Cobra Kai: Timeline

**I've read the Cobra Kai Timeline explained on the Screen Rant Website**

**Miguel Diaz: 19/20 months**

**Robby Keene: 13/14 months**

**Eli Moskowtiz/Hawk: January/February 2018 to April 2019 and May 2019: 14/15 months in a row (small break for maybe a week/month) joined Miyagi-Do for maybe a month: 15/16 months**

**Tory Nichols: July 2018 to September 2018 (two months) (two week break?) rejoins in Late September or October to May 2010: 9 or 10 months**

**Demetri Alexpoulos: July 2018 to May 2019: 9 months**

## **Season 1: August 2017 to May 2018**

* **August/September 2017: Johnny meets Miguel who becomes his first student.**
* **October/Halloween 2017: Miguel is beaten up by Kyler despite his Cobra Kai training**
* **January/February 2018: Miguel's karate skills have rapidly improved and he defends Sam's honor by beating up Kyler and his friends. The video of their fight goes viral, sparking an influx of new Cobra Kai students, including Aisha Robinson and Eli Moskowitz, who reinvents himself as Hawk. Robby Keene gets a job at LaRusso Auto Group to get back at his father and Daniel starts training him in karate.**
* **Spring 2018 - Johnny learns of Cobra Kai's lifetime ban from the All Valley Tournament and he successfully gets the ban rescinded, despite Daniel's efforts to thwart him.**
* **May 2018 - Johnny finds out Robby has been training with Daniel, who in turn learns Robby is Johnny's son. Daniel drops Robby as his student. Sam, who has been dating Miguel, breaks up with him over his jealousy over Robby living at the LaRussos.**
* **May 19, 2018 - Miguel beats Robby to win the 50th Anniversary All Valley Under 18 Karate Championship for Cobra Kai. Daniel decides to re-open the Miyagi-Do dojo and accept new students to take on Cobra Kai. Having heard about Johnny resurrecting Cobra Kai, John Kreese returns.**

**(In the end of Season 1, Miguel has 9 months of karate experience September 2017 to May 19 2018)**

**(In the end of Season 1, Robby and Eli have about 4/3 months of karate experience because January/February to May 19 2018) (They started training around the same time)**

## **Season 2: May 2018 to September 2018**

* **June 2018 - Johnny allows Kreese to join his Cobra Kai as a sensei while Daniel's new Miyagi-Do opens with Robby and Samantha as his first students. Kreese and Johnny train Miguel, Hawk, and the others**
* **July 4, 2018 - Daniel's attempt to introduce Miyagi-Do with an exhibition at Valley Fest is foiled by Johnny and Cobra Kai, whose own performance goes viral and creates interest in Lawrence's dojo over LaRusso's.**
* **July 2018 - Tory Nichols joins Cobra Kai and immediately becomes enemies with Samantha LaRusso.**
* **August 2018 - Johnny learns that Tommy is dying and he reunites with his high school Cobra Kai friends to give Tommy one last night. Tommy passes away the next morning but while Johnny is away, Kreese steals the ownership of the Cobra Kai dojo behind Lawrence's back.**
* **First Day of School 2018 - Daniel finds Sam at Johnny's apartment and the two come to blows. At West Valley High, Tory commandeers the school intercom and calls out Sam. Tory and Sam begin fighting and the melee draws in both Cobra Kai and Miyagi-Do factions in an all-out brawl. Tory cuts Sam's arm with a spiked bracelet but Robby kicks Miguel over a balcony when Diaz shows him mercy. Miguel is critically injured and both he and Sam are hospitalized. Daniel closes down the Miyagi-Do dojo in his grief while Johnny, distraught over Miguel, learns that Kreese has stolen Cobra Kai from him. Johnny throws his phone away and doesn't see a Facebook friend request from Ali Mills Schwarber.**

**(In the end of Season 2 before he got hospitalized, Miguel has a year of karate experience because the website said he became Johnny's first student in August/September 2017 and now it was September 2018.)**

**(In the end of Season 2, Robby and Eli have about 8/7 months of karate experience because January/February to May 19 2018) (They started training around the same time)**

**(In the end of Season 2, Tory Nichols has about 2 months of Cobra Kai experience because she joined in July to September)**

**(The show mentions Samantha LaRusso was trained at a young age, but they never said how long she trained for when she was young)**

