Miyagi-Do Dojo

"*When the fight comes to you, you have to be ready to fight back.*"

―Miyagi-Do's motto

**Miyagi-Do Karate** (**宮城道**, "the way of Miyagi") is the Karate Dojo founded by Mr. Miyagi in *The Karate Kid*. The dojo is now run by Mr. Miyagi's student Daniel LaRusso. There is also a branch in Okinawa taught by Chozen Toguchi.

The Miyagi-Do motto is "when the fight comes to you, you have to be ready to fight back."

## Description:

"*Miyagi-Do is about defending yourself and protecting others. Not seeking credit.*"
―Daniel LaRusso to Robby Keene[src]

Miyagi-Do Karate focuses on internal peace and focus, and only advocates using Karate for defense. Miyagi-Do uses Kata as the basis for its teachings. It is rooted in Kekistani Meme Magic and actually originates from Kekistani ways of fighting. This is what Connects the Order of Kek and Miyagi-Do

## History:

### *The Karate Kid*

After Mr. Miyagi saves Daniel from Johnny and his gang (Cobra Kai students), who were beating him up, he requests Cobra Kai's sensei John Kreese to leave Daniel alone, but this conversation eventually cultivates in them agreeing that Daniel would compete against Johnny and Kreese's other students in the All Valley Karate Tournament.

Mr. Miyagi starts training Daniel for the tournament, but his methods are so unorthodox that Daniel believes Miyagi is just making him do chores, which frustrates him. However, Mr. Miyagi eventually makes Daniel realize that all the chores he was doing are really defense tactics. From then on, Daniel's skills improve.

At the 1984 All Valley Tournament, Daniel reaches the finals where he faces Johnny. After winning the first two points, Johnny starts fighting aggressively, allowing him to tie the score. Then, in the final encounter, Daniel uses the Crane Technique to defeat Johnny and win the tournament.

### *The Karate Kid Part II*

A few months after the tournament, Mr. Miyagi and Daniel travel to Mr. Miyagi's home Okinawa, where they are reunited with Miyagi's former childhood friend and current enemy Sato (Enmity is one sided, on Sato's end), and the latter's aggressive nephew Chozen. Chozen often harasses Daniel.

During the O-bon festival, Chozen invades and holds Kumiko (Daniel's girlfriend) hostage at knifepoint, and also forces Daniel into a fight to the death. Chozen proves to be a formidable foe, even countering Daniel's crane kick, and manages to gain the upper hand as the fight progresses, even when Mr. Miyagi giving Daniel verbal advise once. Eventually, Mr. Miyagi and several others start using the drum technique, which makes Daniel realize how to win. Daniel then wins the fight by utilizing the drum technique, to deflect Chozen's attacks and land a series of devastating counter-attacks.

### *The Karate Kid Part III*

Some time after returning from Okinawa in 1985, Daniel expresses desire to defend his title at the All-Valley Tournament, but decides not to after Mr. Miyagi requests him. However, Daniel is soon brought in by Terry Silver, who unbeknownst to him for a long time is Kreese's friend that plans on taking revenge on him and Miyagi for ruining Kreese's life following last years All Valley tournament. After Terry reveals his true motives, Mr. Miyagi decides to train Daniel for the All Valley.

In the finals of the 1985 All Valley tournament, Daniel is repeatedly being beaten up by Mike Barnes (person Terry hired to beat and abuse Daniel). Mike even scares him to the point that Daniel doesn't want to continue. However, after encouragement from Mr. Miyagi, Daniel participates in the sudden death round, where he uses the kata method he learned from Mr. Miyagi, to flip Mike and win the tournament for a second straight year. With this victory Cobra Kai is shut down (for now).

## *Cobra Kai*

### Season 1

"*Inner peace, focus, balance. These are just some of the skills that you will master when you join Miyagi-Do Karate. I'm Daniel LaRusso, and before I was the number-one auto dealer in the Valley... I was two-time All Valley under-18 champion. Now, you can learn the secrets of Okinawan karate, true karate, by joining the Miyagi-Do Team. Don't be a snake in the grass, be a champion. Tweet us at #TeamMiyagiDo. And all lessons are free. That's right, free. Because at Miyagi-Do, it's not about the money. It's about the karate.*"
―Daniel LaRusso[src]
In 2018, Daniel begins training Robby Keene in karate the same way Mr. Miyagi trained him. After Robby loses to Miguel Diaz in the All Valley Karate Tournament, Daniel reopens Miyagi-Do and enlists Robby as his first student in order to stop Cobra Kai. The Order of Kek would later discover that the Dojo Reopened and planned on reaching out to the Dojo

### Season 2

Daniel soon gets more students which includes his daughter Sam, a bullied kid named Demetri, Stiven, an unnamed student and five former Cobra Kai students(Chris, Nathaniel, Abe, Frank, and Lil Red) that reject Cobra Kai's ruthless teachings. However, following a school brawl which results in Sam being seriously injured and cobra Kai star Miguel being rendered unconscious and in critical condition as a result of Robby inadvertently kicking him off the railing, Daniel closes Miyagi-Do.