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The “Cobra Kai” crew is heading back to Netflix this September, less than nine months after the launch of Season 4.

“Cobra Kai,” the popular “Karate Kid” sequel television series starring Ralph Macchio and William Zabka, will debut its fifth season Sept. 9. The news was announced out a panel conversation with the stars of the series at the Netflix is a Joke comedy festival this week.

Based on the original ’80s “Karate Kid” franchise by Robert Mark Kamen, “Cobra Kai” focuses on the characters of Daniel LaRusso (Macchio) and Johnny Lawrence (Zabka), 30 years after the events of the original films. Now struggling with mid-life crises in their own ways, the two’s long-settled high school rivalry reignites after Johnny reopens the old Cobra Kai dojo as its primary sensei. In addition to Macchio and Zabka, the series has brought back other members of the original films’ cast, including Martin Kove as John Kreese and Thomas Ian Griffith as Terry Silver.

The series centers around old-time adversaries that are still at odds more than three decades after their showdown in the classic martial arts movie The Karate Kid.

The trailer reveals that Season 5 will center around the aftermath of the tragic events from the All Valley Tournament in Season 4, with Miyagi-Do Karate having to close its doors and Terry Silver (Thomas Ian Griffith) owning up to his promise of franchising Cobra Kai — meaning that his less-than-ideal “no mercy” competition style will now spread across Los Angeles.

In addition to the date announcement, the streamer also released a teaser for the upcoming season. The trailer shows the results of last season’s All Valley Tournament, which ended with Cobra Kai winning the competition and Terry Silver taking complete control over the dojo and beginning plans to expand it.

“Today is a turning point at Cobra Kai,” Griffith narrates in the teaser. “Our competition has closed up shop, and the only thing better than a full dojo, is a whole valley full of full dojos.”

The teaser also reveals several upcoming plot points for the series, including Daniel taking drastic measures to take down Terry and Johnny traveling to Mexico with his estranged son Robby (Tanner Buchanan) to hunt down the missing Miguel (Xolo Maridueña).

Watch the full teaser below.

“Cobra Kai” first premiered in 2018 as a YouTube Premium original series. The show was acquired by Netflix starting with its third season, after YouTube stopped producing original scripted content. The series stars an ensemble cast, which in addition to the old “Karate Kid” film stars also includes Maridueña, Buchanan, Courtney Henggeler, Mary Mouser, Jacob Bertrand, Gianni Decenzo, Vanessa Rubio and Peyton List. Josh Heald, Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg created the series and executive produce through Counterbalance Entertainment. Macchio and Zabka also executive produce along with Will Smith, James Lassiter, Caleeb Pinkett and Susan Ekins. The series is produced by Sony Pictures Television.

Cobra Kai is the sequel series to the late 80s film franchise starring Macchio and the late Pat Morita. It centers around Terry Silver bringing back his karate dojo, which the show is named after. The series originally premiered on YouTube Red, but after it was cancelled, Netflix picked it up and the series has done pretty well so far, audience-wise. The series is created and written by Josh Heald, Jon Hurwitz, and Hayden Schlossberg, who recently got the greenlight for another action/comedy series.

The show also stars Courtney Henggeler, Xolo Maridueña, Tanner Buchanan, Mary Mouser, Jacob Bertrand, Gianni Decenzo, Vanessa Rubio, Peyton List, Martin Kove, Dallas Dupree Young, Oona O’Brien, and Griffin Santopietro.