Iñaki Godoy: It’s Iñaki Godoy, actor, rapper, and professional TV sailor. And today, I’m on the set of ‘Cobra Kai’!

[all cheer]

[rock music playing]

[grunts]

[yelling]

Martin Klove: I think we have to kill him first before he learns anything.

[ominous sting]

Iñaki Godoy: Here we go, guys. I’m a huge Cobra Kai fan. I can’t wait to meet all the actors. I don’t know where exactly I have to go. It’s here. This way, apparently. I think we’re getting close. Holy ****, I’m so nervous.

Iñaki Godoy: They’re all sitting in the courtyard. OK, what do I say? What do I … OK. I’m just — I’m just a crazy fan who sneaked on set of ‘Cobra Kai.’ Cobra Kai never dies!

Iñaki Godoy: Oh my God! Hey!

cast of ‘Cobra Kai’: Hey!

Iñaki Godoy: Oh my God!

Iñaki Godoy: Oh my God! Dude, I —

Gianni DeCenzo: What’s up, man?!

Iñaki Godoy: Dude, you broke his arm!

[bone cracks]

Jacob Bertrand: I crashed your set. 

Iñaki Godoy: You’re Hawk from ‘Cobra Kai’! Aah! 

Jacob Bertrand: So I guess it makes sense that you come over and crash ours. 

Mary Mouser: Almost literally, ’cause I’m pretty sure I heard that door wiggle.

[laughter]

Iñaki Godoy: Hey, right?

Jacob Bertrand: That hinge is broken.

Iñaki Godoy: I just got a little too excited.

all: One Piece!

[laughter]

Jacob Bertrand: Right in here, bro.

Xolo Maridueña: What do you think of the apartments? This is Johnny Lawrence himself.

Mary Mouser: Is it as grand as you expected? 

William Zabka [as Johnny]: What the hell are you doing in my apartment, Sid? 

Jacob Bertrand: Real freaking knives. 

Iñaki Godoy: Don’t let Terry Silver get a hold of that, right?

[laughter]

Iñaki Godoy: Flashbacks from Season 5, am I right?

[laughter]

Iñaki Godoy: What’s up with this car? 

Jacob Bertrand: The classic training car.

Xolo Maridueña: This is the one from the movie. From the movie in 1984.

Iñaki Godoy: Oh my God! Yes. This car has been through so much! I think this needs a little wax on. A little … a little wax off. A little wax on? You know? It needs a little karate. Know what I mean? A little …

Jacob Bertrand: Yes.

Iñaki Godoy: Cobra Kai Jolly Roger. Ey, let’s go.

Jacob Bertrand: Yeah. We’ll tell Ralph you think his car’s really dirty. 

Iñaki Godoy: No, no, no! I meant it — I meant it with the best — no. It’s a beautiful car. I love it.

[laughter]

Xolo Maridueña: And now you’re about to head over to our dojo. Right over there.

Jacob Bertrand: Ready to learn stunts?

Iñaki Godoy: Oh my God, we’re doing stunts now? No, no. Yeah! All right!

[rock music playing]

Ken Barefield: Welcome to the dojo.

Iñaki Godoy: Nice to meet you!

Ken Barefield: Ken, stunt coordinator.

Iñaki Godoy: Keen?

Ken Barefield: Ken. Like the Barbie doll.

Iñaki Godoy: Oh, Ken, Ken.

Ken Barefield: That’s Don, the fight coordinator.

Iñaki Godoy: Hi, Don. Nice to meet you, Don. Nice to meet you, Tony. I’m ready to fight. I’m ready. 

Ken Barefield: Shoes off, baby. Let’s do it!

[dramatic music playing]

[laughter]

Iñaki Godoy: Chill, bro.

[grunts]

[grunting] Yo! Yeah!

[grunting]

[rock music playing] Wah! Yay!

[group] Yay!

Iñaki Godoy: I want to add something that I’ve been practicing. It’s gonna be the first time I show it off.  On camera. So I want to add this to the fight.

