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[strikefirster]

[The feed opens up to a crooked shot of a building that screams abandoned warehouse vibes. Out of frame is a man in a black karate gi standing next to a grandfather clock with the words "Professor Dongspin" written on it in green paint.]

Now I just got here but I've been seen a lot of talk about free fighting lessons. But we all know that in life you get what you pay for.

You want to really kick the competition? Then you need to get your ass down to Cobra Kai.

Screw that weird ass fairy tale bullshit. Learn from someone who drinks raw eggs, not pansy ass hot chocolate.

You'll learn bone crunching, face smashing, all American Karate. For the reasonable price of your blood, sweat and tears.

We're not going to be doing any self-defense, It's time to learn self-offense.

Don't be a pussy. Join Cobra Kai and let me teach you the way of the fist.

[And then leaps into the air and delivers a spinning kick into the grandfather clock which collapses and smashes against the ground.

The feed cuts out shortly after.]

Comments

[strikefirster]

I'm still working on a location. But I checked out the building behind me and it's empty and got a bunch of space. It might do the trick.

Unless you're talking about the nerds initiation or what ever. Then no. We're going to actually train people here.

[terriblepurpose]

[Paul nods, looking thoughtful. That seems to make sense to him.]

What does training in 'All American Karate' involve?

CW: Child endangerment.

[strikefirster]

That depends on the day. No two fights are the same so we've gotta be creative how we toughen you up.

Sometimes you'll be training in the dojo but it gets a less conventional sometimes.

I once tied a kids hands together and pushed him into a pool to teach him how to kick.

Threw a bunch of my students into a cement mixer and got them to push it from the inside so they'd learn to work together and not get stuck in their ways.

Methods vary but they learned how to be tough.

[terriblepurpose]

[That also seems to make perfect sense to Paul, who only nods again.]

So it's a conditioning program as well as a martial art.

What is the philosophy of your school? Also - what is a cement mixer?

[strikefirster]

[Finally someone who gets it.]

Yeah. They go hand in hand. You can’t kick ass without the gains, right?

Cobra Kai has three tenents.
Strike First.
Strike Hard.
No Mercy.

That last one is getting worked on though. There’s a difference between being a badass and being an asshole. Sometimes you have know when to show mercy to be a real man.

Seriously? You don’t gave cement mixers here? No wonder the roads are shit.

[terriblepurpose]

A lot of things here are, you'll find out.

And that's a succinct philosophy. I like it.

I'm Paul Atreides. What should I call you?

[strikefirster]

Yeah. That's fucking life for ya. Always tries to kick you in the nuts in different ways.

It'll take you far in life as long as you use your head. [Which is probably why Johnny hasn't gotten very fair.]

Johnny Lawrence. Or Sensei if you're going to stop by and take some lessons.

[terriblepurpose]

I will stop by, I think - if it's all right to try both initiations?

[Paul smiles a little.]

You're not wrong about life.

[strikefirster]

Yeah. Sure. Take both. I'm going to be trying out that other one myself anyways. If I want students I'm going to have prove I'm more than just talk by crushing that challenge too.

[He actually returns that with a grin of his own.]

Yeah. You don't forget it when it bends you over the first time. But we'll strike back and show not to fuck with us again, right?

[terriblepurpose]

Commendable. We might see each other, then.

[Paul's smile widens to approach Johnny's grin.]

And not if it doesn't want to get 'fucked with' in return.

[Paul sounds like someone who learned the word 'fuck' last month, because he is, pronouncing it with a careful primness around the explosive ck.]

I'll keep an eye out for your school, Johnny Lawrence.

[strikefirster]

Count on it. If I'm lucky I'll have students for the big slugfest too.

[Johnny is glad he got the opportunity to teach one child how to say fuck.]

See. That attitude right there. That is Cobra Kai material.

I like you kid.

[terriblepurpose]

...thank you, Sensei Lawrence.

[Paul nods in a way that also suspiciously looks like someone trying to hide their face behind their hair, and then he cuts the video feed.]