Cobra Kai Cast Test Martial Arts Gadgets

Who better to test the latest in martial arts technology than the cast of Netflix's Cobra Kai? Watch as Xolo Maridueña, Jacob Bertrand, Tanner Buchanan, Mary Mouser and Peyton List punch and crane kick these gadgets, rating them along the way.

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- Hi we are the cast of "Cobra Kai" and we're guest correspondents for Wired. And today, we'll be testing and reviewing martial arts tech.

- All right, first gadget, please.

- Oh, my God.

- I think it's a hand strength thing.

- It looks like a swing.

- I don't know if like--

- What is this?

- Tiger claw eagle catcher. Eagle catcher is great for building strength in your hands, wrists, and fingers. Individual resistance spring provides a focused workout for each finger. Shaolin said, nice, wow. I wanted this thing for my Kung Fu training. I can reposition my fingers in order to work different parts of my hand. Simple old school like device that is easy to use. Five stars. Success Book Club said, I'm sorry, I don't trust this already because you're a book club, not a karate person. But whatever. This does not work well. All caps and bold. I do not recommend this piece of exercise equipment. It is not easy to use and cannot be adjusted to fit-- oh, he's got small hands -- to fit different sized hands or hand strengths. One star.

- Yeah, I'm sorry if your hands are even smaller than this.

- Yeah, my hands fit in there.

- I feel like the goal is probably--

- Your hands in the coconut and shake it all up.

- That's copyrighted. Careful.

- Maybe this is really good and we just don't know how to use it.

- It seems so situational. I'd say it does its job.

- That's fair.

- I'm sure it does what it's supposed to do.

- Five out of five.

- Yeah.

- Shoot. It's like a mini Bop.

- It has a handle in the back. I just love this.

- No, I think it's go to be like a mitt.

- I hope this is not a mitt.

- Yeah, I think it's got to be a catching mitt.

- Boxing mitt human head. It says the head shape helps increase punching accuracy. Lightweight helps increase punching speed, left and right hooks, uppercuts, leg kicks. Leg kicks? How is that -- OK. Slipping punches and so much more. Perfect for boxing, kickboxing. MMA, Muay Thai, and karate training. Benjamin Sensei says, pretty good purchase. This piece of equipment is worth it. I think the only drawback was that the handle rubbed my hand pretty bad. I would recommend having a glove on. Five stars. CJ805 said, hard to hold. Not very effective. Doesn't hold well for striking. The handle should be in the center, not on the back, because it just flops side to side uncontrollably when someone throws hooks, even the light ones. Can take jabs and crosses OK. One star.

- All right, you want it like this? Like this?

- Like that.

- I'm just going to let go.

- Let's see if I come in here like--

- I think it works pretty well.

- I think the guy who gave it a one star was just mad and didn't think of it in a creative way like we did. Yeah. I think this one, I actually liked this one more than the last one.

- It was very --

- I think four stars, though, because you're right, if you could wear it as a mitt --

- Then you wouldn't be able to launch it.

- Yeah, you wouldn't be able to launch it.

- I can see --

- It works good as a launcher.

- I could see the handle rubbing. I can see that.

- It was satisfying, though.

- Other than that, yeah, 4 and 1/2 stars.

- And it smells bad, so four stars.

- Can we have the third gadget, please?

- Their boards that you could break but you can put it back together so you're not wasting. They're environmentally friendly board breaking boards.

- I love that.

- Victory Martial Arts branded rebreakable karate boards are made with premium quality high impact molded plastic with rubber padding on both sides. Break, slide back together, and break again. Different colors equal different levels of difficulty. Match the board thickness with your belt level to get an idea of the thickness you need. Cassie said, it breaks again and again. The cushioning is a nice touch, although it doesn't make a lot of difference. Five stars. Too hard to break. Didn't expect it to be so hard to break. One star.

- Sorry you're a green belt, buddy.

- 3, 2, 1.

- Taylor's like it really hurt.

- Did it hurt?

- Look at that.

- No.

- Oh, yeah.

- I think these are actually kind of cool.

- That was fun.

- All right. What do you guys think?

- The last, the face one was more fun. But you'll get the most use out of this one.

- But it's environmentally friendly.

- Where's the brick one?

- Five out of five.

- So five stars for that from me.

- Five stars for sure.

- Five stars.

