PREVIOUSLY: Samantha and Kate are training, when Miguel appears at the dojo, he scolds his wife when he learns that she was training that girl to fight some Cobra Kai students, since he thinks this rivalry between Samantha and Tory should stay in the past, Samantha says that this has nothing to do with her or Tory, but all she wants is for Cobra Kai not to corrupt innocent young teenagers anymore, Miguel seeing that it would be impossible to convince her, agreed, however he said he wouldn't get involved, next day Kate was at school with her two best friends Victor and Richard, when they are attacked by the bully Jacob, without thinking twice Kate puts her training into practice and beats up the bully, knocking him into a trash can, later Kate tells Samantha about what happened and she is proud of her student, presenting her with her old gi, later they realize that the dojo was full, many students saw the fight between Kate and Jacob and wanted to learn how to do what What she did so they join the dojo and when the training ends Samantha says she was impressed with Victor, the next day Tory tells Bianca they need to find a male champion, Bianca isn't worried as she already has an idea.
Several days have passed and now there are only three weeks left until the regional tournament, Samantha and her students were training hard.
Samantha: Alright guys, in the last few weeks we've been training, balance, defense, attack and skills, the All Valley tournament is in three weeks, now it's time to put this training into practice, today you will fight, any questions?
Kate: Actually none of us have fought karate in a tournament before, we have no idea what it's like.
Samantha: Come with me, I'll explain.
They go to the sparring deck that Hawk and the others built in Season 4, when suddenly they hear a voice.
?: So it was true, you really reopened the dojo.
Samantha: From what I see Miguel already told you, stop hiding and come say hi to the students.
At that moment Daniel comes out from behind a fence where he was hiding.
Samantha: Students, this is my father, Daniel Larusso, he was one of my senseis and taught me a lot of what I know, besides he is two times champion of the All Valley tournament.
Daniel: Hello everyone, believe me you are in great hands, you are training with the best sensei in the Valley.
Samantha: Dad, do you have a few minutes? I was about to explain to them what an All Valley tournament fight is like.
Daniel: Sure, no problem.
He enters and the two climb onto the deck.
Samantha: Great, Kate can you come here too?
Kate: Of course.
Samantha: Great, stay here in the middle, you'll be the referee.
Kate stands in the middle of the deck.
Samantha: Perfect right there, now you have to say this (she whispers something in Kate's ear), let's get started then.
Kate (while she spoke Samantha and Daniel did what she said): Facing me, bow, facing each other, bow and... FIGHT!
Samantha went over to Daniel and tried to hit him with a punch, but he dodged the attack and tried to make her trip, but she jumped over his leg, she then grabbed Daniel, knocked him to the ground and hit him with a punch.
Daniel: Even though I trained her, today I'm no match for her.
Samantha: See? that was a point, when you hit your opponent somewhere above the waist you score a point, whoever scores three points first wins.
Daniel: If I had blocked the attack, it wouldn't have been a point.
Samantha: Besides, it's only a point if you hit your opponent on the mat, if he's out of bounds, it's not a point.
Daniel: In case of illegal contact with the opponent you receive a advertence and lose a point.
Samantha: And finally, if none of the fighters have scored three points in three minutes the fight is decided in sudden death, where whoever scores a point first wins, understand?
Students: YES SENSEI!
Samantha: Thanks for the help Dad.
Daniel: No problem, it was a pleasure to help, good luck to you in the tournament, I will definitely be there.
Daniel leaves and they continue with their training.
Samantha: Great, now it's your turn, Kate, Victor, how about you guys go first?
Kate and Victor climbed onto the deck.
Samantha (while she was speaking the students did what she said): Facing me, bow, facing each other, bow and... FIGHT!
Victor makes the first move, trying to hit Kate, but she blocks the attack, she then tries to hit him with a kick, but he grabs her leg and throws her to the ground, he then tries to hit her with a punch, but she dodges, she then manages to get up and hit Victor with a punch.
Samantha: Point, Grey! score 1-0 get ready and... FIGHT!
This time Victor is waiting for Kate to attack and when she attacks he dodges the attack and tries to hit her with a kick, but she defends herself with the 'sand the floor' technique, but at that moment, Victor hits her with a punch.
