Johnny Lawrence

The Life Of Johnny Lawrence (Karate Kid) Sensei John "Johnny" Lawrence is the deuteragonist of The Karate Kid franchise. Johnny was the troubled rich kid of the Valley who started a feud with the new kid Daniel LaRusso, which went on for over 30 years. Johnny's vicious training in martial arts by John Kreese made him a formidable opponent, and he was the top student at the Cobra Kai dojo. After losing the 1984 All Valley Karate Tournament, Johnny's life turned upside down and remained that way into his adulthood, and he became the estranged father of Robby Keene. In an attempt to reclaim his life, Johnny reopens Cobra Kai Dojo 33 years after his defeat and becomes a sensei to an entirely new generation of students, while also becoming a father figure to his first new generation student Miguel Diaz. After Kreese returns to his life, the two became co-senseis at Cobra Kai, though Johnny is initially unaware that Kreese was corrupting his students. Johnny unfortunately lost Cobra Kai to Kreese, who betrayed him and usurped the dojo, prompting him to open a new dojo, Eagle Fang Karate. When Kreese declared war on Eagle Fang and Miyagi-Do, Johnny was forced to make an alliance with Daniel to dismantle his former Sensei once and for all. As he struggled to earn Daniel's respect, Johnny searched for a way to establish his aggressive style of karate as legitimate. Meanwhile, he tried to sort out his personal struggles with his history of dysfunctional relationships, successfully making a new start with Carmen Diaz and repairing a fractured relationship with Miguel. After losing the 2019 All Valley, Johnny put the dojo behind him and focused on fixing his relationship with Robby. After learning he's an expectant father with Carmen, he decided to end the rivalry between Miguel and Robby so there would be peace before the child was born. He is pulled back into the dojo war when Silver badly beats Daniel during a parlay. He aligned with Daniel and Chozen and reconvened his Eagle Fang students. Together, they faced-off against Silver, who was at his strongest. Following the supposed closure of Cobra Kai, Johnny helps train the students for the Sekai Taikai, while simultaneously trying to make a better life for his family, particularly his and Carmen's future daughter. Unfortunately, another rift is created in his and Daniel's relationship and it escalates following Daniel stopping the fight between Tory and Sam, ultimately putting them on bad terms heading into the Sekai Taikai. His relationship with Daniel continues to be strained and this combined with Miyagi-Do struggling in the Sekai Taikai, takes a toll on Johnny. Things only get worse when Carmen has a pregnancy scare and Miguel is cold to him. However, things begin to improve when he makes up with Miguel and Carmen ends up being ok. Miyagi-Do improving in the tournament further makes things better. Thanks to a pep talk from Miguel, Johnny and Daniel are finally able to put the past behind them and make peace. Johnny later reclaims Cobra Kai and defeats Feng Xiao to win the Sekai Taikai, making amends with Kreese shortly before the latter sacrifices himself to stop Silver from going after Johnny's family. Afterwards, Johnny focuses on his new family and transforming Cobra Kai into what he had always wanted it to be. Maintaining a united front with Daniel and Miyagi-Do, Johnny changes his mindset from strike first to a balance of offense and defense, teaching it to his students. Biography John was born on August 20, 1967, to Laura Lawrence and an absent father. He has some very preliminary memories of his father, who left him when he was in kindergarten. Johnny was raised solely by his mother, and there were implied hardships during this time. Laura did everything she could to provide for him, including getting close to the rich Sid Weinberg. Johnny met Sid once during dinner with him and his mother and came to greatly dislike Sid. Around 1973, when Johnny was very young, he stayed up late one night playing with some of his toys after his babysitter left. His mother, Laura, returned home and announced that she was going to be marrying Sid, and their lives would be better. This triggered Johnny to scream and run to his room in opposition. For comfort, he pulled out a box of items that used to belong to his father, including an empty Coors Banquet can, which he had saved as keepsakes. When his mother followed Johnny to his room to explain things to him, she found the box and grew upset. Laura insisted that Johnny needed to accept his father had abandoned them. She confiscated the box despite her son's protests, and likely destroyed or disposed of all items kept within. Laura married Sid, an Executive TV producer for Lorimar Television from Encino Hills. However, he was a highly abusive man who used his financial power to intimidate Laura and Johnny. Johnny became the primary target of Sid's disdain, being verbally and emotionally abused. Johnny learned to distance himself from the fighting by listening to his Walkman.At school, Johnny didn't have any friends and was bullied by the older students. In 1979, Johnny found a karate dojo called Cobra Kai, with John Kreese teaching his students self-defense inside. This inspired Johnny greatly, and he immediately informed his parents about his desire to begin training there. Sid disapproved of the choice as Johnny had already failed at magic lessons, drum lessons, and other things, but he relented his onslaught when Laura suggested it could help Johnny make friends. Once enrolled, Johnny was taken under Sensei Kreese's wing, where he rapidly advanced in his learning. One day, after Johnny was awarded his blue belt, Kreese found him crying. Johnny explained the problems he was having at home, but Kreese was unsympathetic to Johnny's plight. He told Johnny harshly that the instant tears leave one's eyes, that makes him a loser. Kreese forced Johnny to shout that he was a winner, which Johnny did, and in doing so, shed his timid, meek demeanor he had been up to that point. Kreese then warned that if he ever caught Johnny crying again, that would make him a loser and since Kreese does not waste his time with losers, that would be an effective expulsion from the dojo. He became close friends with Cobra Kai members Bobby Brown, Dutch, Tommy and Jimmy. Together, they formed a friend group that terrorized younger students and mocked them for their "loser" ways. They thought highly of themselves because they dated several girls, rode motorcycles, and were the strongest kids at school. They were all part of the school soccer team as well. Johnny eventually took part in the All Valley Karate Tournament in 1981, where he lost his fight to the eventual champion Darryl Vidal in the quarterfinals. However, he didn't make the fight easy on Vidal, which made Kreese realize he would not lose again. Johnny proved Kreese right by going on to to win the tournament in 1982 and 1983, beating his friend Tommy in the finals in the latter. In the summer before their sophomore year of high school, Johnny and his friends attended a screening of Rocky III. They were seated behind a group of girls. Dutch threw milk-duds at the girls and one of them, a blonde named Ali Mills, stood up and confronted him. Johnny was impressed by this and developed a crush on Ali, hounding her for a date until she said yes. He went on to form a two-year relationship with Ali. In the summer after their senior year, Johnny and his friends went to a bar and got so drunk that he missed Ali's birthday, which led to a big fight between them and her ending their relationship. The Karate Kid On the last night of summer, Johnny and his friends from Cobra Kai drive their motorcycles to a beach party. One of the friends says their criminal records have been sealed, but Johnny wants to put whatever happened behind him as an "ex-degenerate". Tommy points out that Ali Mills is at the party, and Johnny's attention turns to seeing Ali with an unfamiliar boy, inciting jealousy. Bobby and Jimmy advise Johnny to keep his newfound positive attitude and forget about Ali, as she is "ancient history". Despite this, Johnny drives down to confront Ali, but she rejects all his advances, and the two quickly get into a fight. The boy, Daniel LaRusso, intervenes, trying to stick up for Ali. Johnny quickly pushes Daniel down, and the two get into a brawl against Ali's protests in which Johnny wins and leaves, but not before being sucker punched by Daniel. Leaving Daniel with an injured eye. In the following weeks, Daniel occasionally falls under the ire of Johnny and the rest of the Cobra Kai gang, who harass him, which inadvertently gets Daniel kicked off the soccer team. Daniel thinks of joining a dojo to fight back, only to realize the one he checked out was Cobra Kai, giving Johnny and his friends another chance to hurt Daniel by overpowering him on their motor bikes and shoving him down a ravine. After this, the harassment seems to taper off. During a Halloween school event, Johnny was in a bathroom stall about to smoke a joint, when Daniel put a hose over him and drenched him with water. Johnny, enraged, gathered his friends who were clad in skeleton costumes matching Johnny's, and pursued Daniel down the street, before cornering Daniel at a chain link fence and beating him in revenge. Johnny attempts to continue the beating of Daniel, performing a move that, had it hit its intended target, would have likely killed an unconscious Daniel. Despite Bobby insisting that Daniel has had enough, Johnny tells Dutch to hold Daniel up before attempting a flying kick. That's when, unexpectedly, Mr Miyagi showed up, causing Dutch to drop Daniel and Johnny to fail to hit Daniel. He then effortlessly takes down Johnny and