- Five stars.

- May I please have the next gadget?

- Oh, I know this one.

- Oh, my gosh.

- Yeah, these are cool.

- Ooh, this could be one of two things.

- Play catch with yourself?

- Yeah, it also --

- I could have used this as a child.

- Yeah.

- Aw.

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- Reaction ball set. Ready, set, spar comes with one headband, four balls with cords, and four extra cords. Canuto de Leon said, training and entertainment? The product was just as described. It's entertaining and fun for all ages. My four-year-old son and 72-year-old dad have used it. It's challenging, yet very straightforward. Five stars. You hear that? It's for all ages.

- Wow.

- And then Eric said, trash. It might as well be garbage. The worst part is how easy it is for the ropes to snap. For MMA boxing? More like a pathetic child's toy thing that should be renamed Pathetic. One star.

- I think he's got tiny hands.

- Renamed Pathetic.

- I think he has tiny hands.

- Whoa.

- You had a lot of rhythm going there for a second.

- One star.

- All right, someone else should try this so I can embarrass myself.

- Peyton. Peyton.

- I'm starting to agree with that Eric guy.

- There you go. There you go.

- Yeah.

- Yeah.

- There you go.

- Yeah.

- It's like whack-a-mole.

- All right.

- I feel like a cat.

- I think Peyton's right. I think it does feel a bit like a cat, but it's really fun.

- I think it would be cool to get good at.

- I don't know if I would spend my money on this, but I think if, I don't know, Wired where to like gift one.

- Gift it but he's going to escape with this today.

- This would --

- Fun party trick.

- I was about to say, this would be a fun party game. If you lose the party game --

- You take a sip of Capri Sun.

- Yeah, you take a sip of your Mountain Dew and you do this.

- Mountain Dew, baby.

- Yeah, there we go. Good, 5 stars.

- I actually agree with, Eric was the one who gave the nasty review, right?

- Yeah.

- I kind of agree that with Eric that the string was a little lame. I think I would give it four. I would not charge more than like $15. I think that would be scamming people.

- I feel like it's probably like $20.

- How much is it?

- Oh.

- May we please have the final gadget? Thank you.

- Oh, it's r2-d2.

- Oh, it feels sturdy. I mean, this feels pretty cheap.

- You know what this is?

- Pizza holder.

- It's [INAUDIBLE].

- A vibrating massage ball. Vibration technology improves range of motion and flexibility, reduces soreness and stiffness, and enhances muscle performance. Goodbye, pain. Use it like a fitness roller on your hand, foot, neck, body, or whatever you see fit. Bohab said, love the vibes.

- Yo, Bohab.

- Bohab said, love the vibes. I have one of these and two of the larger versions. This one is good for smaller body areas you don't want the full force of the larger version. The vibes on this are strong. Love them both. Five stars.

- Yeah, we know what the vibes mean.

- Yeah.

- GS said, not nearly enough vibration to be more beneficial than a ball. I guess the small size is limiting for vibration amount. One star.

- Oh, there we go. Intensity? What are you thinking?

- I'm going to agree that it's not great.

- Yeah, it kind of just feels like your phone is buzzing.

- But what if you laid on it?

- Here, wait.

- It feels like your phone is buzzing.

- Yeah.

- It feels like you just have white noise on your back.

- Yeah.

- Oh, my God. That went up my spine.

- Did you try it on the top of your thigh?

- I like it.

- All right. I think you went Bohab on this one.

- This would go in my junk drawer, for sure.

- Oh, that was the most savage thing you've said all day.

- This is like a wrap --

- This would go in my junk drawer.

- And then you never use.

- This is a zero star.

- What?

- Zero or a one star.

- Wait, but you said the last thing, five?

- Yeah, what the heck?

- OK, so this thing is not that great.

- OK, the difference is that last thing was $20 and this is like $150 probably.

- Is It

- It's got to be like $99.99.

- Let's play Hot Potato with it.

- Yeah.

- Oh, yeah. Oh.

- Awesome, guys. Those were all five of the gadgets. What'd you guys think of them?

- It was fun.

- It's like a pretty even split.

- I like the face launcher.

- The reusable boards.

- I like the carrot on the stick the most.

- We'll have to infuse them into our training.

- Yeah.

- Yeah, we'll have to --

- Catch us next week.

- See you next time.