Iñaki Godoy: Oh! Just like … Ah! And then …

Jacob Bertrand: We got golden rod, sorry. Iñaki, I gotta dip out and get a new hairstyle. But I’ll see you soon.

Iñaki Godoy: Man, Jacob. We’ve been through so much, brother.

[Jacob laughs]

Iñaki Godoy: You can’t leave me!

Jacob Bertrand: I’ll be back.

Iñaki Godoy: We were just getting started.

Jacob Bertrand: I’ll punch you soon.

Iñaki Godoy: You promise?

Jacob Bertrand: I promise.

Iñaki Godoy: OK.

Jacob Bertrand: Yeah. There we go.

Iñaki Godoy: Love you, bro.

Jacob Bertrand: See you later. I’ll see you at the house. 

Iñaki Godoy: We need to get you in your gi, bro. No karate training session is right without putting on the gi. 

man: I’m gonna introduce you to our costume designer, Frank Helmer.

Iñaki Godoy: Whoa! 

Frank Helmer: If you’re gonna wear a gi, which one?

Iñaki Godoy: If I could wear any gi of the show?

Frank Helmer: Yeah, yeah, yeah. Miyagi-Do?

Iñaki Godoy: No, sir.

Frank Helmer: No?

Iñaki Godoy: Too chill.

Frank Helmer: Eagle Fang?

Iñaki Godoy: No, sir. No, sir.

Frank Helmer: OK. Wait. It’s gotta be …

Iñaki Godoy: No, no, no. 

Frank Helmer: It’s gotta be Cobra Kai, right? 

Man, it’s cool, but I don’t know, something’s missing.

Frank Helmer: I got Mexico.

man: Hey, hey!

Iñaki Godoy: Mérida! Mérida Yucatán.

Frank Helmer: Yeah.

Iñaki Godoy: [speaking Spanish]

Frank Helmer: How about this one?

[’ONE PIECE’ theme songs plays] 

Iñaki Godoy: Oh my goodness! What?! Is this for me? 

Frank Helmer: Yes, this is for you! 

Iñaki Godoy: “Straw Hat Pirate, Monkey D. Luffy, karate grandmaster.”

[laughter]

Xolo Maridueña: Ready to get fitted up?

Iñaki Godoy: Yeah, dude.

[rock music playing]

Iñaki Godoy: Let’s do this. Let’s do this, brother.

Xolo Maridueña: All right!

man: Come on in. 

Iñaki Godoy: Cobra Kai!

[grunting]

Ken Barefield: Two, one, action.

[yells]

Ken Barefield: Here you go, buddy. Ready? Get through it.

Iñaki Godoy: Yes, sir.

Tony: Here we go.

[Iñaki grunts]

[grunting]

[Xolo grunts] 

Tony: Now you do a bow. 

Iñaki Godoy: So we’re doing the scene that we did before? 

Ken Barefield: Yes, sir. Imagine Tony looks just like Hawk, right? He's got the mohawk.

Iñaki Godoy: All right, word.

All right.

Ha!

Ya!

[grunting]

Ken Barefield: What do we need when we set it off?

Xolo Maridueña: If you’re not remembering to breathe, if you’re staying quiet during the whole fight, it can get a little sloppy. So what we do is, when you have moves where you’re pushing or punching, sometimes you give a little … [grunting] A little sound. A bit of sound to get that energy out. 

[Iñaki] A little bit of sound. 

Xolo Maridueña: A little bit of sound? Be like … [yells]

 Iñaki Godoy: A little bit of sound?

Xolo Maridueña: Yeah, exactly. OK.

Ken Barefield: All right, Xolo, get set.

Xolo Maridueña: Set.

Ken Barefield: Ready?

Xolo Maridueña: You set, Iñaki?

Iñaki Godoy: Set!

Ken Barefield: And action.

[Iñaki yells, grunts]

[Xolo grunts]

[Tony grunts]

[all grunting and yelling] 

Xolo Maridueña: Wait, back up. Back.

[all grunting] 

Xolo Maridueña: You ready?