his gang, and takes Daniel to safety. Miyagi and Daniel later showed up to the Cobra Kai Dojo, requesting of Kreese that his students leave Daniel alone, but Kreese's stubbornness resulted in both Kreese and Miyagi deciding to have Daniel compete against the Cobra Kai in the All-Valley Tournament. Miyagi then requested Kreese to tell his students to leave Daniel alone until the tournament. Agreeing, Kreese ordered Johnny and his gang to stay away from Daniel until the debut of the tournament. While Daniel saw them rarely after that, there was an occasion where Daniel openly taunted Johnny and his friends as he knew they couldn't harm him. Johnny, furious at Daniel's taunts was almost ready to attack Daniel, until he was restrained by Bobby, who reminded Johnny of Kreese's order not to fight. Another chance for harassment occurs at school when Daniel and Ali reaffirm this truce between Johnny and his gang, and it seems that they are going to do something to Daniel, but when a teacher shows up telling Daniel a long and boring lesson, Johnny and his gang leave, not wishing to wait for a fight or listen to this boring lecture. Johnny would attend the Encino Oaks Country Club for a social event involving many of the members, including Ali Mills and her family. Johnny would share a dance with Mrs. Mills before Ali's mother insisted on having her husband back for the remainder of the evening (whom had been dancing with Ali). Johnny and Ali would start to dance, and Johnny would ask Ali for a truce, but Ali rebuffs this. Johnny would ask Ali to finish the dance number that was going on, which Ali did. But when Johnny spotted Daniel LaRusso spying on them from the kitchen, he would grab Ali and force a kiss on her so that Daniel would see. Ali would get very angry and actually punch Johnny over this. Daniel would run into a waiter covering both of them with spaghetti, and Johnny would join the entire assembled people to laugh and mock Daniel over his dilemma. Once the day of the All-Valley Tournament finally arrived, Johnny rocked his way up to the finals, where he was pitted against his now-rival, Daniel LaRusso. After Daniel won the first two points, Johnny went to Kreese, who told Johnny to “sweep the leg”, shocking and horrifying Johnny as a result (while also realizing that Kreese may have gone too far). Johnny followed through by sweeping Daniel's foot and fighting more aggressively, allowing him to tie the score. Daniel however ultimately defeated Johnny using the Crane Technique and winning the tournament. Johnny then gives the first-place trophy to Daniel and tells him he's all right (thus showing that he's now become Daniel's former rival). The Karate Kid Part II Immediately after the tournament's conclusion, Johnny argues with Kreese in the parking lot. Johnny argues that he did his best and does not believe that second place is that bad. Kreese becomes enraged by the statement and Johnny's loss and tells him he is off the team. He snatches Johnny's trophy, breaks it in half, and calls him a loser. Having had enough of Kreese picking on him, Johnny finally stands up to him and angrily calls Kreese "sick", but Kreese quickly puts Johnny into a headlock and strangles him from behind. Johnny's friends, with the exclusion of Dutch and Jimmy, tried to save Johnny from Kreese but are either assaulted or threatened with assault. Mr. Miyagi witnesses the events and steps in, ordering him to release Johnny with the others siding with Mr. Miyagi, eventually immobilizing Kreese. Miyagi pretends to strike a killing blow before honking his nose, saying that for someone with no forgiveness, living is a worse punishment than death. Daniel and Mr. Miyagi then left Kreese in the parking lot, while Johnny and his friends dispose of their Cobra Kai gis, signifying their resignation from the dojo. Interim Years In the three decades since the 1984 tournament, Johnny's life had gone downhill. He did a short stint at community college, though an incident forced him to withdraw.[1] He admitted to partying all of his twenties and most of his thirties away. He racked up a police record of public intoxication and fighting but was spared harsher criminal penalties because of Sid's influence. In 1993, he and his high school friend Dutch had an incident at Encino Oaks Country Club that resulted in Dutch being prosecuted, but Johnny was again spared because of Sid's influence. As he collected his criminal record, Johnny's privilege of having a wealthy stepfather helped keep him from suffering the repercussions that others in his position faced. Sid accused Johnny of freeloading off of him later in life, a charge Johnny did not deny. Johnny has cited vacations in Mexico and Reno Nevada involving his high school friends that took place during these years that all involved a alcohol, women, and other debauchery. Johnny worked odd jobs to both support himself, his alcoholism, and the squalid lifestyle he had become accustomed too. At some point, Johnny became certified as a handyman. In the late nineties or early 2000s, Johnny developed a relationship with fellow alcoholic and addict, Shannon Keene. Shannon became pregnant with their only child, Robert "Robby" Keene, in 2001. However, a week before Robby was born, Johnny's mother Laura died. He was driven deeper into his depression by the loss of his mother, who was the only family that truly believed in him. Since then, Johnny's been wanting to fight out his loss and believed that it would've helped him overcome his grief. It is also possible Johnny breifly returned to karate for a bit and fought ona mat alone tried to channel the grief and pain of losing his mother. On the day Robby was born, Johnny was drunk at a diner while Shannon gave birth in the hospital across the street. This absence carried into Robby's childhood, with Johnny rarely supporting his child or even visiting him. He instead believed that Shannon would be able to handle being a single mother and left. At some point, Sid cut Johnny off financially and kicked him out of his house, although he continued to 'look out' for Johnny via his lawyers keeping Johnny's infractions from being more severe than they were. To better support himself and his addictions, Johnny put his handyman certificate to use and was hired as a home contractor. He drifted from job to job and moved into a rundown apartment complex in Reseda, where his life reached a stale point of working and being drunk. He also despised the apartment he lived in because it was never in good shape and nothing ever really worked, and he also never talked to his neighbors, Further rattled by his losses, Johnny kept to his past behavior of being troublemaker and continued to have illegal blips such as an incident at Applebee's that resulted in a ban, neglecting to pay child support and partying. On August 10, 2017 after the incident at Applebee's, Johnny visited his mom's grave and said he know it's been a little while since the last time he was here, hoping to have his life more together before he came to see her again, he guessed that was just a pipe dream and might not be able to get here for a little while. Later he reminisced how she would come to his tournaments, how making her proud was the best feeling he ever had. And how after high school it's just been one loss after another and no one rooting for him & no one was in his corner. And after Applebee's incident now had he come to terms he is loser, sooner he come to terms with this its better, because in life you don't get second chances. And he very sorry that he let her down. Cobra Kai Season 1 In 2017, while living in Reseda, Johnny worked as a home-improvement worker but was fired after an argument with a persnickety customer. Afterwards, Johnny went to a convenience store where he encountered a group of high school students bullying his neighbor Miguel Diaz. The bullies provoke Johnny after they pushed Miguel into his Pontiac Firebird. After a brief fight in which Johnny defeats the posse of students, Johnny was arrested. The next day, Johnny is released from police custody. He comes home to see his stepfather Sid, who has had enough of his problems and also the fact because of his old age, he then gives him a check to "buy him out" of his life, but Johnny tears it up saying that he does not need his money. That night, Johnny is at home drinking and watching Iron Eagle. He has a flashback of his high school days and when he was in karate until the LaRusso Auto Group ad comes which snaps him back into reality, Johnny tries to switch the channel but the remote is not working and proceeds to angrily break the tv and goes out for a drive while drinking. While driving around the city at night he ends up at the All-Valley Sports Arena where he was defeated by Daniel LaRusso and was nearly choked to death by his own sensei, John Kreese. He is snapped back to the present when a vehicle driven by Yasmine who was with two other girls end up smashing into his Pontiac Firebird, an enraged Johnny attempts to chase after the teenagers, but the crash disabled his car. His car ends up being towed to Daniel LaRusso's car dealership and for the first time in 34 years, he comes face to face with Daniel. Daniel is happy to see Johnny and has his car repaired for free. While at the dealership, Johnny recognizes one of the teenagers from the night before as none other than Daniel's daughter. After his visit at the dealership, Johnny decides to re-open Cobra Kai and his neighbor Miguel becomes his first student. While teaching Miguel a lesson, Johnny is interrupted by a call from the principal of Robby's school, informing him that his son was caught with drugs. An angered Johnny chastises Robby over the phone about the dangers of drugs and how he will throw