Now, regaining his confidence, Miguel defeats and knocks out Kyler, and thanks him for the motivation. Just like Johnny and Daniel, the merge with Miyagi-Do helped the students rekindle their friendships with one another. Despite Eli losing the boys portion, Sam wins the girls division and Miyagi Fang qualify for the Sekai Taikai tournament.

However, when the Miyagi-Do and Eagle Fang students build an Okinawan sparring deck, things start to look up. During the All-Valley board meeting the members of the board argue on nearly every aspect of the tournament before finally coming to a consensus; adding a skills competition and a separate girls division. Unaware that Tory was attacking Sam before and Robby was trying to stop the fight, Miguel tackles Robby and the two fight.Carmen is Miguel's mother, and they have an extremely close bond as she is the only parental figure he had as a child. Miguel is the neighbor of former karate champion Johnny Lawrence, who convinces Johnny to train him. Miguel and Sam then have an argument about why he is dating Tory, followed by Tory and Sam get into a physical altercation resulting in Tory falling. Daniel and Johnny trade students so that each student gets both Miyagi-Do and Eagle Fang style training.

Still, she eventually manages to get a hold of her phone and wants to meet Miguel at the party, which she arrives at with Robby. While in a coma, Miguel is dreaming about fighting and beating an unknown opponent in the All Valley tournament, but eventually he wakes up.As training begins under the new dual leadership of Daniel LaRusso and Johnny Lawrence, Miguel is caught in the middle of their feuding.