[all grunting]

[yells] Hai! Whoo!

Iñaki Godoy: I just had my first Cobra Kai fight. Bring me Kreese.

Xolo Maridueña: OK. [laughs] Bring you Kreese? That’s his stunt double right there! 

Ken Barefield: What's up, baby? It’s Kreese’s stunt double. Here we go.

Iñaki Godoy: The other Kreese.

Ken Barefield: OK.

Iñaki Godoy: The other Kreese.

Ken Barefield: Good job, man

Iñaki Godoy: No, thank you, guys.

Iñaki Godoy: Let’s … let’s see what happens next!

Xolo Maridueña: Let’s see what happens next. And … but for right now, should we … should we demolish the LaRusso house? 

Iñaki Godoy: Well, it is the final season after all. 

Xolo Maridueña: It is the final season after all. 

Iñaki Godoy: Please go ahead. You show me.

Xolo Maridueña: This house right here is the house of Mr. Daniel-san himself. The crane kicker. This is a one-to-one. So, because we couldn’t film at the real house anymore, our set decoration team rebuilt the house inside and out. I don’t know if these are real pots and pans, but we’ve had some fights in here before. 

Iñaki Godoy: Oh yeah, I remember that fight.

Xolo Maridueña: I remember when we were doing the fight scene in this room, one of our stuntmen, John Cihangir, had, like, this rubber pan, and Khalil, the actor who plays Chris, smacked him in the face with this rubber pan. And even though it’s rubber and not metal, it still hurts.

Iñaki Godoy: Yeah, of course.

Xolo Maridueña: So … Jacob threw a dude into that table. Jacob ran across, and he was like, “I’m gonna save you, Demetri!” And he goes “pew,” and he flipped the dude onto this table.

Iñaki Godoy: Oh yeah, it was Hawk’s redemption moment.

Xolo Maridueña: Yes!

[men grunting]

Xolo Maridueña: Whoa! Wait! Wait! No!

Iñaki Godoy: Cobra Kai never dies!

[yelling]

Xolo Maridueña: Oh, also, how could I forget? No set is complete without fake family photos. Whoo!

Iñaki Godoy: Hey, put me in the family portrait. Luffy. Luffy LaRusso.

Xolo Maridueña: Dude, I believe it.

Iñaki Godoy: Tell me, what has been your favorite moment? 

Xolo Maridueña: My favorite moment? It’s gotta be in this new season. Season 6. Yeah, yeah. 

Iñaki Godoy: Wait, so it’s not hanging out with your boy Iñaki on set?

Xolo Maridueña: That’s my … that’s my …

Iñaki Godoy: Wow.

Xolo Maridueña: OK. All right.

Iñaki Godoy: That’s my, uh … That is intense information right now.

Xolo Maridueña: You were asking for someone earlier.

Iñaki Godoy: Huh?

Xolo Maridueña: A certain sensei. Do you remember earlier? Bring me Kreese. OK. [laughs]

Iñaki Godoy: Oh God. Kreese?

Xolo Maridueña: You said, “Bring me Kreese.” Oh no.

Martin Kove: Kreese got lost out there.

Iñaki Godoy: Aah! Aah! Oh my goodness.

Martin Kove: Hello.

Iñaki Godoy: Sensei Kreese.

Martin Kove: How are you? 

Iñaki Godoy: I am ready to begin my training. 

Martin Kove: If you wanna learn from Xolo, he can teach you some of the basics. And then when you get a little higher on the ladder, then you could, you know, get some blood on your hands. 

Iñaki Godoy: Oh! Cobra Kai never dies.

Martin Kove: That’s it. Just remember. No matter what happens, rock and roll is here to stay. And Cobra Kai never dies. Remember that.

Iñaki Godoy: No mercy.

Martin Kove: No mercy. 

Xolo Maridueña: At this rate, you’ll be a black belt by the end of the week!

Iñaki Godoy: Sensei. Sensei.

Martin Kove: Very nice meeting you.

Iñaki Godoy: Very nice to meet you.

