Johnny Lawrence

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==Summary==
John "Johnny" Lawrence is one of the main protagonists of The Karate Kid trilogy and Cobra Kai television series. He was once the troubled rich kid of the Valley who started a feud with the new kid Daniel LaRusso that would last over thirty-years. His vicious training with martial arts made him a formidable opponent, as 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. He is divorced from Shannon Keene and the estranged father of Robby Keene. In an attempt to reclaim his life, Johnny reopens the Cobra Kai Dojo and becomes a sensei to an entirely new generation of students.
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Name: John "Johnny" Lawrence
Origin: The Karate Kid
Gender: Male
Age: 17 | Around 51
Classification: Human, Martial Artist, All-Valley Karate Tournament Champion, Handyman (formerly), Sensei of Cobra Kai Dojo (formerly), Founder and Sensei of Eagle Fang Karate, Co-Sensei of Miyagi-Do
Powers and Abilities:
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*Superhuman Physical Characteristics
*Extraordinary at Karate (Johnny withholds the title of Two-Time All-Valley champion, and is the star pupil of Cobra Kai)
*Vehicular Mastery (Via motorbiking skills)
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*Same as before all to a greater extent
*Vehicular Mastery
*Enhanced Senses (Should have access to the methods he used to teach Aisha to hit wooden boards while blindfolded with precision and accuracy)
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Attack Potency: 
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Street level (As the star pupil of John Kreese, he should be superior to Bobby Brown; supported by the fact that Johnny had beaten Bobby as the former runner-up of the year before the 1984 tournament. Bobby himself could injure a weaker Pre-Timeskip Daniel. Pressed Pre-Timeskip Daniel once Johnny had targeted his injured leg. Daniel can also hurt Tommy, who could take a blow from Pre-Timeskip Kreese, who could shatter car windows in the same scene. This is notably a weaker but not incomparable Pre-Timeskip Daniel, who later on grew stronger and was able to fight with Chozen, who can break a piece off a stone statue.The Karate Kid II trailer states that Daniel has gotten stronger, meaning that Daniel is weaker in Karate Kid I. However, since fodder enemies can take hits from Mr. Miyagi and Daniel, such as Chozen associates, along with the Karate Kid III sequel having an untrained girl like Jessica get up from an attack from Mike Barnes and knock out an associate that could personally spar with Terry Silver. Along with Daniel early in training being able to block attacks from Mr. Miyagi. It should not be unreasonable to assume that Daniel hadn't grown too unreasonably stronger. Terry Silver tells Kenny that he's on his way to becoming one of the finest young fighters and regards Johnny and others like Daniel, Miguel, Robby, and Eli as those fighters "in the sun" which should make Johnny comparable to them. Beat Darryl Vidal with ease who Kreese held in high regard, Darryl Vidal as someone who Kreese held in high regard should be superior to Mitch, who Kreese disregarded as not a potent Cobra Kai member. Mitch can briefly fight with Eli, and fight Chris who could pulverize the middle portion of five stone slabs to dust), possibly higher (John Kreese regarded Johnny as the greatest student in Cobra Kai's history. However, the accuracy of such a statement is questionable due to Kreese's fondness for Johnny, likely giving off some bias. This statement also probably refers to his adult counterpart. Although if such a statement is true, then Johnny is superior to Seasons 4 Tory Nichols, Robby Keene; Season 3 Hawk; and Season 2 Miguel, who all trained under John Kreese's time)
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Street level (At the peak of his motivation and fighting spirit, he could dispatch four of the six international ringer sensei’s led by Kim Da-Eun, and incapacitated each Sensei at one point in the fightCobra Kai Season 5, Episode 10: Head of the Snake, one of which being Hyan Woo, who had fought and had a slight advantage against Post-Timeskip Chozen in a previous episode; Chozen stating that he couldn’t beat him without him and Johnny 2v1ing the latter.Cobra Kai Season 5, Episode 6: Ouroboros However, this is contradicted as Chozen had a more leisurely time dispatching him in a later episode despite being intoxicated, Johnny doing the same despite previously being overpowered. Fought with Post-Timeskip Terry Silver while concussed, who is relative to Chozen. Chozen in his younger years was strong enough to break a piece off a stone statue. Johnny later is able to fight with Chozen during a mild sparCobra Kai Season 6, Episode 1: Peacetime in the Valley. Battered Post-Timeskip Mike into submissionCobra Kai Season 6, Episode 4: Underdogs, destroying a table while doing so.. Fought with Post-Timeskip Daniel so frequently that Daniel stated in exaggeration, "we have fought ten times," to which in their Season 4 point fight, both evenly matched each other to the point of no declared victor. Almost shattered the portion of a windscreen by throwing a thug onto it.Cobra Kai Season 3, Episode 2: Nature vs. Nurture Can break the center portion of five bricks at once while on fire.Cobra Kai Season 2, Episode 3: Fire and Ice When enraged, he could pulverize the middle part of two concrete cylinder blocks in a single strike.Cobra Kai Season 5, Episode 5: Match Point Easily defeated two thugs who could easily destroy Johnny's car window and damage his windscreen. In his battle against the international ringers led by Kim Da-Eun, he was able to destroy a table by tackling one onto it. Could fight a highly acclaimed MMA fighter and even knock him out by the end. Can destroy a car window in a single strike while drunk.Cobra Kai Season 3, Episode 1: Aftermath Manhandled Robby easily; who can fight Tory, who can break the center part of a large stone block, and efficiently beat Kyler, who can pulverize the middle portion of five stone slabs)
