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There's a few scattered hints of what karate styles Miyagi-do and Cobra Kai are intended to represent: Miyagi-Do seems to be based on Goju-ryu due Miyagi's parallels with Goju-ryu's founder, teaching Daniel one of their core kata (or at least a Hollywood version of it) and many of its principles, and, most importantly, Chozen (whose teacher was trained in Miyagi-do) wearing a Goju-ryu patch on his gi. In Cobra Kai: Daniel mentions that kata is the foundation of his karate. Goju-Ryu is based on two kata, Sanchin and Tensho, formalizing the "Hard" and "Soft" aspects of Goju-Ryu respectively. If you look among the pictures of famous Miyagi ancestors on Miyagi's wall, in a blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment, you can spot a photograph of Chojun Miyagi. Cobra Kai seems instead to be (mostly) based on Tang Soo Do (the style of the film's fight choreographer Pat. E. Johnson. Not strictly karate, but in the US in the eighties not many would know the difference) based on its heavy use of kicks, Terry Silver mentioning a Kim Sun-Yung (and stating he is Korean) as his and Kreese's teacher, and Johnny's use of commands in Korean when teaching in Cobra Kai. The third season of that series would feature flashbacks to Kreese's time in Vietnam, which would confirm that the Cobra Kai style is indeed derived from Tang Soo Do.

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