As said by the great Jon Hurwitz himself, it is time to strike back!
The official trailer for Cobra Kai Season 5 dropped today on August 16th, with even
more of a sneak peek of what's to come!
As we saw the recent announcement of Mike Barnes, we also saw more of our favorite redeemed
sensei Chozen, with some new faces including Kim Da-Eun.
As I've said before, we got some questions answered, and we were left with even more
questions.
Will the rivalry end between Miguel and Robby?
Will Cobra Kai rule the valley forever?
And what will we learn about Miguel's father in Mexico?
This is my breakdown and theory of everything we know about Cobra Kai Season 5 so far.
First, let's break down the official trailer shot-by-shot or rather scene by scene.
The trailer opens up with what we saw in the Season 5 date announcement teaser – Daniel
telling Chozen what the competition looks like as they see the TV featuring Terry Silver
at the tournament giving his victory speech.
Daniel begins to describe Terry's public image as a philanthropist, as he's accepting an
award of some kind with Amanda and some of the All-Valley board members present.
Terry is given the microphone to make a speech, and the next quick shot cuts to him observing
his students as Kim Da-Eun is also present, which then cuts to Terry grinning.
As Johnny pulls up in the Eagle Fang van looking for a Michael (actually Mikaela), we hear
him narrate that he's no longer a sensei which cuts back to the end of the tournament where
Tory defeated Sam in the finals.
As Johnny speeds off in the van with Mikaela and her friend in the backseat, Daniel announces
to the Miyagi-Do students that he has to shut down the dojo per the agreement he made with
Kreese.
Sam protests this decision, but Daniel says “With Johnny gone, it's on me to fix this,”
as we see Johnny slam the brakes and it shows his new career as a Rideshare driver going
fairly smoothly.
Cobra Kai continues to train, as we see Devon next to Tory with Kyler in the background,
then shots of Kenny slamming a student to the mat, striking them, and passing out flyers
for the dojo.
Carmen receives a flyer in her mail, with Terry narrating that Cobra Kai has more students
than ever as we see a student he's talking to from Cutting Edge Karate, and states that
“we'll need more senseis,” as his limousine pulls up to a hangar where Kim Da-Eun steps
off the plane, along with the other senseis he's bringing in.
Terry makes it known that he wants to take over more than just the Valley.
At the waterpark, Anthony gets cornered by Kyler, Kenny, and the rest of the Cobra Kai
as he's kicked into the pool, while Tory says “Everything was supposed to be better after
the tournament...
it's only getting worse.”
We see both Miyagi-Do and Eagle Fang arguing and shoving with Cobra Kai, and Hawk avoiding
punches from Kenny until he gets hit in the face.
We hear Robby saying “I know how things can start out from nothing and get bigger
and bigger until all you feel is hate,” as we see him take off his glasses, then see
Miguel and Sam at the pool where the former looks concerned, and supposedly Robby or Kenny
pushing who I assume to be Hawk into the pool, and then Miguel shoves Robby as they stare
down with Kenny looking on.
Johnny pleads with Miguel and Robby to get along since “we're all friends now,” but
the two refuse to get along.
We see more shots of Robby and Miguel fighting, as it seems that Robby has his nose bloodied
by Miguel, with the two trading strikes until Robby lands the kick off the wall.
We cut back to the map of the valley with the Cobra Kai flags as Daniel tells Johnny
“Silver is dividing and conquering,” as it seems they're in an office of LaRusso Auto,
as Chozen and Amanda are also present.
Chozen urges the importance of fighting back because “Everything we fought for will all
be a memory,” as he stares at the TV screen of Silver, Daniel throwing a blanket over
the Miyagi-Do sign, and Devon and Tory face off against Kim Da-Eun.
Terry asks Kim to see which “of my students are ready to take the next step,” as we
see another shot of the students with the new blonde sensei in the background, and Devon
is in a Topanga Karate uniform as she's standing among the students, and then fights Tory again
as Kim Da Eun watches on.
Kim Da-Eun strikes Tory's leg with a bamboo stick and tells her to strike “harder!”
Daniel and Chozen are possibly scouting one of Cobra Kai's locations, with Amanda arguing
that Daniel “won't stop,” with Daniel responding to “let me and Chozen handle
it,” as we see Chozen being surrounded by 6 senseis from various dojos, calling back
to being surrounded in Karate Kid II as he taught a class, and Daniel continues “this
is the only way to make it better.”
