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How Karate Training Helped Cobra Kai's William Zabka Get Back in Fighting Shape at 53
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Hornik, Susan. (2019-04-11). How Karate Training Helped Cobra Kai's William Zabka Get Back in Fighting Shape at 53
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- AuthorHornik, Susan
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Men's Health interview with William Zabka ahead of Cobra Kai season two. Zabka states he knew nothing about karate before The Karate Kid, was trained by Pat E. Johnson ("He built me up from nothing"), kept training with Johnson after the film, and credits karate training (karate and taekwondo during Cobra Kai) with healing a high-school wrestling back injury.
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william-zabka · pat-e-johnson · cobra-kai
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- Accessed2026-08-24
- Archived2026-01-08
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- URLhttps://www.menshealth.com/entertainment/a27115918/cobra-kai-william-zabka-karate-kid/
- Archived copyhttps://web.archive.org/web/20260108233352/https://www.menshealth.com/entertainment/a27115918/cobra-kai-william-zabka-karate-kid/
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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). How Karate Training Helped Cobra Kai's
William Zabka Get Back in Fighting Shape at 53. In Martialis: Martial Arts
Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M0TFB9H0XQQPWMB785GDZB1N - CC
BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
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