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Speed: Athletic Human, Peak Human combat speed with Superhuman attack speed and reactions (Can keep up with Pre-Timeskip Daniel, who can catch a fly with chopsticks that Mr. Miyagi struggled with and blocked attacks from Mr. Miyagi. Should be comparable to Bobby, who was able to catch Daniel off-guard with a leaping kick from a far distance, along with Dutch and Tommy, who can tag Daniel) | Athletic Human running speed, Peak Human combat speed and Superhuman attack speed (Can keep up with a top MMA fighter that Hector described as a champion and the main headline fight for the night, predicted to win in only two rounds. During his fight with the MMA fighter, Johnny by the announcer stated Johnny had kicks "as fast as lighting," with his nickname labelled by the audience as "White Lightning." With this, it's reasonable to assume that Johnny has attack speed relative to or higher than a highly reputable MMA fighterCobra Kai Season 5, Episode 2: Molé. Comparable if not superior than before)
Lifting Strength: Peak Human (As a 17-year-old Martial Artist, he should be similar to a younger Miguel and other Cobra Kai students like Eli and Aisha. A few of which physically pushed and rotated a cement mixer around over time) | Peak Human (Superior to before. Grappled with a well acclaimed MMA fighter)
Striking Strength: Street level (Capable of hurting and knocking down KK1 Pre-Timeskip Daniel, who, when he grew stronger, was capable of taking blows from Chozen Toguchi. Daniel himself also being strong enough to block attacks from Mr. Miyagi) | Street level (At the peak of his motivation, he was capable of knocking out all the international ringer senseis led by Kim at a time, who could get up from blows dealt by Post-Timeskip Mike Barnes, and Chozen. Capable of trading blows with Daniel who can take attacks from Post-Timeskip Chozen. Slightly staggered Post-Timeskip Terry who can also take blows from the same Chozen)
Durability: Street level (Should scale from AP. Endured hits from Pre-Timeskip Daniel) | Street level (Took blows from Post-Timeskips Terry Silver and Mike Barnes, who can harm Post-Timeskip Chozen. Can take blows from Daniel LaRusso who can knock out Terry Silver)
Stamina: At least Average, likely Athletic (Competed with Daniel for minutes straight in a tournament stylized fight. Illustrating him never being tired on screen despite having his head slammed into the mat and receiving a bloody nose. Should've trained to an athletic extent as Kreese's top student) | Above Average, likely Athletic (Can deal in extended street fights which would include him enduring blows and exerting a high level exertion of fighting. Johnny, at his peak, regularly worked out for an entire day, fighting waves, running around the block all day, and showing no signs of tiring. Should be comparable to his younger counterpart), higher with Whiskey and Whiteclaw (Johnny who had previously been taken down in few blows by the international ringers led by Kim Da-Eun, was able to easily shrug off the blows dealt by them when intoxicated from this specific substance. Which required minutes at a time for the senseis with constant blows to take down the latter, with the combination of taking beatings when he was almost defenseless. Then after gaining motivation he was able to fight to the same ability if not better than before despite the punishment he endured)
Range: Standard Melee Range
Standard Equipment: None notable
*Optional Equipment: Sai, Bo staff
Intelligence: At least Average
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Can devise his karate lessons that deconstruct and reconstruct John Kreese's lessons. A great trainer and motivator that led his students to become on par with those of Daniel Larusso's. This is further demonstrated when him, Daniel, and Chozen were able to train their students to the standard of entering an international worldstage level of competition. Experienced handyman
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Johnny proves to be an extremely skilled martial artist who is one of Pre-Timeskip Daniel LaRusso's main rivals. He had won the All-Valley martial arts championship on a regional level twice, and had defeated Darryl Vidal a highly acclaimed fighter by Kreese's words with ease. Johnny himself also has great experience, training five years in martial arts, with Kreese and Terry Silver even putting Johnny as one of the all time great young fighters of the Valley, which should put him near those like Robby who were able to solo an entire dojo worth of martial artists. Johnny also shows his ability to improve even without his teacher Kreese in his adult years. As such in his adult years he was able to fight and best four of six international ringers trained by Kim Sun-Yung, although he was previously bested by one which should mean this is Johnny at his best rather. Johnny even while impaired by being concussed was able to keep up with Post-Timeskip Terry who is on the level of those like Chozen who can best six martial artists. Johnny also shows throughout the series his versatility in fighting multiple people at the same time