Samantha: Point, Carter! score 1-1 get ready and... FIGHT!
Victor tries to hit Kate with a punch, but she blocks it with the 'wax on wax off' technique, she then tries to hit Victor with a kick, but he blocks with the 'sand the floor' technique, he then counters with a punch, but Kate manages to dodge and hit Victor with a kick to the chest.
Samantha: Point, Grey! score 2-1 get ready and... FIGHT!
Victor tries to hit Kate with a kick, but she dodges the attack, he keeps attacking her, but she dodges all of his attacks, until he corners her in a corner, but then she hits him with a spinning kick.
Samantha: Point, Grey! winner!
Kate: Great fight.
Victor: I say the same.
Samantha: All right, who's next?
After the training ends, all the students but Victor : Victor, training is over, you can go now.
Samantha: Victor, training is over, you can leave now.
Victor: I know but... sensei, can I ask you for advice?
Samantha: Sure, what do you want?
Victor: It's just that there's a girl I think I'm in love with and...
Samantha: It's Kate, isn't it?
Victor: Yes, it's her, how did you know?
Samantha: I saw the way you looked at her.
Victor: So, do you have any idea what I can do?
Samantha: If you like her I think you should tell her, be yourself, don't try to change just so she likes you, believe me, I know how it feels.
Victor: Thanks for the help, but... if this goes well, do you have any ideas of a place I can take her on a date?
Samantha: Actually there is a place, the same place that Miguel and I went to on our first date.
After talking to Samantha for a while he goes home and that night he goes to Kate's house, knocks on the door and her mother answers.
Kate's Mom: Hi, you must be Victor, the friend Kate told me about, what can I do for you?
Victor: Hello Mrs. Grey, is Kate in?
Kate's Mom: Yes, wait here, I'll call her.
A few seconds later Kate appears and starts talking to Victor.
Kate: Victor, what are you doing here?
Victor: I was wondering if you want to go out with me, I know a really nice place.
Kate: You mean like a date?
Victor: No, that's not it, just two people going to the same place to have fun.
Kate: Sure, looks cool, come on then.
A few minutes later they arrive at Golf N' Stuff and have fun taking pictures together, playing mini golf and other games.
Victor: Alright, we have a lot of tickets, what do you want?
Kate: That guy (she says pointing to a huge stuffed cat, bigger than a real cat).
Victor: Cool, I love cats too, but this one has three colors, so it's a female.
Kate: Okay then, I want that girl.
Victor: Great, here she is (he says handing the stuffed cat to Kate) does she meow? (they press a button on the cat and she meows) she looks like a real cat, how should we name her?
Kate: How about Mrs. Meow?
Victor: Great name.
Later Victor took Kate home.
Samantha without a dobut seemed very happy to teach these teenagers, but Miguel still wasn't sure how he felt about it, on the one hand he was happy since he hadn't seen his wife this happy in many years, but on the other hand he he was afraid that another karate war would break out in the Valley and that these teenagers would have to pay the price for this, he wasn't sure what to do, so he decided to ask for advice from those he trusted the most.
Johnny: Yes, Daniel told me that Samantha reopened the dojo, in fact it surprises me that you are not training the students too.
Miguel: That's what I wanted to talk about, I still don't know how I feel about it, I'm happy for her, but what if what happened 30 years ago happens again?
Johnny: I understand your concern, but I think you should trust Samantha.
Miguel: I do trust her, but I'm afraid it gets like what happened between you and Daniel, like, you guys put this rivalry of yours above everything and that's what worries me, I mean, I had my problems with Robby but today we're actually in good terms, now her and Tory is something completely different, I tried to tell her to leave this karate thing in the past, but she kept training, okay, I understand she's upset because we can't have children, but all she's doing is using karate to alleviate that sadness.
Johnny: Is that what you think? so you really don't understand what's going on.
Miguel: What are you talking about?
Johnny: She doesn't do karate because she's upset that she can't have children, she does karate because karate is part of who she is as well as who you are.
Miguel: No, that's not true, I...
