The man who plays Terry Silver is an actual Martial Artist and a Stunt Man/ Fight Choreographer in Hollywood. He had retired as an actor years ago, but he has been involved as a choreographer with Cobra Kai since a couple seasons before they convinced him to reprise the role of Terry Silver.

@gavinsmith9871

Жыл бұрын

Which he is doing a FUCKING AMAZING performance for by the way.

@anthonyrussell0912

Жыл бұрын

thomas ian Griffith. loved his films as a kid

@mirzafatic1663

Жыл бұрын

Terry Silver man these punches 👊 and kicks 🙌🙌🙌

@bxjms9535

Жыл бұрын

Yeah his a 3rd degree black belt In Tae Kwon do and a Kenpo karate black belt. Also has trained kick boxing , wrestling and fencing.

@BBQshapesKING

Жыл бұрын

He’s also 2 years YOUNGER than Ralph Machio

I didn't know I needed to see Sensei Seth fight Sensei Seth.

@MarginalSC

Жыл бұрын

Proof he really has a secret twin.

@CraveRides123

Жыл бұрын

Sensei Seth would absolutely mop the floor with Sensei Seth

@SlippinSeel

Жыл бұрын

idk guys i think sensei seth would win

Thomas Ian Griffiths is a legit black belt.. fun fact.. he’s younger than Ralph Macchio

@bubblemonkeys

Жыл бұрын

By a few months

I love how we're all so invested in watching the struggle against a man from spreading his evil karate dojo's across the valley and beyond.

@Oroberus

3 ай бұрын

Yeah, I never understood this initially with the original films how everyone was cheering for Daniel and Miyagi while he's abviously a mad genious planning his worldwide Dojo-Dictatorship and Kobra Kai just tries to stop him to save humanity The only person I can remember actually seeing it the right way around was Barney Stinson, because he's awesome

@Stardash81

19 күн бұрын

​@@OroberusWtf are you high ?

I think I just read that Thomas Ian Griffin has a black belt in like two different striking arts, which explains why his form is so slick

@nemesislygr8960

Жыл бұрын

Black belt in Tae Kwon Do and Kenpo.

@senseileo4829

18 күн бұрын

I heard he's a black belt in karate, taekwondo, and brazillian jiu jitsu so he also has grappling

The actor who plays Daniel is older than the actor that plays Terry Silver, let that sink in

I’m so glad Seth said it: Karate has a lot of take downs. This is shown in different bunkai of any kata, when practiced and applied properly. Also, Tanner (Robbie) and Jacob (Eli/Hawk) are actual martial artists who have done Muay Thai and TKD. So they definitely know what to do

@bxjms9535

Жыл бұрын

Let’s not forget the true martial artist - Thomas Ian griffith (terry silver) he is a tae kwon do 3rd degree black belt , kenpo karate black belt , has trained in kickboxing , wrestling and fencing. And Zabka (Johnny) is a 3rd den green belt

@camiloiribarren1450

Жыл бұрын

@@bxjms9535 we can never forget these legends ever

@bxjms9535

Жыл бұрын

@@camiloiribarren1450 we won’t !

@SeanWinters

Жыл бұрын

Well tkd and muy thai aren't exactly throwing arts, yeah they have plenty of sweeps but they're no judo.

@thunderkatz4219

Жыл бұрын

@@SeanWintersexactly I feel like karate and judo work together

A lot of the younger actors look a lot better now in terms of their technique but I want to give a special shout out to the actress that plays Sam. Early in the show here karate was really bad, it was very obvious that she had never had anything to do with martial arts before. But in the later seasons and especially season 5 she looks SO MUCH better. It's obvious that she's taking it seriously and really putting in the work it takes to learn something like that, and she deserves a lot of credit for it.

@Laskoeditzz

Жыл бұрын

She’s very flexible

Tanner Buchanan is such a talented martial artist.