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Standard Tactics: 
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Johnny's style is highly aggressive. To defeat his enemies, he often strikes first with vicious, bold, and complex combos. When fighting aggressively, he uses this to strongly run or leap at his enemies, charging viciously with kicks, punches, agility, and speed to outmaneuver them, fighting dirty to defeat his opponents by showing no mercy. He often finds openings with more flashy fighters to deliver a mighty blow, the same going for slower ones. With ones who fight defensively, he instigates by charging at full speed to outmaneuver and overwhelm them. If he has personal spite for said person, he will toy with them
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A strong counter-aggressive fighter, Johnny still specializes in striking first, hard, although with honor. Johnny prefers to be more precise, analyzing an opponent's movements and moving in for vicious vital strikes, and will often fight dirty (such as pulling out someone's earring), usually instigating aggression by insulting the latter. Johnny is a rough fighter slamming people into obstacles, utilizing items at his disposal to brutally dispatch an opponent (most commonly grabbing a glass bottle and smashing the opponent's head with it), and throwing them onto the ground. When fighting more skilled fighters, he stills ops for offense using more advanced methods such as stunning their leg to keep them grounded for combo techniques and using grappling with shrugging them off or charging them. However, when his offensive capabilities falter, he will resort to his defensive method, which blocks attacks, evades, and counter-strikes while parrying. Can quickly adapt to unfavorable circumstances such as when Daniel utilized pressure points to take out one of Johnny's arms, he was able to continue to fight to the same degree afterwards
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Weaknesses: Human limitations. Arrogant and overconfident | Mentally stuck in the 1980s and barely understands the world of the 21st century. Often gets drunk and at times anger gets the best of him; although at times his anger can be beneficial. Sometimes overconfident, and often can get too caught up in insulting an opponent.
Feats:
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===Strength===
* Beat Daniel, leaving him unconscious on his feet.The Karate Kid
* Broke a wooden sign with a kick.The Karate Kid
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*** In the novelization, he dents the chain link fence instead.The Karate Kid (1984) Chapter 11
===Durability/Endurance===
* Got into a fight with Daniel.C1
* Did 60 pull-ups in two minutes.C3
* Took a hit from Bobby.C3
* Got hit in the back of the head by Daniel, smashing his face into a mat.The Karate Kid
===Speed/Agility===
* Dodged a karate student's kick.The Karate Kid
* Kicked a karate student out of the air.The Karate Kid
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===Skill/Misc===
*Curbstomped a Pre-Training Daniel, twice.
* Won the Under 18 All-Valley Karate Championship two years in a row.The Karate Kid
* Won the second tournament without letting a single point be scored on him.Cobra Kai S1 Strike First
** The tournament was only open to students brown-belt level and above.The Karate Kid
* Easily countered a karate student's punch.The Karate Kid
* Thrashed Daniel before he learned karate.The Karate Kid
** NovelizationThe Karate Kid (1984) Chapter 3 - ComicC1
*Fought with Pre-Time Skip Daniel for minutes in The All-Valley, and was capable of overwhelming him at points.
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===Strength===
* Broke several cement blocks with a punch during a demonstration.Cobra Kai S2 Fire and Ice
*Could break several bricks in half at once, while on fire.
*Could break a car window with a single punch, while heavily drunk. A feat that a Prime John Kreese can do.
*Easily manhandled Robby while holding back.
* Smashed cinderblocks with strikes.Cobra Kai S4 Match Point
* Broke a car window with a punch and pulled a man through while drunk.Cobra Kai S3 Aftermath
* Threw a man onto the windshield of a car, heavily cracking it.Cobra Kai S3 Nature Vs. Nurture
* Threw about some men, and smashed furniture.
* One-shot Robby.Cobra Kai S3 December 19
** Robby was still conscious after taking several hits from Miguel, who bent a metal rod with a kickCobra Kai S2 No Mercy and could deflect balls from a pitching machine that made a dent in a wall.Cobra Kai S1 Counterbalance
* Broke a surfboard in half with a kick.Cobra Kai S5 Long, Long Way from Home
* Broke a board with a headbutt.Cobra Kai S2 Glory of Love
* Broke a pot with a kick.Cobra Kai S2 Fire and Ice
* Ripped out a man's earring.Cobra Kai S2 Take a Right
===Durability/Endurance===
* Took several hits from Daniel.Cobra Kai S2 No Mercy
* Took multiple hits from Kreese, including getting thrown into a mirror, shattering it.Cobra Kai S2 Mercy Part II
* Got tackled into a pillar and thrown to the ground.Cobra Kai S1 Ace Degenerate
===Speed/Agility===
* Dodged and blocked blows from Daniel.Cobra Kai S3 Nature Vs. Nurture
* Dodged strikes from highly trained karate masters.
