plural dojos
: a school for training in various arts of self-defense (such as judo or karate)
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And when was it realized that The Karate Kid Part II’s Miyagi family dojo scene could be retconned in order to fold Jackie Chan’s 2010 standalone reboot into the mothership?
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Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 30 May 2025
Conor, after all, trains with a hard-hitting Cobra Kai-like dojo named Demolition with an edgy John Kreese-like sensei named O’Shea (Tim Rozon), even though O’Shea barely has a presence in comparison to Martin Kove’s Kreese in the Karate Kid movies and Cobra Kai.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
And in what has to be the epitome of one-stop-shopping narrative convenience, these loan sharks also own the MMA dojo where Fong’s tormentor, Conor Day (Aramis Knight), practices.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 29 May 2025
Set decades after the original films, the series stars William Zabka, reprising his role as former bully Johnny Lawrence, who reopens his old dojo in a bid to get his life back on track.
—Nick Caruso, TVLine, 17 Dec. 2024
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Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 30 May 2025
Conor, after all, trains with a hard-hitting Cobra Kai-like dojo named Demolition with an edgy John Kreese-like sensei named O’Shea (Tim Rozon), even though O’Shea barely has a presence in comparison to Martin Kove’s Kreese in the Karate Kid movies and Cobra Kai.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
And in what has to be the epitome of one-stop-shopping narrative convenience, these loan sharks also own the MMA dojo where Fong’s tormentor, Conor Day (Aramis Knight), practices.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 29 May 2025
Set decades after the original films, the series stars William Zabka, reprising his role as former bully Johnny Lawrence, who reopens his old dojo in a bid to get his life back on track.
—Nick Caruso, TVLine, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Dojo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dojo. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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