@thestruggler340

Жыл бұрын

How can you tell from choreographed fight scenes ? He’s said in a interview that he’s mainly done dance and 6 months of Muay Thai. Most the cast haven’t learnt martial arts and just come from dance

@isaacyeon6334

Жыл бұрын

@@thestruggler340 dancing helps because good fight choreography has rhythm like dance choreography, and cast learn martial arts for the show

@TheElbowMerchant

Жыл бұрын

@@thestruggler340 I can usually tell if the actors have some formal training when watching fight scenes in movies or TV shows. Good choreography definitely helps to hide the flaws in the actors technique, but I can, with a fair degree of certainty, often tell whether someone has trained or not. In Cobra Kai, I'm confident that the actors that play Hawk and Johnny Lawrence have actual martial arts skills that go beyond stunt/choreography training. Watch Steven Seagal's earlier films, for instance. The Aikido looks "legit" (or as legit as Aikido can look) as far as the trips, throws, and hand fighting/parrying, but his punches and kicks are straight garbage. No chamber, no pivot or rotation, just ugly ass striking. Same applies to grappling scenes: it drives me nuts seeing someone "choke" someone out on screen when the actors hand placement and grip is all wrong. It's like watching a movie with a military theme with my buddies that were in the armed forces: they can't avoid pointing out when the stuff they are seeing on screen is incorrect.

@thestruggler340

Жыл бұрын

@@isaacyeon6334 you can’t be a decent martial arts unless you pressure test something and have done it for a number of years so to say they are a talented martial artist is ridiculous, if you are a dancer learning fight choreography is a piece of cake but learning how to put power in your kicks and punches, learning how to avoid and counter learning good technique and learning combos all comes from hard work and training and pressure testing. The most you can say is he has potential to be a to be a good fighter but to straight up say he’s a talented martial artist is just plain wrong

@thestruggler340

Жыл бұрын

@@TheElbowMerchant you are right that William Zabka has done martial arts as he went on to learn and even become a teacher of tang soo do after the original karate kid and Jacob Bertrand did taekwondo for a couple years. Thomas Ian Griffith has done karate for a number of years also but the rest of the main cast are mainly just dancers. I agree Aikido doesn’t really work in the real world and is just flashy I’m also not a fan of point karate and taekwondo as they tend to teach bad habits from trying to only go for a quick point and grappling scenes also drive me crazy.

After seeing this, they’ve definitely improved the athleticism since I last watched it. The kicks are much more crisp and they don’t use as much slow motion to hide slowness.

Terry has one of my favorite lines in any movie ever. "Hey... I like that! Oh I LIKE THAT JOHNNY I"M GONNA USE THAT!!!"

With the body going limp thing, it's pretty out there, but, I'll defend this. It gives the show this very dangerous and mysterious thing that could be used as some good suspense. What would happen if Terry Silver ends up learning this technique? You know how dangerous he is now. Imagine if he knew it. How would Danny boy defend against it? Plus, I don't mind a bit of fantasy element in shows.

@theyoungfool.1895

Жыл бұрын

Plus too we’ve seen similar fantasised techniques in the movies so adding more would be on brand and just cool.

@randydavis1943

Жыл бұрын

2 word silver bullet

@youreverydaylemonfriend560

Жыл бұрын

Fantasy would ruin the show in my opinion

@theyoungfool.1895

Жыл бұрын

@@youreverydaylemonfriend560 let’s just hope they don’t get tooo pedantic with the flying FLYING kicks, because those can sometimes just be too fantastical for me so I sympathise with ya.

@nico-v113

Жыл бұрын

Silver Bullet

Thomas Ian Griffith is one of the most underrated action / martial arts stars of the '90s! I would love to see Seth react to more of his movies and fight scenes!

"They aren't supposed to be raw and bloody---" *Watches Season 5* "oh..."

@username-yc3bd

Жыл бұрын

eh

@rhenpenada2424

Жыл бұрын

Lmaoo

Love your cobra Kai reactions! Finished watching season 5 a couple days ago. Hope to see season 5 reaction soon too.. They really had some incredible fight scenes and some were definitely more brutal. There were more fight scenes in general in season 5.

This tournament is more like the old shuddering blows tournaments I used to go to. Where a point was only awarded if the other person reacted to it.

I’m somewhat amazed. I literally did exactly what you described when I discovered this was a second channel. I’d say you were somehow watching me but you recorded days before I did it…. Must be karate magic.

great content man, never watched anything like this before but you got me immediately hooked

I loved your analysis and reaction to the fights Seth!

This is the most entertaining thing I've ever seen. I'm also getting educated on karate in this video!

YES! I had the same thought about the white belt thing

Your videos are well edited.

