Will There Be a ‘Cobra Kai’ Season 7? Why the Netflix Series Was Canceled: ‘End It on Our Terms’

It’s time to hit the mat for Cobra Kai season 6 part 2. Netflix has released the second batch of episodes in the Karate Kid spinoff’s supersized sixth season, which is being split into epic three parts. But is the story ending here, or can fans look forward to a Cobra Kai season 7?

Will There Be a ‘Cobra Kai’ Season 7?

Unfortunately, the dojos will be closing up for good after Cobra Kai season 6, so there will not be a season 7. Netflix and the series’ creators, Josh Heald, Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg, announced their decision to end Cobra Kai back in January 2023 in tandem with the season 6 renewal announcement.

“When Daniel LaRusso arrived in the Valley with his mother in 1984, little did he know that his life was about to be forever changed,” a letter from the All Valley Tournament Committee written on All Valley Karate Championships stationary read. “The same went for three young kids from New Jersey who hadn’t yet met one another. Daniel’s journey from bullied teen to underdog hero became an indelible part of our childhoods, and something that we would always carry with us in our hearts.”

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The letter continued, “Reacquainting the world with The Karate Kid universe has been our humble honor. Making Cobra Kai has allowed us to join the same hallowed dojo once inhabited by the great Robert Mark Kamen, John Avildsen, Jerry Weintraub, and all the amazing original cast members. It has also enabled us to play sense, expanding the original storylines and birthing a new generation of underdogs. We’ve never once taken this opportunity for granted.”

Josh, Jon and Hayden added that it was always their intention to end Cobra Kai “on our terms, leaving the Valley in the time and place we’ve always imagined.”

“So it is with immense pride and thankfulness that we are able to announce that achievement,” they noted before revealing that season 6 would be the last.

“While this may be a bittersweet day for the fandom, the Miyagiverse has never been stronger. This fandom is the BEST on the planet and we hope to be telling more Karate Kid stories with you down the line. Because as we all know, Cobra Kai Never Dies,” the announcement concluded. “In the meantime, strap in for the BIGGEST SEASON OF COBRA KAI YET. And let today be a celebration of all that’s come, as well as all that’s still left to be told. We couldn’t do it without you. We made it. Strike First. Strike Hard. No Mercy.”

When Does ‘Cobra Kai’ Season 6 Part 3 Come Out?

While fans may be disappointed that Cobra Kai season 7 isn’t happening, they can still look forward to season 6 part 3. Netflix has not announced the exact release date for the final five episodes of the season, but they are expected to arrive in 2025.

Season 6 will have 15 episodes in total. Parts 1 and 2, containing five episodes each, are both streaming on Netflix now.

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Will There Be Other ‘Cobra Kai’ Spinoffs?

Cobra Kai may be coming to an end, but this appears to be only the beginning of the “Miyagiverse” that the show’s creators have built. As Josh, Jon and Hayden teased in their season 6 announcement, it’s possible fans will see other Karate Kid and Cobra Kai spinoffs in the future.

In July 2024, the creators revealed that they were thinking of a prequel series about Daniel LaRusso’s (Ralph Macchio) sensei, Mr. Miyagi (Pat Morita, who died in 2005), as well as other spinoff ideas.

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“Cobra Kai itself is, in a way, a spinoff of The Karate Kid. We took the bully from The Karate Kid, we took that branch and created our own tree out of it, and we feel like we could do that with any of the characters on the show,” Hayden told The Hollywood Reporter. “We definitely thought about that as we’re tying things up with all the characters. We think about the fun of following them in their futures and in, addition, we think about the past.”

He continued, “It is one of the reasons why we did the Miyagi box story this season. It opens up all these questions about Mr. Miyagi and what his life was like, and that’s been something we’ve been wanting to do for a while. We’ve talked to Robert Mark Kamen, the writer of the original Karate Kid who based this whole movie off his sensei who studied Okinawan karate; we’ve been talking about all this Miyagi backstory with him, which helped us with season six stuff. Now that we’re done, we can actually start getting into this stuff.”