his life away, to which Robby retorts if that is true, he will turn into his father. Hurt by that insult, Johnny asks the principal to report the matter to Robby's mother Shannon (who is nowhere to be found). Johnny then went back to Miguel after the phone call ended, teaching him to imagine his enemy while punching the dummy, giving him motivation. Another time Johnny was in his office filling out insurance forms, when he was approached by Daniel over the matter of being arrested for the fight with the teens, as one of them was a suitor to his daughter. Without either man getting the full story, they begin trading insults, but it stops short of a fight, as neither man wants a rerun of their high school years. While Daniel berates Johnny for being a go-nowhere who has trouble with his own son, Johnny returns the insult that Daniel ought to get his own house in order considering her daughter's boyfriend and his gang attacked his student, who was smaller than them. This scene reflected that while Johnny is indeed in poverty and a failed relationship, he is far better aware of his troubles than Daniel's own, as Daniel's troubles with his own children are masked by his social status. From a familial and financial standpoint, the tides are turning against Daniel and towards Johnny, albeit very slowly. After a few months with only having one student (Miguel), Cobra Kai becomes very popular and he gets a full dojo. He eventually goes to Sid's house, where he gives him all the money he used to buy back Cobra Kai. He tells Sid he never needed his money, and then bids him farewell for good, as he no longer needs him in his life. Afterwards, Johnny decides to try to make amends with his son, Robby. After he hears a commotion outside his apartment, he discovers Daniel's cousin smashing his car with a couple of biker goons. Enraged, Johnny defeats the goons and makes Daniel's cousin tell him where Daniel lives. Johnny then steals of the gang members motorcycles and goes to his house to confront him, but the fight is defused by Daniel's side of the story, who truthfully states he had nothing to do with that and is appalled by Louie's conduct, as well as Amanda, who invites Johnny to have breakfast with them. Daniel makes amends for the lost car by giving Johnny the car of his choice from the LaRusso Auto Group. During this, Daniel and Johnny begin to bond, and they even visit the former apartment Daniel used to live in as well as drink in a bar, there Johnny about what his home life was really like. The two then go back to the LaRusso home where they decide to have one last fight. But Johnny discovers Daniel had been teaching his son karate Johnny gets angry and shoves Daniel into his karate trophies, resulting Daniel kicking Robby out of his home. After a night of binge drinking, Johnny goes to the All-Valley Tournament with his class, where he motivates them that they struck first to earn their way there. Cobra Kai has a marked presence at the tournament, with Aisha Robinson making to the quarterfinals, Hawk to the semifinals, and Miguel to the finals after he beats 2017 All Valley champion Xander Stone. Miguel defeats Johnny's own son Robby by fighting dirty in the championship round and targeting the injury Hawk gave to Robby. As the tournament ends, he approaches Daniel and Robby, apologizing to them, and is congratulated by Daniel for the win. After celebrating his empty victory at the dojo, knowing he's driven his son further away and misguided his students, he hears the doors open, and things its Miguel, however it wasn't Miguel but a shadowy figure standing in front of the door who congratulates Johnny. The figure emerges and turns out to be his old sensei, Kreese who is still alive. Season 2 Johnny is shocked that Kreese is alive. He however is still angry at Kreese and even attacks him. Despite struggling at first, he is able to get the better of Kreese. He puts him in the choke-hold, but then remembers Kreese choke-holding him following the 1984 tournament. Not wanting to be like him, he shows mercy by letting him go. Kreese however, does not feel the same way and he kicks him. The next morning Johnny meets Kreese at the diner as Kreese requested. Kreese tries to convince Johnny that they should work together at the dojo but Johnny refuses as he is a better person and knows Kreese is still evil. At the dojo, he scolds Miguel and Hawk for their cheap shots at the tournament, announces that cheating will no longer be tolerated, strips all his students to white belts, and forces Miguel and Hawk to do 50 push-ups. Johnny warns Miguel that there is a fine line between mercy and honor, and he paid an expensive price in the past for crossing that line. When Kreese fixes his second-place trophy from the 1984 tournament and apologizes for his behavior, Johnny, distraught and crestfallen after a tense meeting with Daniel and Robby, forgives him and allows him to co-teach at the dojo. When his students are goofing off at a practice, Johnny orders remedial training to give them an attitude adjustment. He orders the kids to mix cement, then borrows a cement mixer from a friend. Demanding several kids get inside the drum, Johnny says they are to make that drum move on their own power or become living statues, frozen in time, and cement. After Kreese motivates the kids by telling the students he was Johnny's sensei, the kids comply. Johnny's lesson to the kids was that they will stagnate just as cement that stays in one place for too long hardens and gets stuck. Kreese congratulates Johnny for getting the students' attitude back on track and offers to buy him beers (though he has mild concern the lesson could have gone too far). While walking with Kreese, Johnny is met by Daniel, who came to speak to him about Shannon's residence being inappropriate for Robby due to her nonpayment of utility bills. However, when Daniel sees Kreese, he is convinced more than ever Cobra Kai is out to ruin him. Disgusted that Johnny is so ignorant to let the man who Mr. Miyagi saved him from back into his life, Daniel doesn't tell him about Robby. When Miguel and Hawk find out that Robby is Johnny's son, they believe he is being hard on them because they dishonorably attacked his son and even confront him. Johnny reveals that while Robby is his son, he does not tolerate cheating and tells them to mind their own business. However, he soon tells Miguel how badly he screwed up with Robby and that what he likes the most about his job as sensei is that Miguel is a good student who takes instruction well. When Daniel advertises Miyagi-Do karate as a tuition-free dojo, Johnny believes Daniel is attempting to steal his customers. Daniel is indeed attempting to do this in order to stop Kreese, although he privately admits to Amanda that unlike Kreese, Johnny knows his limits. A demonstration by Miyagi-Do at a carnival is suddenly upstaged by Cobra Kai, who give the crowd a rousing performance set to hard rock music, and engineering by Kreese. Johnny ends the show by smashing several wood blocks that are on fire, earning him a standing ovation and causing people to see for themselves that Cobra Kai earned the recent All-Valley win. This is antithetical to Daniel, whose attempt to recreate the infamous ice block break he did in Japan was aborted. The next day, Johnny is able to recruit two new students who have seen their Valley Fest performance; hardware store owner Stingray who wants to achieve his childhood dream, and female teenager Tory Nichols. After hearing from Miguel that Kreese's stories aren't adding up, Johnny becomes suspicious. He follows Kreese into a homeless shelter. When the two meet face to face, Kreese explains that he couldn't get reenlisted in the army because they wanted young blood, and he did odd jobs to support himself and has been living in the homeless shelter for a long time. Remembering the blows he himself has been dealt over the years, Johnny puts his full trust in Kreese. Under Johnny's nose however, Kreese poisons several of Johnny's students' minds (particularly Hawk) and gets them to be more ruthless. When Daniel confronts Johnny about destroying his dojo, Johnny tells him he does not know what he is talking about, as he had nothing to do with that, and was unaware Kreese ordered Hawk and some other of his students to do this. Johnny then tries to get one of them to reveal that they destroyed the dojo by punishing them, but no one cracks. Johnny, however, gets a phone call which forces him to leave for the day but not before telling Kreese to run the dojo. Johnny goes to a hospital where he meets former Cobra Kai friends Bobby and Tommy and soon, Jimmy. Tommy has been diagnosed with cancer. Knowing that Tommy does not have much time to live, the four spend the day hanging out so Tommy can spend his final day having good memories. That night, Tommy admits that he had feelings for Ali and encourages Johnny not to give up hope that he can change the course that his life took. Tommy dies in his sleep, which devastates his friends. Upon his return to his dojo, Johnny finds out that Kreese has been poisoning his students' minds and turning them into corrupt and vicious human beings, and angrily forces Kreese to leave the dojo for good. Johnny develops a crush on Miguel's mom Carmen but is upset when she is seeing someone else. However, when he notices that her date is unfaithful, he beats him outside of a bar and forces him not to see her again. He then asks her out and the two go on a date. However, when Daniel and his wife Amanda LaRusso come to the same restaurant and have to sit with Johnny and Carmen both Johnny and Daniel are unhappy. At first, they brag about their dojo's, but after Johnny tells Daniel that he kicked Kreese out of Cobra Kai, the