You are the only thing that's made me actually want to watch the show. They really need you on Season V.

Been waiting for this video!!

I love how your editor is going all out, really on point, editor!

Love the reactions to cobra Kai fight scenes, huge fan of your channel and the show. You should react to season 5 that just dropped, a lot of great fight scenes.

You should react to Avatar the last Airbender fight scenes, the styles are based on forms of karate, and the character, Ty Lee also does the pressure point attacks

@ajshiro3957

Жыл бұрын

A lot o them are based around different forms of Kung fu. Water is Tai Chi, Air is I believe Ba Gua Zhang, Earth was Hun gar, and I forget fire. But the way they use the martial arts with the bending is really cool.

@ericshimizukarbstein6885

Жыл бұрын

@@ajshiro3957 Yes, a lot o them are based around different styles of Kung fu, which either influenced karate directly or it's ansestor form influenced karate

@dinninfreeman2014

Жыл бұрын

@@ajshiro3957 fire was Northern Shaolin Kung Fu

@SenseiWu12

Жыл бұрын

Air-shoalin kung fu Water-tai chi Earth- I want to say judo but toph uses preying mantis style Fire- taekwondo or tongsudo

@ericshimizukarbstein6885

Жыл бұрын

Air - Baguazhang and Xingyiquan Water - TaiChi (The swamp style is a mix of TaiCHi with the standard Earthbending style) Earth - Hung Gar (Standard) and Southern Praying Mantis (Toph) Fire - Northern Shaolin (standard) and Southern Dragon Claw (Sun Wariors)

You’re right. I didn’t know you had a second channel and yes I will subscribe

Thank you for bringing up the white belt/black belt thing, it drives me crazy, love the show though.

That "hands up" commentary rings so true. All instructors have been there.

I needed this

I'm definitely going to start watching Cobra Kai!🥋 When I watch a video on SSR, I know I'll learn something in the process!

Your editor is amazing

Self awareness at the end for the win, laughed out loud!

Oh my gosh this is Sensei Seth Reacts? I didn't even know there was a second channel! Subbed

the scissor sweep takedown was the most fun move I ever learned in Shaolin Kempo. I can't imagine ever actually using it for self-defense, though.. LOL

The throw is a fireman carry and that other one is a scissor takedown, not to be confused for the scissor sweep from guard. I loved this breakdown video! 😊

That spin with the numb arm cracked me up 😂

Thanks for the your reaction, Kobra Kai is using Tang Soo Do which I think is quite well done here in some parts but the LaRusso (Miyagi) style should basicly look like more the Shito-Ryu style fundamentally based on Fumio Demuras part in The Karate Kid.

I literally did what you said I didn’t know you had a second channel and I did subscribe lol

Haha. Thank you for that sensei Seth. I just started the video and realized I wasn't subscribed then that little disclaimer happened that you explained it's your second channel.

6:25 on this point of numb arm/ fake pressure point stuff. I have seen 1 persons arm go slack. Standard point sparring with protective gloves foot wear and helmets. A Brazilian dude who played soccer (at a college level) was training with us and was sparring a beefy girl (not fat, think farmer jacked lady). He threw a round house and she threw up her guard and it looked like she stopped the kick just fine, 1 or 2 seconds pass maybe she tried to through a punch but her arm drops and she can't lift it tries to keep on, but taps out within 1 minute. Come to find out he broke her Humerus. I don't think I've ever seen such brutality with my owns eyes before or since. He felt so bad he quit when he found out.

Peyton List is the same age as me. I've had a crush on her since she was on Disney. I definitely don't thirst over the character though. Just the actress.

@barrettokarate

Жыл бұрын

Thirst is thirst.

i look at the white belts as a teaching method to enforce they are always students

Underrated channel

Sensei Seth can you do a video where you break down the fight scenes in The Raid, The Raid 2 or The Night Comes for Us? Those movies have some of the sickest choreography and very high skilled actors and stunt doubles

Correct me if I'm wrong, karate in general is a very versatile martial art, it includes punches, kicks, takedowns, grappling, weapons, a lot of things. I'm going off of memory here, I think the Japanese government promoted more of the kata, punches and kicks side of karate because boxing had gotten popular in Japan in the "ye olde days", when American culture and modernisation was making the rounds in Japan.

