Johnny Lawrence (The Karate Kid)
Johnny Lawrence is a male film character who features in The Karate Kid.
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Biography
Karate Kid
Johnny Lawrence was a human male born in 1967 as the son of Laura and never knew his father. His mother came to marry a Hollywood producer named Sid Weinberg where the young Lawrence came to move to the neighbourhood of Encino, California. Whilst growing up, he had no friends and was regularly verbally abused by his stepfather with this resulting in him abandoning his hobbies such as drums, rollerskating and magic lessons. In 1979, he was riding his bicycle where the 12 year old Johnny found the Cobra Kai Dojo where he was enamoured with karate. He convinced his parents to help fund his new interest and came under the tutelage of sensei John Kreese.
Cobra Kai
He was then informed that an incident had occurred in Miguel's school with the boy being critically injured after being kicked off the stairs by Robby. This caused him to hit the railings by the stairs that broke his back and sent him to the hospital where the doctors attempted to do what they could for the boy. A distraught Carmen blamed Johnny for her son's condition and told Lawrence that she never wanted to see him again. This saw Johnny starting to drink again as he spiralled over his decisions and went to the dojo to shut it for the day. Upon reaching the building, he heard noises that showed that a class was being run inside the dojo where he found Kreese to be teaching his students. Kreese had said that he had taken over the dojo after speaking to the landlord who hated Johnny and altered the contract which was entirely verbal. Lawrence attempted to force Kreese out but the Cobra Kai students had rallied behind Kreese as they blamed Johnny for teaching Miguel mercy which had led to him being in the hospital. Upon seeing this, Johnny decided to abandon the dojo to Kreese and departed where he threw away his phone as well as left his car after becoming disgusted at how his life had grown terrible to him.
Overview
Personality and attributes
In Miguel, he saw a prized student and stated that he wanted the boy to be better than Johnny. It was this reason that he taught him to show mercy on occasion despite this seemingly be against the teachings of the dojo. Johnny told Miguel that no matter what happened that he would always be in his corner.
Powers and abilities
Notes
- Johnny Lawrence was created by Robert Mark Kamen with him being portrayed by actor William Zabka here he featured in The Karate Kid universe.
Appearances
- The Karate Kid:
- Cobra Kai:
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