## **Season 3: September 2018 to December 19 2018**

* **September 2018/October 2018 - Johnny and Daniel team up to find Robby and he gets placed in juvenile detention. Miguel wakes up from his coma and has surgery to repair his back. Daniel travels to Japan and Okinawa to save his car dealership. While in Okinawa, Daniel-san reconnects with Kumiko and Chozen for the first time in 33 years. Johnny takes over Miguel's rehab and he's able to regain the use of his legs. Cobra Kai fights Miyagi-Do's students at Golf N' Stuff and Hawk breaks Demetri's arm. Amanda joins Daniel in trying to put a stop to Kreese and Cobra Kai. Johnny begins corresponding with Ali Mills Schwarber on Facebook. After encouraging Johnny to become a sensei again and start a new dojo, Miguel returns to school as Johnny founds Eagle Fang Karate with ex-Cobra Kai members. When the 2019 All Valley Tournament is canceled, Johnny, Kreese, Daniel, Sam, and Miguel all appeal it and get the tournament reinstated. Johnny becomes romantically involved with Miguel's mother, Carmen. (Season 3 Episode 1 - 5) (In Season 3 Episode 7, Miguel starts his Eagle Fang training after learning how to walk)**
* **December 19, 2018 - Ali returns to LA for Christmas and goes on a date with Johnny. At Miyagi-Do, Miguel learns about Mr. Miyagi for the first time and gets to know Daniel. After rejecting Kreese's attempts to recruit him, Robby goes to Cobra Kai and eventually joins them. Ali, Johnny, Daniel, and Amanda meet socially at the Encino Hills Country Club and reminisce about high school, which ends with Ali brokering a truce between Johnny and Daniel. Egged on by Kreese, Tory leads Cobra Kai into an invasion of the LaRusso's home where Sam and Miguel have gathered Miyagi-Do and Eagle Fang to work together. After the fight destroys the LaRussos' house, Johnny and Daniel both fight Kreese at the Cobra Kai dojo. Sam and Miguel stop Daniel from possibly killing Kreese and Robby sides with Cobra Kai. Kreese agrees to settle all of their differences at the next All Valley Tournament in Cobra Kai season 4, with the losing dojo(s) pledging to leave the Valley for good.**

* **(Eli has been trained by Kreese from June 2018 to December 2018 which is 6 months) (Eli trained with Johnny for 8/7 months)**
* **(Miguel trained with Kreese from June 2018 to September 2018 which is 3 months) (Miguel trained with Johnny for almost a year)**
* **(Robby was arrested around September 2018 and released from Juvie around December 2018; he hasn't trained for about three months, but fought Shawn and his gang)**
* **(Miguel Diaz resumed his training in Season 3 Episode 7)**
* **(In the end of Season 3, Eli has been training for Cobra Kai around 11/10 months)**
* **(In the end of Season 3, Tory Nichols has been training for Cobra Kai around 5 months)**

## **Season 4:**

* **Late December 2018 - April 2019 - Daniel and Johnny combine their dojos and train both their students and each other in Miyagi-Do and Eagle Fang's styles. To even the odds, Kreese recruits Terry Silver but finds him to be a completely different person who left karate behind. Meanwhile, Robby joins Cobra Kai and teaches them Miyagi-Do's defensive style. With Kreese back in his life, Terry rejects his new life and joins Cobra Kai as co-sensei, bankrolling new equipment and gear that spurs a recruitment drive. Johnny grows jealous of Daniel training Miguel while Sam becomes interested in learning Eagle Fang's offense. Kenny Payne, the new kid at West Valley Middle School, is bullied by Anthony LaRusso and joins Cobra Kai, which Robby becoming his mentor. Amanda's attempt to intimidate Tory to leave Samantha alone backfires and Mrs. LaRusso feels responsible when she learns about Tory's difficult life. Silver and Kreese visit Miyagi-Do and Daniel panics at the sight of his old enemy. LaRusso insists that Miyagi-Do become the dominant style of the combined dojos, which leads to Daniel and Johnny fighting again. When their fight ends in a draw, Johnny and Daniel break their agreement and go their separate ways with their dojos and students. (Season 4 Episode 1-5)**
* **April 2019 - May 2019 - The All Valley council creates new rules for the tournament, including a boys and girls division. Johnny begins recruiting for a female Eagle Fang student and recruits Devon Lee. Miguel learns Johnny and his mother, Carmen, are dating. Sam is incensed when Amanda agrees to sponsor Tory returning to West Valley High. Daniel and Amanda discover Anthony is Kenny's bully. Cobra Kai ambushes Hawk and shaves his mohawk, shattering his confidence. After the junior prom, Robby tells Miguel that Johnny would rather be with his real son. Diaz is heartbroken when a drunk Johnny calls him "Robby" after he suffers a beating from Terry Silver. Stingray returns to Cobra Kai but is humiliated by Kreese; later, a drunk Terry Silver agrees to let Stingray into Cobra Kai but beats him so badly he ends up hospitalized. (Season 4 Episode 6-10)**

* **Miguel was with Cobra Kai from August/September 2017 to September 2018 (One Year) (Trained with Johnny and Kreese)**
* **Miguel was with Eagle Fang from October 2018 to December 2018 (Two months)**
* **Miguel was with Miyagi-Fang from Late December to April 2019 (4 months)**
* **Miguel joins Eagle Fang with Johnny after Daniel and Johnny break up.**

* **Eli was with Cobra Kai from January/February 2018 to December 2018 (10/11 months) (Trained with Kreese and Johnny)**
* **Eli was with Miyagi-Fang from Late December to April 2019 (4 months)**
* **Eli joins Miyagi-Do from Late April to May 19 (About 1 month)**

* **Miguel and Hawk learn offence for about 4/5 months. Hawk learns slightly more defense after joining Miyagi-Do and leaving Eagle Fang)**
* **Sam learns trains offense with Johnny from December to April. 4 months**