I DO NOT OWN COBRA KAI OR THE KARATE KID.

The next day, Ellie woke up early, ate some breakfast, and got out of the house before her old man woke up. She had some some time to kill so instead of trying to take a bus or an Uber to the dealership, Ellie decided to walk all the way there. By the time she had walked the several miles to Larusso Auto, it was 11:45. She waited on a park bench nearby for fifteen minutes before walking into the dealership. Daniel was opening the lot for business when he spotted his new student.

"Ah miss Wheeler." Mr. Larusso greeted. "You're right on time."

"So, where do we train, Mr. Larusso?" Ellie asked.

"First of all, from now on you will refer to me as sensei, all right?"

"Yes sensei."

"Good." Daniel replied. "Today, we'll be training here at the dealership. Today is all about muscle memory and training your reflexes. Understand?"

"Yes sensei!" Ellie exclaimed.

"All right, the first thing I want you to do...is raise the flag." Daniel said as Ellie was taken aback.

"Raise the flag?" She asked.

"That's right." He said as Ellie collected herself.

"Yes sensei." She said as he led her outside to the pole. After he showed her how to do it, Ellie raised the flag up the pole with thrust. When she was finished, she went back inside.

"The flag is raised, sensei." She reported.

"Good, now...sweep the floors." Daniel ordered.

"Sweep the floors?" Ellie asked in disbelief.

"Yep." He replied as he handed her a broom and dustpan.

"Yes sensei." She said dejectedly as she began sweeping the floors of the dealership. After a half hour, she was finished and brought the broom and pan back to Mr. Larusso.

"I swept the floors sensei." She reported.

"Good, now you need to...wash the windows." He said as he pointed her to the supplies closet.

"Huh?" She asked.

"I want them all to be clean."

"You're still teaching me karate, right sensei?" Ellie inquired.

"Yes, this is part of learning muscle memory, training the reflexes, remember?" Daniel reminded his student.

"Yes sensei." Ellie groaned as she got the window washing supplies and went to work. After two hours, all of the windows were cleaned.

"I washed the windows sensei." She replied as she put the supplies away.

"Good job, now there are some documents for you to staple." Daniel added.

"What?" Ellie asked in shock. "How is this teaching me karate?"

"It's how my sensei taught me." Daniel explained.

"Fine sensei." She said as she went into his office and began stapling the papers. After an hour of that, Ellie was getting discouraged.

"Did you staple the papers?" Mr. Larusso asked.

"Yes sensei." Ellie replied.

"Good, now there's one more expertise that I want you to do: wax the cars." At the sound of this, Ellie's heart sank.

"All of those cars?" She asked in fear.

"You bet, every one." Daniel insisted.

"But...but...but...Yes sensei." Ellie said as she grabbed the necessary supplies and headed out to the lot. After two and half hours, she had waxed all the cars.

"The cars are waxed sensei." Ellie reported, all out of breath.

"Both lots?" He asked as he pointed to another lot of unwaxed cars. Ellie wanted to argue, but she didn't have the energy for it. So she just grabbed her stuff and went to work. After three more hours, all of the cars at the dealership were waxed. Once the supplies had been out away. Ellie laid on the ground and took a much needed rest.

After the rest, Daniel took Ellie into the garage to test her reflexes. "All right, let's see what you've learned." Daniel said as they took a fighting stance. "Show me...wax on, wax off." Daniel stuck at her, but to Ellie's surprise, she blocked his fist the same way she had waxed the cars.

"I did it." Ellie said with glee.

"See, it's all about muscle memory." Daniel reminded her. "Now show me, washing the windows." He struck again and Ellie raised her hands and blocked. Mr. Larusso came at her with more and more strikes, but she remembered the patterns that he had showed her and blocked his hits. After ten minutes, Ellie was tired, but happy.

"I did it sensei!" She exclaimed.

"You did indeed." He agreed. "Now you're ready to begin learning the secrets of Miyagi Do karate."

NEXT TIME, ELLIE EXPLORES MIYAGI DO KARATE AND HER HEART. REVIEWS NEEDED AND APPRECIATED.