Amanda says to “handle it,” as Chozen fights the Cutting Edge Karate sensei.
Daniel looks down at a picture of his family, presumably after drinking as he looks haggard,
Johnny slams his laptop down after watching a video of Terry as he shows up to the LaRusso
house where Sam opens the door, and sees Chozen and Amanda, as we hear him say 'All we gotta
do is get our hands dirty.”
Terry tells Daniel that “if you continue down this path, nothing in your life will
ever be the same again.”
as we see Daniel with a black eye, standing next to Chozen and Johnny as the dojos reunite
again, this time joined by Robby, Miguel, Anthony, and Amanda.
Johnny nods to Daniel, and we then see Johnny and Chozen approach one of the new Cobra Kai
senseis to “teach him a lesson.”
We see Chozen teaching Miyagi-Do to the students, the dojo and others watching Sam and Robby
perform the Wheel Technique, some of the same members in suit (presumably the All Valley
board) as we see Devon and Tory train together, Kim Da-Eun with senseis readying their stance
behind her, Johnny and Chozen back to back, Kenny vs Hawk inside the Cobra Kai dojo with
a new hair color, a continuation of Devon and Tory fighting Kim Da Eun, Devon fighting
Sam, Tory attempting to hit someone, another shot of Devon and Sam fighting while the people
in suits look on behind a table, Kenny attempting to fight Tyron Woodley, and Robby, Hawk, and
Miguel training together.
We then see Daniel in his state earlier being confronted by Silver, either in his house
or someone else's as his knuckles are bleeding, which cuts to a logo.
We then cut to a woman telling Kreese she's “happy to hear” he's getting along with
the other inmates, which then cuts to him laying someone out, and cuts back to him saying
he “makes friends pretty easily,” which shows Kreese once again fighting, and concludes
the trailer by him saying “I believe a little kindness goes a long way.”
Let's talk about some of my previous speculations and see if they still hold up, or if we can
now debunk them with the trailer coming out.
Regarding Hawk's previously suspected storylines, it looks like (along with the other students)
that Chozen will have a hand in training the students in some of the other aspects of Miyagi-Do.
While Shawn still isn't in the picture, it looks like Kenny and Hawk will have a rivalry
of their own this season, as Kenny was still quick enough to land a strike on Hawk at the
waterpark.
We can assume that this season will take place in the summer again like Season 2, so depending
on how much time passes by the end of Season 5, we could perhaps still see Shawn in the
picture.
In regards to Sam, while we don't see much of the same internal conflict that we saw
in the previous teaser, I imagine that it will still be part of her arc going forward
in the season.
Perhaps some of the previous shots we saw will be intercut with her fight against Devon,
as she's fighting through her own demons at the same time.
As I previously suspected, Kreese's arc will focus on his time in jail, and from what we've
already seen, he can still take care of himself.
I'm interested to see how it resolves, as we see Tory not only contemplate on her trophy,
but hear her during the newest teaser saying how things aren't getting better.
With one of the new photos we saw, we also see her walking into the dojo to perhaps hand
in the trophy and reveal that she knew all about Silver paying off the referee.
In regards to the rivalry between Miguel and Robby, it looks like that it started from
a misunderstanding of how the two intervene between Hawk and Kenny, in which the former
was more than likely was trying to defend Anthony.
I would assume that the fight at the apartment complex will either take place after the waterpark
fight, or right before it, which could lead to why things are so heated at the waterpark.
The good news is that they will either completely resolve the rivalry, or put it to the side
enough to work together, as we see both of them training with Hawk later on.
More importantly, we can't not talk about Tory's arc in Season 5.
It seems that she will be put through rigorous training like Daniel was, being forced to
break stone, and reprimanded with a bamboo stick for not attacking her opponent hard
enough.
It seems that she will also possibly taken Devon under her wing or train with her quite
a bit, as we see them together not only in some shots but in some of the teaser photos
we saw (which I will talk about here in the next section).
Finally, let's talk about my predictions, and what I suspect we'll see in Season 5.
I'm going to first talk about some of the teaser photos and their importance to Season
5.
The first picture confirms what we saw in the trailer – Kim Da-Eun squaring off against
Devon and Tory.
This would also echo back to Terry ordering her to find the student that's going to be
taken to the next level, and that would also explain why she's present when Tory is attempting
to break stone, and also reprimanding Tory for not striking Devon hard enough.