Johnny: How long are you going to lie to yourself? Look Miguel, I know you're worried that that dojo war will happen again, but don't you realize that you don't have to make the same mistakes Daniel and I did?
Miguel: What do you mean?
Johnny: You know, when I lost to Daniel, Kreese got mad at me and tried to choke me, I'm only alive today because Mr. Miyagi saved me, but the fact is I didn't make the same mistake as Kreese, and knowing Samantha I know she will try her best not to make the same mistakes we did.
Miguel: Maybe you're right, but what about that 'karate is part of who I am' part?
Johnny: Please, I've known you for 30 years, I know you miss this, the adrenaline, the emotion, that feeling you only got when you were fighting karate.
Miguel: That's not true, I can live very well without this.
Johnny: QUIET! I'm saying you miss this and I'll prove it to you, you and I, let's fight now.
Miguel: No no, I won't fight you.
Johnny: What's the matter, are you afraid of getting beat up by an old man?
Miguel: Okay, but you asked for it, let's do it.
Johnny: That's the Miguel I know!
Miguel tries to hit Johnny with a spinning kick, but Johnny dodges the attack and knocks Miguel to the ground, he tries to deliver the final blow, but Miguel rolls to the other side and manages to dodge, he then gets up and goes towards Johnny, he tries lands several punches, but Johnny blocks them all, but then Miguel manages to hit Johnny with a kick to the chest, knocking him down.
Johnny: Wow, you still have skills, even though you haven't trained for so long.
Miguel: You too.
Johnny: See? karate is part of who you are and you can't deny that.
Miguel: Maybe you're right, thank you... Dad.
Exactly, Johnny and Carmen got married and although Miguel most of the time refers to him as Johnny, sometimes when he is emotional he calls his former sensei dad, after all, wether he like it or not, Johnny was the closest thing to a father that Miguel ever had, he then goes back home thinking about the conversation he and Johnny had, the other day Samantha woke up early to train her students, Kate was the first to arrive, but when Samantha saw her she had a very unpleasant surprise.
Samantha: Kate, what happened to you?
Samantha was shocked to see that her first student had a large bruise on her face.
Samantha: What happened? please don't tell me Victor did this.
Kate: No sensei, he's a great guy, we had a great time yesterday and it wasn't Bianca or any of her friends either.
Samantha: So who did this to you?
Kate (sigh): I have to admit... I haven't been completely honest with you, now I'm going to tell you the whole story.
Samantha: Whole story, what are you talking about?
Kate: The fact is that defending myself from Bianca and her gang was just one of the reasons I wanted to learn karate, but there is another reason, I never knew my father, for years it was just my mother and I, we were never rich or anything but we were happy, until one day she met a guy and married him and that guy was a huge piece of trash, he treated my mom well sometimes and when i was around he acted like i didn't exist, but when he drinks he turns into a violent man who beats my mother, so I wanted to learn karate not only to defend myself against those girls, but also to protect my mother from him.
Samantha: Why didn't you tell me this before?
Kate: If I had told you that she would never have accepted it, because despite everything my mother loves that man, don't even ask me why, last night he came home drunk and threatened my mother, so I tried to protect her, I pushed him away from her, so he tried to hit me, but using what I learned from you I was able to defend myself, that is until he broke a chair and threw one of its legs towards me, he managed to hit me, but soon then i knocked him down with a punch to the jaw, don't worry about me, i'm feeling much better now.
Samantha: Gosh, I didn't realize you had so many problems at home, but even then, you could have said this sooner, I could have helped you.
Kate: I didn't want to get you involved in this story, you're already helping me so much.
Samantha: I can imagine how difficult your situation at home must be, but you don't have to be afraid to tell me anything, I'm happy to help you and never forget this, whatever happens I'll always be there for you.
Kate: Thank you, thank you so much.
Samantha: So, are you ready for training?
Kate: Yes sensei!
Okay folks, the next chapter will be the first All Valley tournament in this history, so who do you think will win? Will Miguel join his wife in training these teenagers? and what about Tory? Is she planning some dirty trick for Cobra Kai to win? Or will she fight fair? these and other questions will be answered IN THE NEXT CHAPTER.