two bond, joke around and appear to be getting along. Johnny even finds out from Carmen that the LaRusso's had enrolled his son into his alma mater, which he appreciates. After Johnny comes home from the date, someone knocks on his door. He thinks it's Carmen but when he opens the door, he is shocked to see Robby and a drunk Sam. He allows them to spend the night. He tells Robby the following morning that he will have to tell Daniel what happened, but Robby tells him not to and that he will take the fall. However, when Daniel knocks on Johnny's door, Johnny admits that Sam is inside but does not allow in Daniel until he calms down and shuts the door. Daniel then kicks the door open and the two have a brief fight until Sam and Robby intervene. Daniel angrily takes Sam home. Johnny takes Robby to his first day of school and has an awkward conversation with his son about the LaRusso's, with Johnny ignoring a phone call from Miguel. After Miguel is rushed to the hospital as a result of Robby kicking him off a railing at school, Johnny goes to the hospital. At the hospital, Carmen blames Johnny for Miguel's injury and tells him she does not want to see him again. Johnny listens to a voicemail Miguel left earlier and peeks in Miguel's room, who is lying unconscious, causing him to cry and feel guilty. Johnny goes back to the dojo where he sees Kreese training several of his students. Kreese tells him he and a landlord made a agreement for him to take full ownership of the dojo. Several of Johnny's students are now training with Kreese, and Hawk blames him for Miguel's injury. Feeling betrayed by Kreese and his students, Johnny angrily leaves the dojo, but not before telling Kreese that if he wants Cobra Kai; it's his. Johnny goes to the beach where he angrily throws his phone into the sand. He then spots the Cobra Kai logo on his car and in disgust, throws his keys into the car and walks away. Unbeknownst to him, Ali, whom he sent a Facebook message to, has sent him a friend request. Season 3 In the weeks that follow the school brawl and his loss of Cobra Kai, Johnny spends his days in bars drinking to soothe his problems. He watches the television which details the events of the West Valley High School brawl. The police appear on the screen, informing the public that they are searching for West Valley High student Robby Keene, who has been missing since the brawl. Robby is wanted in the assault of Miguel Diaz that left the All Valley Karate champion comatose and injured. When a bargoer takes the remote and change it to a football game, Johnny demands them to change it back, which they ignore. When the game ends they return the remote and leave, though they mock Miguel for being the "coma kid that nobody cared about". Angered, Johnny follows them outside and attacks them in their car. He is easily overpowered due to his intoxicated nature, and arrested by the police for inciting a fight. Now in a holding cell, Johnny is recognized by a police officer who asks if he is Robby Keene's father. They talk for moment with Johnny claiming Robby is a good kid despite the officer thinking he's a delinquent. He is released from prison in the morning, and goes to the hospital to visit Miguel and his family. He is turned away as he isn't family, so he initially tries to disguise himself as a doctor. His facial injuries quickly prove this line of fraud impossible, leading Johnny to ram his head into a paper towel dispenser in order to be admitted to the ICU. He finds Miguel and tells the comatose boy to fight as he can do this, giving him a pep talk that Miguel subconsciously hears. Johnny is ultimately asked to leave the room by Carmen. Johnny is discharged and returns to his apartment, only to find a concerned Daniel LaRusso waiting for him. Daniel convinces him to help locate Robby before it's too late. The unlikely pair venture on a road trip to search for Robby, but their conflicting personalities and views on life continuously get in their way. Their partnership starts an uneasy reunion with Johnny's ex-girlfriend Shannon Keene, before shifting to a surprisingly natural "good-cop bad-cop" routine with two of Robby's former cohorts Trey and Cruz. An unexpected car chase with a thug who stole Robby's van turns violent, when Johnny insists on confronting the man who is joined by his gang. After beating the thugs, Johnny roughly interrogates one of the men and is angered when Daniel pulls him off. Their alliance abruptly ends after a fight between them, with Johnny taking the car that used to belong to the LaRusso auto group. He learns that Robby was apprehended by the police and serving time in a juvenile detention center. Johnny visits Bobby Brown at a church in which Bobby serves as a pastor. However, Johnny's drunk and loud nature interrupts the sermon. He reminds Bobby of their past together, though when Johnny refuses to leave, Bobby knocks him out. When Johnny has a bloodied nose, Bobby talks to him and helps him realize that he should focus on the positive aspects of his life. Both Miguel and Robby need him right now, and that's what matters. Johnny wants to visit Robby but isn't allowed to due to his probation. Bobby offers his help, as having a pastor present will guarantee that Johnny can visit. Bobby also helps fund Miguel's surgery to walk again, though his financial contribution isn't enough to help Miguel. Johnny visits his stepfather Sid Weinberg to ask him to donate towards Miguel's fund, though Sid refuses with crude comments about Miguel. Johnny leaves angrily but spots an expensive artifact on a podium near the door. He steals the artifact and pawns them for $2,500 which is the exact amount needed to cover Miguel's surgery. He donates the money anonymously the next day. He is spotted at the hospital by Miguel's Grandmother, who asks Johnny to stay with them while Miguel is in surgery. Johnny, despite being scheduled to meet with Robby and Bobby at SJDC, agrees to stay to support Miguel. After Miguel's surgery, Johnny leaves the hospital to find Robby who is serving community service. He attempts to speak with Robby by continuously getting in line for food, though Robby becomes angry when Johnny mentions Miguel and tries to reprimand Robby for his actions. He regrets his words and grabs Robby's arm, which leads to the boy jerking away and spilling a bucket of soup everywhere. Johnny is escorted out of the building by security. He goes to a bar to sulk, where is met by a cocky John Kreese. Kreese claims he only took Cobra Kai from Johnny because he was going soft. Kreese invites Johnny to return to the dojo and instruct under Kreese, but Johnny refuses as he knows Kreese can't be trusted. Instead, he goes to see a now awake Miguel who expresses his defeat for not being able to move his legs. He can't reach his phone and Johnny offers to help, pushing the tray away. He commands Miguel to get up, walk over, and grab the phone for himself like a champion. Miguel does as instructed, but falls out of the bed and onto the floor, much to Johnny's chagrin. Johnny is intent on helping Miguel walk again, and visits him everyday at his apartment to try various tactics of "inspiring" Miguel to walk. These included dangling risqué magazines over his wheelchair, lighting his shoelaces on fire, and various other tactics. They all fail as Miguel still can't walk. Johnny witnesses Carmen crying outside of their apartment one night, citing that Miguel's current state is depressive. He never smiles or has fun. Johnny is then inspired to take Miguel to a Dee Snider concert. They lie to the bouncer that Miguel attending the concern is on his bucket list, insinuating that Miguel is dying. They are permitted in and have an amazing time filled with selfies, shoutouts from the lead singer, and dancing. Johnny is elated to see that Miguel is subconsciously tapping his foot to the beat of the music, an act he is able to continue on command after. Johnny returns to his apartment where he learns how to use Facebook on his computer. He looks at the photos of him and Miguel from the concert, then notices Ali Mills' friend request. He happily accepts the request. He then stresses over what to send to Ali when she asks what he's been up to the last thirty years. He writes several paragraphs to her, which appalls Miguel as the message comes across as desperate. Miguel helps him set up the rest of his profile as it is barren. Johnny decides to take photos of himself doing everything that Ali enjoys, which Miguel reluctantly agrees to help with. They spend the day together with Miguel taking photos of him doing various activities, including trying sushi for the first time. He pretends to like it for the pictures then spits it out disgusted. When he returns from the bathroom, he notices that Miguel is upset. When they return to Johnny's apartment to give the walking harness another chance, Miguel's emotions explode as he blames Johnny for his situation. He calls Johnny weak for letting Kreese steal his students away from him. Johnny argues he should have never brought back Cobra Kai, but during the argument, he notices Miguel walking closer to him. He points out the steps and their argument disappears over their mutual happiness. That night, Johnny tries to write the perfect response to Ali by telling her truth about his life. He tells her about his relationship with Miguel and how he's working to be a better person and help kids. He decides the message is too lengthy and deletes it all to send a simple, "not much, u?". With everything looking up, including Miguel now being able to walk without any assistance, Johnny considers opening another dojo. He struggles with a name, where to find students, and a location - but Miguel promises to do some recruiting at school. Johnny, in