Iñaki Godoy: So, I’ve been taking Japanese lessons. [speaking Japanese]

Iñaki Godoy: I like Cobra Kai a lot.

[Xolo laughs]

Xolo Maridueña: We’re here!

[Iñaki gasps]

Iñaki Godoy: Oh!

Xolo Maridueña: Oh my gosh! 

Iñaki Godoy: We made it to Miyagi-Do, guys. The new sensei has arrived.

Xolo Maridueña: This actually is the car that Daniel-san was given by Mr. Miyagi. When they finished filming ‘The Karate Kid III,’ they put this right on Ralph’s doorstep. They said, “Thanks for doing three movies with us. Here’s the car.” 

Ralph Macchio as Daniel: Oh, Mr. Miyagi.

Xolo Maridueña: And it’s beautiful, immaculate! You wanna hop in? 

Iñaki Godoy: Dude! I would love to!

Xolo Maridueña: I gotta … Let’s go, uh … Let’s go for a ride.

[trilling lips]

[high-pitched sound]

Xolo Maridueña: Ah. We’ve made it.

Iñaki Godoy: All right.

Xolo Maridueña: We’ve made it to Miyagi Dojo.

Iñaki Godoy: Miyagi Dojo! 

Xolo Maridueña: Now, this is … This is an iconic set, you have to understand, Iñaki, OK? 

Iñaki Godoy: Man. I’m a huge ‘Cobra Kai’ fan. 

Xolo Maridueña: So you’re ready. All right, Iñaki.

Iñaki Godoy: Oh my God. 

Xolo Maridueña: Welcome to Miyagi-Do. You know, we have to bow to him.

Iñaki Godoy: Of course. Thank you, Mr. Miyagi.

[Iñaki speaking Japanese]

Xolo Maridueña: Some sais. Tonfas over here. Nunchucks. 

Iñaki Godoy: Oh, the nunchucks! The bonsai.

Xolo Maridueña: Of course. I don’t know what these are, but they look like little babushka doll type things. Medal of Honor. Ever seen one in person?

Iñaki Godoy: Not in person. I’ve seen it on TV. I’ve seen this entire place on TV multiple times. And now we’re here. 

Xolo Maridueña: And now your toes are on the mat. 

Iñaki Godoy: Now my toes are on the mat. This is great. You can do so many things on a mat like this, right? You can train. You can also take a nap.

Xolo Maridueña: You can do some stretching.

Iñaki Godoy: You can do some stretching. 

Xolo Maridueña: Some of these. 

Iñaki Godoy: You can do some of these, you know. A little bit of va-voom. 

Xolo Maridueña: What you’re saying is you can do really anything in the Miyagi house. 

Iñaki Godoy: Anything.

Xolo Maridueña: Mmm. Yeah. Say goodbye, Miyagi backyard. Goodbye, koi fish. 

Iñaki Godoy: Miyagi Dojo, thank you so much for having me here. 

Xolo Maridueña: But Iñaki, but before you leave, there’s one last thing we need to do.

[dramatic music playing]

[yells]

[grunts]

[grunts]

Xolo Maridueña: OK. Ready?

[Iñaki yells]

[Xolo grunts]

[Tony grunts]

[both grunt]

[triumphant music playing]

Xolo Maridueña: Yeah!

Iñaki Godoy: Whoo! Whoo! Whoo! Oh! Oh!

[all] Cobra Kai! 

Xolo Maridueña: All right, buddy. So I’ll be here, uh … What is it, 6 right now? Say I come back around 9:00 p.m.?

Iñaki Godoy: 9:00 p.m.?

Xolo Maridueña: Yeah, yeah, yeah. All right, buddy. So I’ll see you then. OK, bro? All right, have fun.

Iñaki Godoy: Wait.

Xolo Maridueña: Don’t forget the other side too. Yeah, you got it. Don’t worry. 

Iñaki Godoy: Wax on.

[cloth squeaking] 

Iñaki Godoy: Wax off.

[squeaking continues] 

Iñaki Godoy: Wax on …