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Anyway, here are the notes I took during panels on the first day of the Salute to Cobra Kai convention:

Martin Kove

- “He’s not the most evil person. He’s just misunderstood” (about Kreese)

- Entire final scene between Kreese and Silver was filmed in one take

- Everything in Karate Kid 3 was originally written for John Kreese but they later came up with Terry Silver because Martin Kove was too busy to film

- There was originally an ending scene shot where there was a hand with a ring and cigar which was clearly Kreese picking up a magazine that said “What ever happened to the Business Man Terry Silver?”

- He personally believes that Kreese survived because he always manages a way to get out of things

- He never liked the scene in the parking lot with Miyagi and Kreese. He thought it was goofy and cartoonish for him to have his nose honked.

- Someone asked if Kreese killed Tory’s mom and he says he didn’t

- “I wanted to have more scenes with Amanda”

- Amanda/Courtney really slapped Martin

- He wanted to smile but the directors told him not to because it was too weird and lowkey sensual

- He joked that he killed Johnnys mom

- A kid asked “what does it feel like to act at your age” and he jokingly got up and stumbled across the stage

- “How did you survive the snake bite in the cave?” “Hollywood”. Additionally, he wishes that scene was longer so it was clearer it was a dream and he wished Kreese suffered more

- Every time Kreese would ask Hawk something in a scene, he would always come up with the right answer

- Jacob Bertrand was hitting a steak over and over in the scene where Hawk beats up Brucks

The Creators

- Cobra Kai was originally a movie idea but they realized it would work better as a show

- John Hurwitz has always been a huge fan of Billy Zabka and even made a website for him when he was younger

- They didn’t know Peyton List had the history of Disney acting and just saw her as intimidating and scary

- They said that Kreese died despite the fact that they apparently filmed a potential ending where Kreese didn’t die

- They considered having Johnny’s dad show up later in the show and see what Johnny was up to

- The house Johnny ends up buying in the end is the same house that’s in Carmen’s dream sequence

- Chozen was originally very friendly to Danny but they realized there needed to be a little rivalry between them

- Someone asked why the cops are never there and they just laughed and said it’s LA so the cops have a lot of other things to focus on

Alicia Hannah-Kim & Yuji Okumoto

- The make-out scene was fun to film

- Kim is disapproving of Chozen’s taste in reality TV taste but probably turns a blind eye because she cares about him

- Alicia took the dojo bomber jacket and Yuji took the black belt from the set

- Yuji arrived on set and Alicia ran up to him, saying “Did you read the latest script?!” and that’s how they found out about the romance arc

- Yuji joked that he wants Kumiko to ruins Danny’s marriage like she ruined Chozen

- Both of them would take Johnnys role if they had to choose any other role

- When asked which student he’d like to see Chozen bond with, he said he really liked working with Peyton, but if he chose a character, Yuji wishes he could’ve had more scenes with Hawk. He said Chozen could’ve related to Hawk’s wild side.

Ralph Macchio & Billy Zabka

- Ralph acknowledged that they brought up Miyagi so much and joked about how people would get annoyed by him constantly talking about his mentor

- If Danny had another minute with Mr. Miyagi, he would probably reiterate that that he’s the best friend Danny’s ever had

- Joked about Bert being the unsung hero and said there should be a spin off called “Bert” with him and Stingray

- Ralph said he’s Eagle Fang all the way but also Miyagi Do for life

- Billy’s favorite fight scene is the first fight scene where Johnny defends Miguel in the parking lot

- They filmed their duel in s4e5 in short increments one a really cold night (February?) and they had to go into heating vans in between takes because it was so cold

- Ralph still has the original yellow car from the original movie and whenever the car show up in the show, it’s the original car

- Ralph wishes we could’ve had Danny addressing and referencing his dad who doesn’t show up at all

Tory: You're totally right. Kreese: Wait, I am?

Tory: Yeah!

Kreese: Wow. I'm a war veteran with severe mental trauma that has led me to doing some pretty shitty things ... Are you absolutely sure?

Tory: I'm gonna ask her out!

Kreese: What?!

Tory: Thank you. I never thought I'd see the day where I could muster the courage to do this, but that lesson has truly shown me the importance of telling her how I feel.

*Tory walks away*

Kim: Well, that's certainly a development.