the meantime, tries to find the perfect location on a small budget. He ultimately decides to hold lessons in the park as the space is free. After confronting his former students and owning up to his mistakes, he is met by Mitch, Bert, and others who were kicked out of Cobra Kai by Kreese for being too weak. Johnny announces to the small group that the dojo is called Eagle Fang Karate. He ignores their claims that Eagle's don't have fangs. Things become tense when Kreese and his students arrive at the park as a sign that the bad blood between them still exists. Kreese tries one final time to recruit Johnny back to Cobra Kai, but he bitterly refuses. In the coming days, Robby is released from juvie. Johnny waits for his son on his release date and is surprised to see Daniel there too. They argue and are about to fight when Robby intervenes, now released, and angrily tells both of them to leave him alone. Johnny obliges and focuses his attention on the cancelled All Valley Karate Tournament. He attends a city council meeting to fight for the tournament alongside John Kreese and Daniel LaRusso, who are also in attendance. The rivaling sensei's begin to argue in front of the council, shedding a negative light on the tournament and convincing the council to cancel the event. It isn't until Miguel and Sam take the podium that they are able to save the tournament. That night, Carmen visits Johnny to thank him for everything he did to help Miguel not only walk again, but raise his spirits. They kiss and sleep together that night. Everything is perfect for them the next morning, though Carmen has to leave for work before breakfast. As he checks his social media, he is happy to see that Ali is in town for the Christmas holiday and wants to meet. He agrees, so they meet for lunch before revisiting their youth at Golf 'N Stuff. She invites him to a charity gala that evening which he happily agrees to attend, despite having to wear a suit. He arrives in a dapper white suit just in time to see Ali embracing Daniel. The evening is surprisingly pleasant, thanks to the presence of Amanda and Ali. They all swap stories about their youth. When the night is over, Ali admits that she thinks Johnny and Daniel don't like each other because they see parts of themselves in the other that they don't like. She thinks they could actually be friends someday. When Daniel leaves, Ali and Johnny part on a a positive note as she forgives him for his behavior in high school and he finds closure in how things ended between them. He goes to Carmen's house to confess his true feelings for her, but after seeing blood on Miguel's face, Johnny goes to Cobra Kai to defeat Kreese once for all. He bursts in to see Kreese teaching Robby a forward strike. Kreese thinks this is fate as the three generations of Cobra Kai's will “melt this whole snowflake generation,” but Johnny rejects Kreese’s offer to join forces, by punching him in the face. They engage in a vicious fight with Johnny gaining the upper-hand as the fight crashes into the main area of the dojo. He is about to defeat Kreese when Robby intervenes and defends Kreese. He attacks Johnny for being responsible for his suffering. Johnny instantly switches to the defense and refuses to fight his son, though Robby is intent on unleashing his pent up anger. He shouts that Johnny is responsible for everything bad that's happened to him, including his trauma at juvie, and lunges at Johnny. Johnny blocks Robby's attack and accidentally pushes him into the lockers. Robby hits his head and is unconscious, much to Johnny's dismay. He crouches next to his son to ensure he's okay, but Kreese takes a sai and attacks Johnny from behind. He than forces Johnny into a chokehold that has the potential to be fatal. Daniel arrives just in time to kick Kreese off Johnny. Daniel furiously confronts Kreese about sending his students to Daniel's house. Daniel and Kreese continue to fight while Johnny recovers from the vicious chokehold. Kreese lifts Daniel into the air and they collapse through the glass door of the school. Kreese picks up a shard of glass, threatening to reunite Daniel and Miyagi. Daniel expertly deploys pressure point attacks that cripple Kreese so he can't fight back. Johnny emerges from the dojo and gives Daniel an approving nod while Daniel holds a strike position. He prepares to strike a final blow to Kreese when Sam shouts for her father, having arrived with Miguel. Having won, Daniel tells Kreese to keep his Cobra Kais away from their kids, gesturing to Johnny as he does. Johnny supports Daniel's sentiment, but Kreese wants to settle things the old-fashioned way with a tournament. The losing dojo will leave the valley. Johnny and Daniel agree to the terms just as Robby emerges from the dojo telling them all to leave. Johnny is a saddened with Robby's alliance but retreats home for now. He and Daniel then unite their dojos as they train for the tournament that will determine not only the fate of their dojos, but the fate of the valley. Season 4 Johnny's alliance with Daniel has a rocky start, as the opposing senseis struggle to work together, despite their shared goals. Back at the Diaz apartment, Johnny grows closer to Carmen and the Diaz family. She wants to take things slow, something he begrudgingly accepts. Back at the dojo, Johnny hazes Hawk into Eagle Fang while Daniel attempts meditation with the Miyagi-Dos. The two end their individual classes angrily, having gotten into a heated argument over their differing styles of karate. Miguel urges Johnny to be the Apollo Creed to Daniel's Rocky, referencing Rocky III when the two opposites had to work together to defeat a larger villain. Johnny is about to follow Miguel's advice when Daniel arrives, apologizing for the day's events, and offering beer. Their peace is short-lived, but this time, they agree being co-senseis doesn't work. The next day, they prepare to tell the kids of their decision, only to learn that Hawk has come up with an idea to build an Okinawan sparring deck to serve as a bridge between the two dojos. All the students have agreed to help. Moved by their kids' ability to come forward, Johnny and Daniel agree to the choice and continue their alliance. The men agree that learning one another's karate styles will help them respect and understand one another. Johnny learns defensive strategies, how to find his inner-balance, and goes through the basics of Miyagi-Do karate. He is impressed by the strength that comes with the style, with Daniel reminding Johnny that Miyagi-Do has saved his life twice. Daniel goes through the grueling process of Eagle Fang, including climbing a chain rope, knuckle push-ups, learning to become aggressive instead of defensive, and facing his fears. The men ultimately grow closer and attend a hockey game together as part of Daniel's training, though Johnny creates tension between Daniel and the hockey team. As Daniel fights with the team, Johnny exercises Daniel's Miyagi-Do advice of "no be there". At Miyagi-Do, Johnny is sparring with Daniel and his students. He takes Daniel's gyoza and gives him his sandwich. He and the Diaz's have dinner with Daniel and the LaRusso's where he explains that Johnny and Carmen are taking things slow. Anthony gets mad that he is at his house where Johnny is shocked to see how he's grown. They end the dinner where Daniel and Johnny tell each other will swap students. Johnny takes Miyagi-Do to a building where he has them jump from one roof to another. Sam argues how dangerous it is but he counters with Sam's previous encounters with Johnny. Later on, Sam changes her mind and jumps to the next roof, impressing Johnny and Miyagi-Do. He comes back to the Diaz apartment where he kisses Carmen and makes it official with her. When he comes back to the Miyagi-Do dojo, he notices Daniel give Miguel the Miyagi-Do headband and gets jealous. When Johnny is teaching combos to Miyagi-Do, he gets distracted with Daniel training Miguel. Demetri takes advantage of his distraction and kicks him in the face. Johnny retaliates by tying up Demetri and has his classmates kick him. Back at his apartment, he looks through his memories with Miguel where he looks at his beer can and has a flashback about his mom marrying Sid and angrily throws away his beer can. Robby goes to Johnny's apartment where he confronts his father about Eagle Fang bullying Kenny. When Robby says there will be payback, Johnny warns him not to do anything bad and reminds him of his expulsion. He also tells him about Cobra Kai and how Kreese is brainwashing him the same way he got brainwashed. At Miyagi-Do, Johnny hears his students about Miyagi-Do and Eagle Fang's confrontation with Cobra Kai at the drive-in. He gets upset with Miguel's trick but Daniel praises it and tells Johnny that they ended a fight without getting hurt. As Johnny is going to talk to Daniel, Silver and his former sensei Kreese arrive at Miyagi-Do. Kreese and Johnny talk to each other about his team-up with Daniel. He threatens him to leave Miyagi-Do or he'll use the Miyagi-Do sign to cram it in Kreese. At a bar, Johnny gets mad when Daniel tells him about Silver and because of his history with him, he will take over the training. He agrees on a rematch with Daniel and whoever wins, one of them will take over the training. Later, Johnny begins his training while remembering his encounters with Daniel. He sees Miguel and tells him how to defeat Daniel. Miguel, however, doesn't join his training, and doesn't care about Daniel and Johnny's rivalry. Back at Miyagi-Do, Johnny and Daniel argue about their teachings and who is better. The two fight where Daniel and Johnny tie the score, with Johnny managing to counter Daniel's pressure point technique. They both fall in the