As far as who this sensei is related to, one of the obvious answers would be Kim Sun-Young,
the sensei that both Terry Silver and Captain Turner trained under from South Korea, and
being that they share the same surname of Kim, it is possible that she is related to
this sensei.
However, we'll have to wait and see, as this could be just an old friend Terry knew from
his time in South Korea.
The next picture is Devon, now officially Cobra Kai, training with Tory.
I feel like I've talked about their relationship together already as fellow students, but my
guess is that Devon joined Topanga Karate because Johnny no longer is a sensei and had
to shut down Eagle Fang officially.
I assume a major plotline going into the season is that Terry is either buying out all of
these dojos (which would explain why we see many students and senseis from all over),
or perhaps is taking over the dojos by force, where if he defeats a dojo, he acquires the
property, students, and teachers.
The next picture we see are where Johnny and Robby are celebrating a victory in Mexico.
This has to take place in the “Search for Miguel” arc which I feel is at the beginning
of the season, and assuming the milk we see on the table, this is probably them winning
some sort of spicy food contest, if I had to guess.
The next picture is Daniel getting some R&R at some type of resort or in his backyard.
We could also assume that it's the waterpark, but the background and time of day seem pretty
different, so maybe this is the adults hanging out together while the students are at the
waterpark.
The 5th picture is Kenny and Kyler seen standing in the Cobra Kai dojo among other students,
nothing too crazy about this picture, so we'll move onto the next one.
We then see Amanda and Carmen looking worried as they get some kind of phone call.
Perhaps this is them getting ready for date night, and my guess is that the night gets
interrupted because Johnny and Chozen end up fighting the sensei in revenge for Daniel
getting a black eye, but right now it's just pure speculation.
The 7th picture is from the beginning of the trailer, where Terry is throwing a party at
his house and is offering Amanda a drink.
What's interesting to note is that Daniel may have been at this same party, as Amanda
is wearing the same dress in the argument they're having.
The 8th picture, which is one of my personal favorites, shows some of the dojos joining
forces as Robby, Anthony, and Mitch have joined Miyagi-Do.
This would have to be after Miguel comes back from Mexico, and Robby makes amends with the
rest of the students, much like Hawk did in Season 4.
The 9th photo, which I talked about a bit already, is Tory walking into the Cobra Kai
dojo with trophy in hand, perhaps to confront Silver on him paying off the ref.
The next picture shows a lifeguard either intervening or most likely kicking out Miguel
and Robby for shoving each other and trying to intervene in the fight between the two
dojos.
Of course, picture 11 is the return of Karate's Bad Boy Mike Barnes, as he's seen in his classic
stance in formal attire squaring off against someone.
My guess is that this either at the party that Silver is throwing, or near the end of
the season as being brought in for back up for Terry Silver and is preparing to fight
either Johnny, Chozen, or Daniel.
Last but not least, we have one of my favorite pictures, Johnny, Daniel, and Chozen standing
together as an alliance, as this matches up with them observing Sam and Robby performing
the wheel technique.
This brings me to my speculation about what we saw in the trailer.
My guess is the people we've seen in the suits are either new members of the All-Valley Board,
or some kind of officials that are overseeing a competition that Miyagi-Do and Eagle Fang
are participating in that Cobra Kai is holding.
Perhaps Silver, again, is asking these dojos to compete for a Winner Takes All, or challenging
any school to try to beat his best students.
This would explain why these people are seen observing both dojos doing their respective
training, and also while Sam and Devon are fighting each other.
It's interesting to see Silver give Miyagi-Do and Eagle Fang another chance.
My guess is because Tory airs out that Silver purposely paid off the ref and overthrew Kreese
as sensei, this is what causes Cobra Kai's victory to be null and void, and is why Silver
is hosting this tournament instead.
With that being said, this could also call for Kreese's release from prison, and perhaps
he will be a last minute ally to Daniel's alliance to help against the numbers game
that Silver is currently winning.
I think one can assume that Silver or Barnes is responsible for Daniel's black eye, and
in return, Chozen and Johnny are retaliating against Cobra Kai by defeating one of their
senseis.
All in all, we're less than a month away from Cobra Kai Season 5, and I can't wait to see
how all of this plays out.
With Chozen and Barnes being brought into the mix, worlds are about to collide in the
Miyagiverse, and there's going to be a ton of fallout that affects the Valley.
If things get crazy enough, we may actually see the end one character, as Hayden Schlossberg
puts it.
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