@Uncle_Tijikun

Жыл бұрын

This is mostly correct. It's a bit more complicated historically speaking but the concept is correct

I do not like how you predicted that I was going to scroll down and notice the channel and hit the subscribe button almost hte same time as you did in the video, Sensei. Chill on the ESP. :)

15:25 Another application is using the lead hand to strip an arm down, opening them up for your straight/overhand.

I'd really like to see the choreographer encourage advancing/retreating footwork with all the punch/parry stuff, it would give it just that extra pinch if dynamism and some realism (you can say they got out of range, rather than they just stayed out of range) without needing to be that much more complicated

I love this clip of yours Sensei Seth. I do a bunch of fight scene analysis for my own club (am a Wing Chun guy though) and love your breakdowns. Our whole club are big fans of Cobra Kai too. Would love to see your thoughts on season 5 fight scenes. Please get one of those out as soon as you can. And I'm subscribed so don't kick me 🤣

I don't know what was better, you fighting yourself or your skepticism about your own injury. I'm ready to subscribe to Sensei Seth Reacts To Sensei Seth.

"usually way more tense than this" Dude I was clenching my butthole the entire time Robby and Eli were fighting

Hey I finally made it on your channel.... as a background sensei from the tournament lol. Everyone from the show was great to work with, Payton List even took the time to video chat with my daughters!

@senseisethreacts

Жыл бұрын

Whaaat?! That’s so sick

@michaelbrand1313

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I got a call from one of my friends asking if my dojo had people that would want to go. A few days later we where heading down to Georgia for two weeks! It was a pretty awesome experience all around

Sensei Seth is so fast he can fight himself! He needs to use this speed in his next sparring session with Wonder Boy!

Fun fact: the actor of Robbie (tanner buchman) wanted to do allot of his own stuff he learned. He trained in both Muay Thai and some version of karate and kind of mixed them.

Actually Thomas (Terry Silver) is actually the same age as Ralph Macchio. Literally give or take a month or so 😂

03:23 this is a modern day Kata Guruma (shoulder wheel) in Judo, since the traditional way that goes like a wrestler fireman carry is no longer legal under the current IJF rules because you can no longer grab the legs, so they came up with this variation that looks like a back carry throw somehow.

10:40 THANK YOU FOR CALLING THIS OUT. I am also in Cobra Kai Facebook groups and this is way too common. Definitely not cool.

Thomas Ian is literally a few months younger than Ralph.

Every tournament I've reffed for, we always had three and you look down and close your eyes to call points so you can't be biased from seeing the other refs

Very interesting and amazing ending scene!

The leg stop is referred to as "Checking" at least in Kung Fu, and if you get it right and their weight is moving forward you can get the person to plant on their face.

My Sensei, Matsuda Shinji helped give advice on the first season of Cobra Kai. I also believe he is one of the referees in one of the episode. Great man, amazing Sensei.

Omg didn’t know this was a second channel.

Expanding on why you don’t really get hurt in the air. When you’re in the air you aren’t able to increase force. You can’t push off of anything. So when you’re launching of the ground there’s a large force then you’re actually decelerating in the air then lending you have impact. So whatever you’re doing in the air is a result of grater forces you exerted on the ground.

Canelo does the arm thing, but with brute force and repetion hiting the biceps. There is a moment in the fight were the oponent can't keep the arms up because the biceps is so swollen

About the takedowns. Have you reviewed the lost throws of Karate from Funakoshi? Would make a very interesting Video

Terry a real black belt in tang soo do

I'm a really huge fan of that Johnny Vs. Daniel fight so much personality and character is shown through how their styles clash. It shows that Johnny's formidable because he's fearless and adaptable. His arm was disabled and he immediately had an answer for it. I also applaud the choreography for finding two moves to land at the same time like that that not only look cool when they collide because it's not just two punches, but also pretty in-character for both of them. Johnny is seen as the aggressive one, striking first, bar fights. It makes sense that he would do some flashy punch while Daniel goes for a relatively safe crescent(?) kick while also trying to evade. It ended in a tie because as much as we want to know who would win we really don't, y'know? It's like Batman and the Joker. The fun of their dynamic is that they oppose each other and drive each other to do better.