last round, but are unaware of who won. When Hawk arrives, he shows both dojos that his mohawk was nearly shaved off by Robby. Johnny says that Cobra Kai will pay, but Daniel rejects the idea. He chastises him for praising Miguel for the sprinkler incident but Daniel counters that his teachings would land his students in the hospital or jail. Realizing the merge failed, Eagle Fang leaves. Johnny learns about the new updates for the tournament. He gets upset with them but Miguel adds that they need a female member. Bert tells him that he knows a girl in the school debate team but Johnny rejects the idea. Miguel tells Johnny about having Sam back but Johnny also rejects the idea. Johnny and Miguel go to the West Valley High School soccer field to find a female student but fails. The two approach Moon but she rejects their offer. Moon recommends them to talk to Piper. They find her at a gymnastics studio and offer Piper to join his dojo, which she agrees. Miguel praises Johnny for his communication with Piper. While waiting for her, Mitch corrects Johnny about how long they've been waiting but stops talking after he turns around. However, Eagle Fang learns that she joined Cobra Kai, upsetting them. Johnny remembers Bert's idea and he and Miguel go with Bert to watch a debate trial. They watch a person named Devon Lee during the debate. Her quick tempered personality impressed Johnny and recruits her to Eagle Fang. Johnny and Carmen approach Miguel to talk about their relationship and Miguel acknowledges it, telling Carmen that if she's happy, he's happy. Before Eagle Fang's class, Johnny introduces his students to their new female student Devon Lee. When Devon tells the students her preferred pronouns are she/her, Johnny tells her that he only accepts sensei and student. Devon corrects Johnny but he tells her to be quiet. When he starts class, Johnny is impressed that she has knowledge of the movie Bloodsport. He teaches a lesson about cheating and Cobra Kai's dirty tricks where he has Miguel becomes co-sensei. In the first part of training, Johnny has his students spar with one arm. The next part is to use their other senses. He throws dirt in Mitch's eyes but hits his head on a shelf. The training intensifies when Devon kicks all the male students in the groin. Miguel and Johnny have a conversation where Johnny says he wants to be Miguel's father. After their conversation, he shows Miguel a bunch of watermelons where Sam joins them, in which Johnny agrees. Johnny and the Diaz's join the LaRusso's to take pictures with Miguel and Sam before their prom. When he gets home, Shannon Keene approaches Johnny about how she encountered Silver. She explains that he gave Robby a car and Shannon money. Shannon ends saying that he needs to deal with them. When Johnny goes to Cobra Kai, he answers Silver's call and tells him to stay away from Robby. He threatens to beat him up and Silver tells him to go to a familiar street: Magnolia and Lakershim and tells him he knows it well. Johnny learns that the place is the original Cobra Kai dojo. When he arrives, Silver fights him and defeats him, much to the horror of Kreese who has refused to finish him off due to his reluctant friendship with him. After the fight, Johnny drowns his sorrows in alcohol. When Miguel brings him to his room, Johnny calls him Robby, upsetting him. On the day of the All-Valley Karate Tournament, he tells his students to get ready for the tournament. He pulls Miguel aside to talk to him about the fight at Stingray's afterparty. Johnny reflects on his experiences at prom and ends saying he needs to focus on the tournament and reconcile with Sam later. After the skills competition, Johnny gets upset with how they are in 6th place. Devon tells him about the point progress but Johnny doesn't care about it. He has a change of heart after Devon tells him to win the one on one matches. Johnny approaches Daniel where the two argue about how their respective teachings affected Miguel and Sam. The two tell each other to stay away from one another. Before Miguel's fight with Eli, he tells him that he's defeated Eli before and take him down. During the fight, Miguel is going to do the flying tornado kick but he pulls his muscle, putting the fight to a pause. Johnny, Carmen and Rosa are watching the medic tending to Miguel. The three are relieved when she tells them that Miguel's injury is only a pulled muscle. After, Johnny tells Miguel to show who's boss when he's ready to go back to fight. Later, Kreese approaches Johnny about how he didn't know Silver was going to beat him up at the old dojo. He also reminded him that losing would affect him and that Robby was the only one who will give Cobra Kai the victory. Johnny ends saying that Cobra Kai is going to lose. Later, he gives Miguel cream and tells him to hurry back. He tells him to show what he's made of. Despite his motivation, Miguel doesn't return, causing him to be eliminated alongside Eagle Fang. Before the girls final, Daniel and Johnny talk where Daniel admits his teachings have been helpful. Johnny also apologizes to Daniel about showing jealousy over him and Miguel bonding and admits that he should've continued training with him and would've been a stronger fighter. The two reconcile and team up to help Sam for her fight against Tory. During the fight, Johnny is shocked when Sam performs an Eagle Fang kick on Tory, which makes her win round 1. When the score is tied 2-2, Sam and Tory grapple but she is accidentally hit in the elbow, giving the referee a warning much to Johnny's annoyance that the point should be deducted. Despite their re-alliance, Cobra Kai becomes grand champion when Tory defeats Sam. As Sam is defeated, Johnny and Daniel escort her back to the sidelines. As Cobra Kai celebrates and Silver reveals his intention to franchise Cobra Kai, Johnny glares at Robby, who feels defeated despite helping Cobra Kai win. Unbeknownst to Johnny and Eagle Fang, Terry had paid the referee to help Tory and Cobra Kai win. Johnny tries to look for Miguel but Carmen and Rosa tell him that he took an Uber home prior to the finals. Before he heads to the Diaz's apartment, he goes to the Cobra Kai dojo and sees the mantra on the wall. He has a flashback to where he opened the dojo for the first time. Robby visits him where he tells him that Cobra Kai is expanding. Johnny praises Robby for his tournament performance but Robby didn't want to talk about it. He explains that his mentorship with Kenny has turned him into a corrupt individual and how his time in Cobra Kai affected him. Johnny doesn't believe this and tells Robby that his relationship with Daniel was strong and he got in the way. He also tells him to blame him for everything, but Robby refuses to blame him again. The two hug, reconciling in the process. Johnny then goes to Carmen's house, where she gives him a letter Miguel wrote. Johnny and Carmen learn that Miguel will be going to Mexico City to find his biological father but Carmen tells Johnny he doesn't know about Miguel. She tells him that she wants Miguel home, and Johnny promises to rescue him. Season 5 Johnny and Robby head to Mexico for a "father-son bonding trip". Robby questions what they're really doing in Mexico, as they could have done something 500 miles closer. Johnny admits they're here to get Miguel, who is searching for his long-lost father. Robby is upset about the lies and Miguel's involvement, as he could be back in the valley with Tory. Johnny is sorry that he lied, but he wants him and Miguel to put their bullshit aside. He's ready to fix his past mistakes and knows he can't do that without actions this time. After changing a flat tire from nearly hitting a caravan, Johnny gives his son the option to take the bus back to America, but hopes he'll stay so they can make some real memories together. Johnny heads to the beach to ask some surfers if they had seen Miguel, nearly getting pick-pocketed in the process. He recognizes the con and asks for the map that shows where they sent Miguel. The surfer refuses to give it without a fight. Another surfer is about to strangle Johnny with a surfing cord, until Robby does a flying sidekick and saves him. They fight the surfers in a beachside brawl, ultimately winning. Their next stop is refreshments, though Johnny's inability to speak Spanish results in his truck being towed. They're left a hundred bucks short of getting the truck back. They search for ways to earn fast money, with a chili pepper contest seeming the most effective method. Johnny prepares to enter, but Robby stops him, as he can do this himself. Johnny cheers him on and he wins the contest and money. Once in the car, Robby reveals that he didn't eat the last pepper - he swapped it for a gummy, - in a move Johnny calls "the most badass move ever". A tip from Carmen has them chasing down potential spots for Miguel, until they end up at an MMA fighting ring. They ask around for Hector Salazar, unknowingly getting attention from one of Hector's men, who mistakes their "FBI" shirts as being real. The MMA fighters stop Johnny from going near Hector. Robby prepares to help his dad fight the men, but Johnny refuses to let him as this is his fight. The group brawls it out as the ring side reporter broadcasts a play-by-play, dubbing Johnny the "White Lightning". Johnny is beaten up by the MMA fighters, nearly losing a chokehold until Robby tosses him his uneaten pepper. He rubs it in his opponents eye and wins. The time they lost in the fight is enough for Hector and Miguel to escape, as both believe the FBI are after them. Johnny ultimately finds Miguel outside of a convenient store. The boy is calling Carmen over the emotional turmoil of learning his father isn't the man he thought he was. He's ready