The success of Cobra Kai has brought The Karate Kid franchise back into the spotlight, introducing it to a whole new generation of fans. With multiple movies and now two TV shows set in the same ...

Black belts in karate, and in the movies, have become a dime a dozen. Yuji Okumoto, a third-generation Japanese-American, is a brown belt who plays a black-belted villain in ”The Karate Kid II.” He is ...