the funny thing about the finals fight of season 4 is that jacob bertrand and tanner buchanan (the actors for hawk and robby) acually had a bit of competition between themselves as they were the best at martial arts between the actors. and I forget if it was in the filmings of season 2 or 3 where they had a sparring match to determine "who is the best" between them too. but I dont think they ever said who actually won. so this season 4 fight seemed like a nod to the actors own "rivalry"

Cobra Kai is so good at setting up suspense in those tournament episodes

I have seen comments calling Cobra Kai fight scenes campy and over choreographed. I guess people would rather see 750 Cuts in a 1-minute fight scene with the camera shaking all around like it's in an earthquake. Personally, I like to actually see the moves and the actors doing them, rather than watching a fight scene, being confused about who is doing what, and then needing to take some Dramamine after.

Tornado kicks are another thing in Taekwando...they also use Olympic Gis for Taekwando, Hapkido and Judo.

I caught a phoenix eye fist to the armpit one time and it perfectly hit a nerve, that shit gave me pins and needles down the whole arm.

I just love the idea of a white belt dojo storming a dojo full of white belts and winning against all of them at once

The way to pull off a flying scissors in sparring is to put your left hand on their shoulder and push down while you jump into the scissors. Aim for their waist not their knees when you scissor.

One thing I love about this show’s karate is that they play off each other, specifically Daniel vs Johnny. 7:53 they started off the fight with Daniel-D and Johnny-O, but then they switch it up

The part with the pressure point shutting down a limb, I've never seen anything like that except in the UFC (Chito Vera vs Sean O'Malley, Mighty Mouse vs Henry Cejudo, Anthony Smith vs Jimmy Crute) where they will calf kick their opponent that hits a specific nerve. I think its the peroneal nerve?

Excellent! Excellent!!

OMG I didn't know there was a second channel, lol.

judge in each corner plus ref in ring one sees something and all five score it three must call it the same or it to count this was my life as a teen

The reason why his back messed up whilst he was in the air was because of the injury he sustained being thrown off the stairs/balcony previously on.

Lol I was going to say since Miguel has a previous injury that could actually happen in the air because your. Thought your right that if you don't have any issues then it usually when you land and your body doesn't absorb the impact that some thing goes wrong.

0:30 exactly what my reaction was and lol I hit subscribe

Funny thing about this whole thing is that Ralph is OLDER than Thomas Ian Griffith.

terry looks Fing terrifying when fighting with that smile

I'll subscribe if you do a breakdown of the techniques on Kenichi the anime 😁

Practiced a little kung fu, so I can answer the pressure point thing, while you wont shut the arm down, if you smash the tendon or muscle you can cause it to cramp pretty bad, usually you want to target like tip of the bicep where connects to joint with one or two knuckles. And it sucks, ive def gotten dead arm from a black sash clapping my arm that way.

3:24 that throw is a judo throw called kata guruma

When I started Muay Thai I was told you have to learn the rules like a pro so you can break them like an artist. That's why a seasoned martial artist can do things like keep their hands low some of the time.

Subscribed purely for the Casey Jones clip. 10/10

lol "literally one punch has been thrown I know." lol dude some people may hate the quick stops but in saying that clearly you are a great instructor. teach me sensei!!!! YAY a logical teacher!!!

The suddenly collapsing while in mid-air action was very C O V I D - 1 9 V A X X reaction-like!

@nicodemusserpico77

Жыл бұрын

did you see UFC's Chris Barnett have an adverse reaction in the middle of the 1st round, while the org's doctor and commentators ignored the fact half his face was suddenly dead, and kept the fight going!? SMH --- Is still alive (a couple of weeks later)?

Robbie was a beast in S4.

Don't forget Season 5, Sensei. 🙏🙏🙏🙏

They should’ve got Seth on the show as one of the senseis silver hires in season 5

You should do a reaction to daredevil Fight Scenes

This video is already a year old, but I still want to comment on something: Yes, encountering your own team mates in a tournament does happen, especially when you're from a huge dojo. Back in my tournament days, we went to the regional and the national championships with at least 15-20 participants, so almost always at some point in the tournament one of us would have to fight another one from our dojo.

hey i dont know if this would be helpful but I think you'd benefit from showing the clip-explaining-then reshowing the same clip so I'm able to hear the explanation and watch it again knowing what exactly to watch for