to come home and hugs Johnny in the middle of the street, as Johnny comforts the broken boy. Robby gets out of the truck and watches the scene unfold. Once back in Reseda, Johnny continues his relationship with Carmen and solidifies his presence in Miguel and Rosa's lives. Carmen starts to get sick and tells Johnny she's a few days late, clarifying for the man that she might be pregnant. he goes into overdrive to prove to her and himself that he's ready for this next phase of their lives. He baby proofs his apartment, changes his outlook on life, and after finding out they are having a baby, is joyous about the next phase of their lives. Even if he is petrified, he promises to be there every step of the way, refusing to be absent like he was for Robby. He gets a job as a ride share driver and food delivery driver, getting help from Demetri to set up the electronic part of his new job. He quickly becomes the lowest rated driver on the app, having a perpetual one star rating. He drops off food for Lyle, who remarks on Johnny's shitty new job. Johnny isn't happy with it and wishes he could quit, but can as he has a family. He begins to complain until Lyle pushes that he hates his job too. He doesn't want to be a pawn shop owner, let alone own three, but he does it so he can be with his family. He has three kids and a wife to care for - none of which Johnny will ever meet. They have to make sacrifices for the ones they love. The advice sticks with Johnny, who decides to have Robby come live with him over the summer instead of going with Shannon's parents. The woman agrees to the deal and sends him to pick up Robby from the water park. He barely arrives in time to stop Robby and Miguel from fighting the parking lot. He presses that they're all friends now, but the boys rebuke his statement. Johnny commits to getting Robby and Miguel to bury their hatchet, though his first few attempts - ambushing them at Olive Garden and an impromptu Wild West escape room in his apartment - fail. A sudden visit from a slightly unhinged Daniel forces Johnny to be the stable one for once. As they talk over beers, Johnny laments that he's put the drama with the dojos behind him. Kreese is in jail and Robby's away from Cobra Kai, which is enough of a win for him. Daniel wants to save all the kids in the valley, though Johnny tells him to worry about his family instead. Daniel also gives him advice on handling Miguel and Robby - by doing things the classic Johnny Lawrence way. Johnny uses an air horn to wake the boys from their apartments, shouting at them in his signature "quiet!" shout. Unleashing Sensei Lawrence, he tells the two that he's had enough of their drama and tells them to put their fists where their mouths are. They said any time and any place yesterday, so this is the time and the place. No tournament rules, no pads, just the two of them. They're going to fight until it's all out of their systems. The boys face one another and begin a rather brutal fight. It spills over to the second floor balcony, and Johnny tries to stop the fight by shouting at them from below. They fight around the railing and Johnny hurries up the steps to stop them before they repeat history. By the time he arrives, the boys have reached an understanding and are apologizing for their past mistakes and roles in hurting one another. Johnny is relieved they put it aside, as he couldn't imagine them still fighting when the baby comes. This stuns both boys, and Johnny realizes he's let it slip. He tells them to pretend to be excited when he and Carmen tell them. Miguel screams "holy shit" with glee, and Robby grins as they congratulate Johnny on the news. The trio heads to the Diaz apartment for Olive Garden, and Carmen comes home to find the peaceful dinner. She tells Robby he's always welcome at their house, pleased that Johnny finally got them to friendly terms. Johnny goes with Chozen to Topanga Karate where they reminisce their actions towards Daniel. When he sees Devon, Chozen stops him and tells him that entering the dojo is too risky. After the class, the two confront one of the senseis, Hyan-Woo, and fight him. Woo proves to be the superior fighter and generally gains the upper-hand over Johnny. Despite the struggle, with Chozen's assistance, the two are able to defeat him in the end. However, when more of them arrive, the two leave the dojo. Later, he and Chozen arrive at Miyagi-Do where he and the Eagle Fangs bow to Daniel, Daniel and Johnny go to prison to visit former Cobra Kai sensei John Kreese. He tells him about a time he and Terry Silver trained with Kim Sun-Yung and the Sekai Taikai tournament. Kreese adds that if Cobra Kai wins the tournament, they will go global. Johnny, Daniel and Chozen meet with the Sekai Taikai organizers to explain about their combined skills and tell the committee that their students should qualify. Gunther, the head of the committee, is impressed with their teachings. While having dinner with the LaRusso's, he meets with Miguel, Robby and Eli to talk about who will represent the boys for the boys demonstration. Miguel and Robby tell Johnny that they volunteer Eli to represent them. Despite Eli losing, Sam wins her match and Miyagi-Do and Eagle Fang qualify for the tournament. The next day, Johnny accompanies Carmen during her ultrasound. When they leave, they meet Terry Silver. Silver offers his congratulations for qualifying but tells him that he's continuing Cobra Kai's legacy for the future. At LaRusso auto, he tells Daniel, Amanda and Louie and everyone is happy for him. To celebrate, Louie takes everyone to a club. When he, Chozen and Daniel are back in the limo, they are celebrating but when they go far, they all get shocked when they find out the they are trapped while the chauffeur drives crazy. Encountering Mike Barnes, Johnny fights him but is broken up by Daniel and Chozen. After Mike tells his plan for revenge, he and Chozen go with him despite being drunk. When they arrive to Silver's mansion, Mike attacks one of the sensei's first but is knocked out by another, leaving Johnny and Chozen to deal with the 5 senseis. Despite being outnumbered, Johnny and Chozen find themselves being able to fend off Silver's sensei's. However, after some time, Johnny encourages Chozen to go after Silver, while Johnny fights the sensei's alone. While he initially is able to gain the upper hand over some of the sensei's, he soon gets overwhelmed and brutally beaten up by all five of them. Silver arrives in the house after seemingly killing Chozen and mocks Johnny, before leaving for Cobra Kai. Johnny continues to be beaten up by the sensei's. However, after he sees his sonogram, he regains his strength and fights back against the senseis. He defeats Odell, Bacaria and another sensei, temporarily knocks out Hyan-Woo, and gains the upper-hand over Min-Jun twice. However, after Johnny defeats both Odell and Bacaria, Min-Jun attacks him from behind and gains the upper hand. He then signals a recently recovered Woo to finish him off with the sword, However, before Woo can finish Johnny off, Mike comes in and knocks out Woo and Jun. Back at the Cobra Kai dojo, he reunites with Carmen, and both he and Daniel hug and express relief that Terry will be locked up with Kreese. However, one of the officers overhears Johnny's and Daniel's conversation and asked them if they heard about Kreese, much to their confusion. Season 6 Johnny is now living a happy life with his family following the arrest of Terry Silver and the dismantling of Cobra Kai. With Eagle Fang out of commission, he and his students are now part of a combined dojo with Miyagi-Do. As they prepare to begin training, Hawk and Demetri unveil the new logo and name that they and the other students decided upon: Miyagi Fang Karate, featuring artwork of Mr. Miyagi sporting fangs. Among the three adult sensei, only Johnny is in favor of the name and logo, with Daniel and Chozen both feeling that it is completely against Mr. Miyagi's legacy. Johnny even goes so far as to suggest that they ought to call the dojo "Eagle-Do Fang" and Chozen proposes a fight to settle matters. Daniel tries to talk Johnny out of it, but Johnny feels that Eagle Fang is the only thing he has left that he has ownership over. He then gets a text telling him to meet someone at Coyote Creek and, once there, discovers Stingray using a recording of Kreese to teach a young group of students. Stingray encourages him to reclaim the legacy of Cobra Kai. Disturbed by his encounter with Stingray, Johnny goes to Daniel and Chozen. He tells them he's conceding, and he's realized Eagle Fang is just another version of Cobra Kai, and it's also Kreese's legacy and that he doesn't want to have anything to do with it; he also adds working with them has made him better, and he doesn't want to just teach offense only anymore, and also wants to do whatever it takes to lead Miyagi-Do to victory. Daniel says that he's just glad the two of them aren't going to fight, but they say that they are still going to fight, because why not? At the Diaz apartment, Miguel reads out a personal statement to Stanford to Johnny and the others. They are all impressed with it, but Carmen wonders how they can afford to send Miguel to Stanford, particularly after a pipe bursts in her apartment, forcing them out for the time being. Johnny promises that the Sekai Takai will get them the money they need for it. Johnny visits the LaRussos, hoping to borrow their air mattress while he and the Diaz's stay over at his place. He expresses a desire to possibly rent something better, but Chozen says it is not currently a renter's market. Nevertheless, Daniel suggests that Johnny take Chozen along while he searches for a place. The first home, however, ends up being a bust after