whole series is like a stereotypcal cartoon.

[@joshheitman6832]

Stop asking for Julie Pierce to appear. How many times do I have to say this? It makes me mad every time someone says they want her to appear. She does not need to come back at all. Neither do Alpha Elite and Colonel Dugan. There’s no reason to bring any of them back. I really hope they exclude everyone from the Next Karate Kid. That movie was horrible. It doesn’t make sense to me that anybody would want Julie Pierce in the series. I refuse to accept it as part of the Miyagiverse. I consider that movie to be an alternate universe. Either just leave series within the original trilogy or include the 2010 characters in the series and the cartoon series if we’re gonna include the series

[@stixoimatizontas]

"I refuse to accept it as part of the miyagiverse" fair enough. It's not like mr Miyagi was part of the movie or something 😂😂😂

[@YD-uq5fi]

Frankly, a good plot twist would be if an MtF Transgender shows up, learns karate for just one week, and then beats up Kim Da-Eun.

[@aeh2435]

I hope someone uses what Sensi Kim did to Tori against her. She forced a minor student to hit stones and injure her hand. If it becomes known then Kim's reputation is as damaged as Silvers is

[@marmac83]

I think we as an audience lose our investment when they bring in characters who aren't related too the OG cast from the movies, or are introduced for no reason in the 5th season.

[@Revkor]

not me. again with BArnes a good guy Terry out of it and Kreese havign no support they need a new big bad.