Cobra Kai Why Daniels Daughter Needs To Win The All Valley Tournament

Cobra Kai: Why Daniel’s Daughter Needs To Win The All Valley Tournament

Everything rides on Cobra Kai season 4’s All Valley Tournament. Here’s why Sam LaRusso needs to win it and why she has the most to lose if she fails.

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Cobra Kai Why Daniels Daughter Needs To Win The All Valley Tournament

Samantha LaRusso (Mary Mouser) is the karate student who needs to win Cobra Kai season 4’s All Valley tournament the most. Sam’s father, Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio), and his lifelong rival, Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka), agreed to join their dojos in an effort to rid the San Fernando Valley of John Kreese (Martin Kove) and Cobra Kai. Daniel has trained Sam in Miyagi-Do karate since childhood but the pressure is on the younger LaRusso to live up to her family’s legacy.

Daniel LaRusso is a two-time All Valley Under 18 Karate Champion, winning back-to-back in 1984 and 1985 as seen in The Karate Kid and The Karate Kid Part III. LaRusso’s victories over Cobra Kai and his archenemies, Johnny and Mike Barnes (Sean Kanan), turned the New Jersey-born Daniel into a local legend in the Valley. 35 years later, Daniel still trades on his notoriety from winning the All Valley tournament. His past glories as the Karate Kid is the basis of how Daniel advertises his family’s successful car dealerships, the LaRusso Auto Group. Daniel is also proud to embody the teachings of his beloved late mentor, Mr. Miyagi (Noriyuki “Pat” Morita), who taught Daniel-san everything he knows about his family’s ancient Okinawan martial arts and its important philosophies.

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In Cobra Kai season 4, Sam is the top student of Daniel’s Miyagi-Do dojo and her dad’s hopes are pinned on his favorite child to continue the LaRussos’ reputation as winners of the All Valley tournament. In Cobra Kai season 1, Sam didn’t compete and Daniel was the sensei of Robby Keene (Tanner Buchanan), who represented Miyagi-Do at the All Valley. Although Robby made it to the finals, he lost the championship to Johnny’s student, Miguel Diaz (Xolo Mariduena), and Cobra Kai. But in Cobra Kai season 4, Robby is fighting for Cobra Kai and Miguel belongs to Johnny’s Eagle Fang dojo. Meanwhile, Samantha is not only representing Miyagi-Do, she is also a LaRusso so she has both Daniel and Mr. Miyagi’s reputations to protect, which is why Sam needs to win the All Valley.

Beyond protecting the LaRusso legacy, Samantha also personally needs the validation of being All Valley champion. Sam had an extraordinarily difficult time since her arch-enemy, Tory Nichols (Peyton List), came into her life. Drama over dating Miguel exploded into Tory actually trying to kill Sam and sending LaRusso to the hospital at the end of Cobra Kai season 2. Fighting Tory gave Sam PTSD, which she had to face throughout Cobra Kai season 3. This culminated in Nichols leading her dojo to break into the LaRussos’ house to get at Sam and her friends.

But Sam was able to fight Tory to a standstill at the end of Cobra Kai season 3 and LaRusso regained her fighting spirit thanks to surviving her ordeal. Sam facing Tory at Cobra Kai season 4’s All Valley tournament seems inevitable, and LaRusso has to beat Nichols the way her father triumphed over Johnny decades before Sam was born. Daniel forged The Karate Kid’s history of overcoming the odds at the All Valley, and now, Sam has to do the same for herself and her generation in Cobra Kai.

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However, there is even more extraordinary pressure on Sam to win the All Valley instead of Tory, because, according to Daniel and Johnny’s agreement with Kreese, if Cobra Kai wins, Miyagi-Do will have to shut down forever. Riding on Samantha’s shoulders is the very future of Miyagi-Do as well as the potential shame of being the first LaRusso not to win the All Valley championship. As such, Samantha LaRusso has more reasons than any other Cobra Kai karate student to win the All Valley tournament in season 4, and Sam also stands to lose the most if she fails.

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