the real estate agent takes against Johnny, saying his client is looking for someone more stable. Chozen chastises Johnny for then reacting in anger, reminding him to embrace the way of Miyagi-Do. The two arrive at another home, only to discover that it is being managed by the same agent from before. Johnny manages to keep his temper in check and ends up meeting the home's owner, who it turns out is something of a fan of his. The owner tells him that he'd be happy to rent to him and that they can work something out if he gets his financials on track. Chozen calls it good karma. Johnny goes to Daniel, telling him that he wants back pay, that he wants Chozen's rate. Daniel tells him that Chozen doesn't get paid, that nobody does, that it's the spirit of Miyagi-Do. Johnny laments that he thought Miyagi-Do was supposed to change things for him, but Daniel tells him that it's a way of life, not a quick fix. He suggests he get a real 9 to 5 job. Johnny then joins the LaRusso Auto Group as a salesman. At Carmen's gender reveal at the LaRusso's, Johnny and Carmen learn that they will have a girl. While training for the Sekai Taikai, Johnny discovers Tory and Sam have seemingly lost their competitive edge while fighting, and with Devon's help, schemes to get the two to hate each other again in order to regain their fighting ability. To do this, inspired by Ali's tales of gossip at slumber parties, he invites Tory and Sam to a slumber party at Devon's house, where he attempts to pit the two girls against each other, down to stealing Miguel and Robby's phones and sending text messages to the girls. His attempt fails, as the girls only end up growing closer together after apologizing to each other. However, the next day, the girls regain their competitive spirit, helping Johnny out regardless. When it turns out only 6 fighters can fight in the Sekai Taikai, Johnny and Daniel decide to invite Mike Barnes to judge the students, due to his unbiased nature. However, Johnny frequently attempts to manipulate Barnes into paying attention to Devon, ironically distracting him from her. He later visits Barnes, who tells him that Devon didn't make the cut, but this leads the two to get into an argument and insult each other, which then leads to them fighting. The fight proves to be even until Johnny is kicked to the ground. However, Johnny then catches Barnes off guard by kicking him in the face. The fight resumes with Johnny utilizing Miyagi-Do to counter Barnes's strikes, before kicking him into a table, leading to Barnes conceding defeat. After the confrontation, Johnny apologizes to Barnes and the latter agrees to be fair to Devon. After the 6 fighters are picked, team captains are picked via fights; Robby v Miguel, and Tory v Sam. However, while Sam and Tory's fight is happening, Tory is fighting aggressively due to the death of her mother. Daniel, noticing Tory's emotions, ends the fight much to Tory and Johnny's anger. He and Daniel get into an argument of Daniel's decision to end the fight with Johnny explaining how he relates to Tory's trauma and fighting would've helped with the issues. Johnny, having discovered about Miyagi's box of secrets, calls him a liar, leading to Daniel angrily punching him. Furious, Johnny proclaims that after the Sekai Taikai, he will leave Daniel. With Tory gone, Hawk takes her spot and Sam and Robby are now captains of Miyagi-Do. Despite their argument, Johnny stands together with Daniel when they arrive at the Sekai Taikai. He lowers his head, however, troubled, when Tory appears beside John Kreese. Johnny and Daniel still continue to be at odds with each other, especially of how their actions led Tory back to Kreese. He briefly gets into an argument with Kreese but is stopped by Daniel. Miyagi-Do unfortunately struggles in the tournament, further straining his relationship with Daniel. When Daniel leaves during the tournament to investigate on Miyagi, Johnny runs Miyagi-Do but they still struggle. Devon admits to Johnny that she spiked Kenny's water to get the last spot and how she regrets it due to her struggle in the fights. Johnny comforts and tells her to regain focus before advising her to come clean. Realizing he needs Daniel, Johnny sends him a voicemail wishing that he's at the next event with the team. Johnny allows the students to use Miyagi-Do in their match against Dublin Thunder which lead to their victory after Miguel takes down two of their students. Johnny and Miguel have a brief scare when Carmen is hospitalized, leading them rushing back to the US. Despite Miguel's anger over Robby being the captain, Johnny calms him down by telling him about Robby's situation. As they reconcile, a rude passenger, who's been mistreating the duo and everyone on the plane, tries to pick a fight but Miguel knocks him out. Fortunately, Carmen and the baby end up being alright and she sends them back to Barcelona. After picking up Kenny and returning to Barcelona, Miyagi-Do learns from Daniel and Chozen about Terry Silver's return and he owns the Iron Dragons dojo, much to the anger of Johnny. While vowing that they'll take down Silver again, Daniel thanks Johnny for the voicemail he sent him the other day. He, Daniel, and Chozen mess with Silver by stealing Kreese's eunjangdo and replacing with a spa certificate, causing Kreese to punch Silver in response. After Miyagi-Do is victorious against Cobra Kai, Daniel congratulates Johnny on finally beating Kreese. Johnny counters that they finally beat Kreese. After learning that Miyagi competed in the Sekai Taikai and killed his opponent, a shaken Daniel seems to lose interest in the tournament which angers Johnny. On beach he two bicker and nearly get into a fight (ironically on the beach once again, where their rivalry started, although it was in Barcelona, Spain, not in SFV), but are stopped by Miguel. Miguel then talks some sense into them, leading to them finally reconciling. During the Sekai Taikai brawl, Johnny finds himself being easily defeated by Iron Dragons Feng Xiao. While Daniel comes in to help, Wolf is able to take on both of them. However, when he notices Kreese walking, he goes after him. Surprising both Kreese and Silver, Johnny's saves Kreese's life and fights Terry, having the upper hand until Kwon Jae-Sung's accidental death breaks up the brawl. A month later, Johnny is preparing for the birth of his daughter and working as a salesman at LaRusso Auto Group. Silver returns to convince Daniel and Johnny to agree to continuing the tournament, revealing to the two that he is dying of a terminal illness. Daniel and Johnny agree to finish the tournament at the All Valley Sports Arena. As Johnny tries to figure out how to propose to Carmen, she goes into labor. Johnny and Carmen are married in the hospital by Johnny's old friend Bobby Brown with the Diaz family, Robby, Daniel, Amanda, and Chozen present. Carmen gives birth to their daughter, Laura Lawrence. At the semi-finals, Robby is injured by Axel and Sam withdraws from the tournament, bringing an end to Miyagi-Do's run. Johnny confronts a remorseful Kreese about his abandonment and the two men finally make amends. At Johnny's suggestion, Kreese returns Cobra Kai to Johnny who becomes its sensei once again with Miguel replacing Kwon as the male competitor. Although shocked and furious, Silver acknowledges that Johnny and Miguel are allowed to do this because they are former Cobra Kai. In recognition and support of Johnny, Daniel helps him to get Cobra Kai's original dojo back, proclaiming that while he will never believe in Cobra Kai, Daniel does believe in Johnny and what he can make it into. Tory and Miguel defeat Zara and Axel respectively, but Cobra Kai and Iron Dragons are left at a tie in points, leaving a match between Johnny and Sensei Wolf to be the tiebreaker. Silver attempts to kidnap Johnny's family to help ensure Wolf's victory, but Kreese sacrifices himself to kill Silver, saving Johnny's family. At Johnny's request, Daniel trains his former rival for his match. Noticing that Johnny is struggling, Daniel gives him an inspirational speech, reassuring Johnny that win or lose the match, Johnny has people who care about him which includes Daniel. During the match, Wolf gets the upper hand with illegal hits, but Daniel gives Johnny a Cobra Kai-style speech that inspires him to come back and tie it up. In the final round, facing Wolf in the exact same place where he lost to Daniel in 1984, Johnny recalls his defeat decades before and listens to Daniel's advice, letting go of his strike first mentality in favor of moving to defense while letting Wolf strike first. Mirroring Johnny's defeat decades before, letting Wolf attack first gives Johnny the upper hand and he wins the match, making Cobra Kai the Sekai Taikai champions. Johnny celebrates the victory with his friends, sharing the trophy with Daniel and being lifted onto his students' shoulders. Afterwards, Johnny buys Stevie's house for his family and begins teaching a new class of Cobra Kai students, hiring Stingray to teach beginners on the weekends at the second location that Johnny has to open due to how popular the dojo has become. Johnny maintains his close friendship and alliance with Daniel, sending his students to learn defense from his former rival. While having lunch at a Japanese restaurant, Daniel and Johnny discuss the upcoming All Valley tournament and trading Anthony for Devon. Johnny asks for Daniel's advice on his first property tax bill and proves to be woefully unprepared for that part of being an adult, causing Daniel to promise to introduce Johnny to his accountant. Johnny returns from the bathroom in time to kill a fly that Daniel is trying to catch with his chopsticks after recalling one of Mr. Miyagi's very first lessons.