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Cobra Kai Stars Describe Season 3 in Three Words

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Cobra Kai never dies, and we are definitely happy about that! Season 3 of the enormously popular 'Karate Kid' sequel series is set to drop on Netflix, and Young Hollywood is set to do some wax on, wax off with the talented younger stars of the show, including Mary Mouser (Sam Russo), Xolo Maridueña (Miguel Diaz), Jacob Bertrand (Eli/Hawk), and Peyton List (Tory)! The actors tease the anticipated third season by describing it for us in 3 words and also share how their karate training differed from seasons past, encouraging them to really push their own limits, physically. Plus, the actors tell us who they think could win in an IRL karate brawl! "Cobra Kai" Season 3 drops on January 1!

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Young Hollywood

Hi ladies, how's it going?

Peyton List

Pretty good. How about you?

Young Hollywood

Hi guys. Hi, pleasure to meet you. What's up? Congrats on season three about to premiere. Are you guys excited?

Jacob Bertrand

I definitely, yeah. I think, I think we're all a little nervous, but but uh we're excited to see how everyone, you know, it's been so long. It's a long time coming.

Young Hollywood

Are you guys excited for it to finally come out? It feels like it's been forever at this point. Like I know realistically it hasn't, but I mean the last few months I think for everybody have dragged on. Okay, so how would each of you describe the season three in three words? We can start with you, Mary.

Mary Mouser

Oh, um gritty, intense, and nostalgic.

Jacob Bertrand

Intense, badass, and wild.

Peyton List

Badass, high stakes, um, I would say Let's see.

Jacob Bertrand

He doesn't have a very big vocabulary.

Peyton List

Yeah, my vocabulary really only consists of three words and he used two of them.

Young Hollywood

If you two fought each other in real life, who do you think would win?

Jacob Bertrand

Um, look, I I'd love to sit here and say, you know, it'd be a close match. I really don't know who'd win, but I think at the end of the day Jacob would definitely win. And that's not to say that he's better than me at karate or that he's stronger than me. I think it just goes to say that it would get to the point where I would just give up and Jacob would still be going like still be going. I, I think, I think he just uh has that he, he's driven.

Young Hollywood

Would you say that you're competitive in real life, Jacob?

Jacob Bertrand

Yeah.

Mary Mouser

Yes. We've played Monopoly so many times. I'm telling you, we've played games so many times where I'll win or, you know, recently we've been playing a lot of Magic and there's times where I'll win and he'll just be like, all right, good game. Yep. Let's just go on to the next one. Let's just go on to the next one. He's just a little bit more than the average person.

Jacob Bertrand

Exactly.

Mary Mouser

It's a good show to bring that out. So you got.

Jacob Bertrand

Oh yeah. Oh yeah, totally.

Young Hollywood

All right. If you could if you guys were to fight each other in real life, who do you think would win?

Jacob Bertrand

By far, I think I'm the smallest. Uh, I think right off the bat that puts me at a disadvantage unless I can like scoop down to people's knee caps and knock them out. Um, definitely if I'm fighting you know, Tanner, I'm done for. Uh, Jacob, done for. Sholo, I might be able to hold my my my ground for a little bit. Peyton, I'm done for. I think Peyton and I would would do.

Peyton List

Okay, well, I feel like I know everyone's strong suits, like apparently Gini's kicks are insane and he's Yeah. So I'd stay away from that. Everyone's complained about his kicks. Um, yeah, Jacob could actually do stunts if he wanted to, and he's super into it and can do flips and whatever else. So no. Um I think everybody is honestly been trained for longer than me, so I would just get scrappy. I don't know my whole technique would go out the door and I'd be like, fingernails in the eyeballs.

Young Hollywood

Yeah. And then how would you say training was different from season two to season three? Harder? I mean, you had been fighting for two seasons already, so.

Jacob Bertrand

I guess Do you want to try?

Mary Mouser

No, you go.

Jacob Bertrand

Yeah, so so I guess what I really enjoyed about season uh three was that, you know, the first two seasons we were really learning the fundamentals of karate. Jacob learned how to do a backflip. We learned how to do like so many different things that I feel like don't necessarily fit in the realm of traditional like forward stance, you know, front kick, what not.

Mary Mouser

I concur. Um, I think we in some ways trained harder and in some ways didn't have to as much. Um, I think because we kind of had a couple years under our belt and we like have uh more of the, you know, preparation going into it, uh, it was like, okay, like, you know, I I I got the basics now, let's focus on learning each fight piece.

Peyton List

Yeah, it's true. Every season, I feel like it gets more intense and it's just a bigger challenge and a bigger way to test ourselves. I definitely tested my limits, I think this this past season. And I didn't think I would say that after the season two school fight finale. But, I mean, it's also just I want to get better and I want to I want to in form and everything else. So I feel like it's just there's always more to learn.

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PEOPLE MENTIONED

  • Peyton List

    Cast member, discusses Season 3 and training

  • Mary Mouser

    Cast member, describes Season 3 as 'gritty, intense, and nostalgic'

  • Xolo Maridueña

    Cast member, describes Season 3 as 'intense, badass, and wild'

  • Jacob Bertrand

    Cast member, describes Season 3 as 'badass, high stakes'

  • Tanner Buchanan

    Mentioned by Peyton List when discussing who would win a fight

FAQ

When does Cobra Kai Season 3 drop?+
Cobra Kai Season 3 is scheduled to drop on January 1.
How do the actors describe Cobra Kai Season 3?+
Mary Mouser describes it as 'gritty, intense, and nostalgic'; Xolo Maridueña as 'intense, badass, and wild'; and Jacob Bertrand as 'badass, high stakes'.
How did training for Cobra Kai Season 3 differ?+
The actors trained harder and learned more advanced techniques beyond fundamental karate, pushing their physical limits even further than in previous seasons.
Which Cobra Kai actor is most competitive in real life?+
Jacob Bertrand is described by his co-stars as being very competitive in real life, even during games like Monopoly and Magic.
Who do the actors think would win a real-life fight among them?+
Xolo Maridueña believes Jacob Bertrand would win due to his drive, while Peyton List suggests she would resort to 'scrappy' tactics like 'fingernails in the eyeballs' against stronger co-stars like Jacob or Tanner Buchanan.

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