If you saw my previous video of the time I met William Zabka, you're probably delighted to
know that he was an awesome guy to meet and nice as could be. This past year,
I got to meet his sensei (well in the show at least), Martin Kove, who plays John Kreese. Did
he show me any mercy when we met at Comicpalooza? This is the story of the time I met Martin Kove.
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As some of you may know and seen from previous community posts and videos,
long before I made anti-Sam people angry for my neutral standpoints on Cobra Kai characters,
I used to cosplay. Since Season 3 came out, I had wanted to cosplay Chozen and Mr. Miyagi. On
a last minute note, my girlfriend and I decided to attend Comicpalooza, and little did we know later
on Martin Kove would be announced as a guest for the event. Sidenote – shoutout to my girlfriend
who did an awesome job not only on the Kumiko and Chozen cosplays, but also helping me with my Mr.
Miyagi cosplay. Because of my work demands at the time, I wasn't able to help as much as I could,
but she got it done. The first day of the convention was a success – we ran into quite
a few Cobra Kai cosplayers and got stopped a few times as a pair. I also even got a great
showdown with a Johnny cosplayer that was pretty epic. Later that night we streamed
shaving my head for Mr. Miyagi, and after a good night's sleep, we got ready for the next day.
Honestly, I wasn't expecting much from my Mr. Miyagi cosplay, but I was blown away by the
reception I got for it. Maybe it was because I actually committed to growing my hair out and
purposely thinning it out, but I got stopped even more times that day, especially because
people loved the Bonsai tree I had with me. Prior to the con, I also purchased some hand drums,
painted them, and gave em away to a couple of people I saw, along with some Miyagi-Do headbands.
One of the greatest moments that happened that day was running into a new friend named Mark,
who happened to be also cosplaying as Mr. Miyagi! I think it's safe to say that Cobra Kai definitely
was in fear of 2 Mr. Miyagis, let alone one. And after much anticipated waiting in line,
I finally met Martin Kove. So how was the experience?
Contrary to how he portrays Kreese, Martin was a class act and very down to earth.
Although I only had little time to talk to him during the photo session as they
had to run everyone in and out of the line very quickly, he actually stopped the line
for a bit because he was impressed by my cosplay and the Bonsai Tree prop.
He was taken aback and grinning from ear to ear, and while we were discussing what pose to go with,
we settled on holding the Bonsai tree together as somewhat of a “Battle for the Soul of the Valley"
feel. The picture came out great and before I left, he shook my hand again and admired the
cosplay and prop one last time and said everything turned out great. I could be wrong about this,
but given the reception of everyone who stopped me earlier that day and told me I looked very
close to Pat Morita, I think Martin was reminded of Pat a little bit when he saw me. Martin was
very fun to be around and unlike my last encounter with William Zabka (who was also very awesome),
I'm glad I got to walk away with a picture. On top of that, Yuji Okumoto, Chozen's actor,
also liked the pictures I put up of my girlfriend and I cosplaying together, so it definitely was a
nice weekend all things considered. Earlier this year, I had also wanted to try to meet
Joe Seo (better known as Kyler), Ron Thomas and Tony O'Dell (Bobby and Jimmy respectively),
but unfortunately things didn't pan out like they did. However, hopefully in the future I can meet
some more cast members from the series and share my experiences with them with you guys here.
Let me know your thoughts down in the comments below; if you'd like to hear about some stories
I have with other celebrities I've met, I'd be happy to share those as well. Be sure to subscribe
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stay beautiful, stay awesome, and we'll catch you around next time.