* Dodged a man's punches.Cobra Kai S2 Take a Right
===Skill/Misc===
*Beat up multiple high schoolers while rusty.
* Kreese said that he's the best student Cobra Kai has ever had.Cobra Kai S2 Back in Black
* Fought a group of highly skilled senseis flown in from Korea while drunk and (mostly) won.Cobra Kai S5 Head of the Snake
* Fought Kreese and held the advantage, and then manhandled Robby while holding back.Cobra Kai S3 December 19
*Eventually exhausted and beat a 72-years-old John Kreese.
*Beat up 2 Large Thugs, and a grown man, without exerting himself much.
*Beat up multiple grown men with his Cobra Kai buddies in a bar fight.
*With Daniel, beat up a group of thugs.
*Fought on par, twice briefly with Post-Time Skip Daniel.
* Tied with Daniel in a match.Cobra Kai S4 Match Point
* Beat up two bikers.Cobra Kai S1 Molting
* With Daniel, fought a group of thugs in a chop shop.Cobra Kai S3 Nature Vs. Nurture
* With his old Cobra Kai buddies, beat up a group of men in a bar.Cobra Kai S2 Take a Right
* Beat up scammers with Robby.Cobra Kai S5 Long, Long Way from Home
* While rusty, beat up a group of high-schoolers.Cobra Kai S1 Ace Degenerate
* Diverted Dimitri's punches then flipped him.Cobra Kai S1 Quiver
* Twisted a man's arm.Cobra Kai S2 All In
* Provided physical therapy for Miguel, helping him to regain the use of his legs.Cobra Kai S3 Obstáculos
* [Limit] Almost lost a fight with a Mexican MMA fighter, only winning after he grinded a pepper in the MMA fighter's eyes.Cobra Kai S5 Molé
===Teaching Ability===
* Under his tutelage, Miguel Diaz won the Under 18 All-Valley Karate Championship.Cobra Kai S1 Mercy
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==Explanations==
Johnny is an extremely skilled and aggressive fighter, with his mentor John Kreese even claiming that Johnny is the best student in the history of the original Cobra Kai Dojo. During his younger days, Johnny would often strike first, coming at his opponents with vicious combos. During his fight with Daniel in the All Valley tournament, the latter had the upper-hand until Johnny fought more aggressively and dirty, which allowed him to come back and almost win.
By adulthood, Johnny's skills improved even further, to the point that he could take on multiple opponents with relative ease, and with Johnny even managing to overpower John Kreese (albeit with difficulty) until he showed Kreese mercy, and was subsequently defeated by Kreese exploiting this opportunity. As an adult, Johnny remained an aggressive fighter, though more tactical. His main strength is offense (as Johnny tells his students that more offense is the optimal defense), but Johnny does show solid defense as well, evidenced by his fights with Daniel, Kyler and the latter's gang, as well as Kreese. Thanks to Johnny's tutelage, Miguel Diaz, Eli Moskowitz, and Devon Lee would become skilled martial artist in their own right. Samantha also learned new offensive moves that helped her fight Piper and Tory.
Under Daniel's instruction, Johnny learned Miyagi-Do karate which strengthened his defense even further. When fighting Daniel, their fight proved to be even, with Johnny countering Daniel's pressure point technique. During his fight with Terry Silver, Johnny was able to block most his attacks and hold his own against the senior sensei. However since Johnny was fairly new at Miyagi-Do defense, he ended up losing due to Silver's sneak attack on Johnny and willingness to fight dirty.
While in Mexico, Johnny and Robby beat up a group of thugs and when Johnny later had trouble fighting an MMA fighter, Robby helps him win by tossing him an uneaten pepper. When Johnny and Chozen team up against Hyan-Woo, Johnny generally finds himself losing to the superior sensei, but with Chozen's assistance, they defeat Woo. During the fight at Silver's house, Johnny and Chozen are initially fending off Silver's senseis, before Chozen leaves to confront Silver. Johnny alone initially fends off some of the senseis, but is soon overpowered and brutally beaten up. However, after he sees his sonogram, he regains his strength and brutally attacks the senseis, proceeding to gain the upper hand over them and defeating three of them. While he is eventually overpowered by Min-Junn, whom he had gained the upper hand over twice shortly before, he is saved by Mike.
Johnny is incredibly strong. He can smash bricks, as seen during a presentation, and break a bonsai tree pot with a kick. Daniel and Graham have also noted Johnny for his strong grip. He also easily pulled out a man's earring during a bar fight.
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