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Johnny Lawrence (https://youtu.be/bf29DTdU1Ow) 30 for 30 "Daniel LaRusso vs Johnny Lawrence": When you think about 1984, you're thinking about the fight between Daniel LaRusso and Johnny Lawrence It was the biggest event of the year It was the fight that's gone down in history as both one of the dirtiest moments in sports history and the[...]

That trend continued at this weekend's Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (C2E2), when Ralph Macchio (Daniel LaRusso) and William Zabka (Johnny Lawrence) took time out from interviews and panels to answer some social media questions that you – the fans – had for them about the show's upcoming second season as well as other topics…[...]

From the looks of the video below, the series isn't wasting any time picking up right where the freshman season left off. As Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) readies the Miyagi-do dojo for students to counter Johnny Lawrence's (William Zabka) Cobra Kai, Johnny has some matters from the tournament that still need to be settled[...]

Fans of Season 1 will remember that the YouTube Original series took a Rashoman-style approach to the Karate Kid films, exploring what the after-effects were for the first film's (arguable) antagonist Johnny Lawrence (Zabka). Two episodes in, the show proves itself to be everything we would want from the series return It continues all the drama,[...]

YouTube Originals' Cobra Kai is coming off an amazingly strong freshmen season, and since then Jon Hurwitz  (Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle), Josh Heald (Hot Tub Time Machine), and Hayden Schlossberg (The Pact) have been making the interview rounds to tease fans on what they can expect when the Karate Kid sequel series starring Ralph Macchio (Daniel LaRusso) and William Zabka (Johnny Lawrence) returns. YouTube Premium Well, the[...]

YouTube Original's Cobra Kai coming off an amazingly strong freshmen season, and since then Jon Hurwitz  (Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle), Josh Heald (Hot Tub Time Machine), and Hayden Schlossberg (The Pact) have been making the interview rounds to tease fan on what they can expect when the Karate Kid sequel series starring Ralph Macchio (Daniel LaRusso) and William Zabka (Johnny Lawrence) returns. YouTube Premium Well, the wait[...]

With the second season of YouTube Original's Cobra Kai right around the corner, series writer and executive producer Jon Hurwitz (Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle) had some time on his hands yesterday so he took to Twitter to take questions about return of the Karate Kid prequel series starring Ralph Macchio (Daniel LaRusso) and William Zabka (Johnny Lawrence). YouTube Originals   Here's a[...]

With the second season of YouTube Premium's Cobra Kai set for early 2019, current series (and original The Karate Kid) co-stars Ralph Macchio (Daniel LaRusso) and William Zabka (Johnny Lawrence) are starting to open about what fans can expect when the Karate Kid sequel series returns. Speaking with ET Canada, Macchio and Zabka revealed that upcoming season[...]

Now living in the affluent hills of Encino, Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) leads an enviable life with his beautiful family, while running a successful string of car dealerships throughout the valley. Meanwhile, his high school adversary, Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka), whose life has taken a rocky turn, seeks redemption by reopening the infamous Cobra Kai karate[...]

AT&T Fans of YouTube Premium's Cobra Kai won't have to wait another 30 years for the further adventures of old rivals Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) and Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka) – and a new face is joining the series when it returns in early 2019. Paul Walter Hauser (Kingdom, BlacKkKlansman) has been cast in a key recurring role[...]

Now living in the affluent hills of Encino, Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) leads an enviable life with his beautiful family, while running a successful string of car dealerships throughout the valley. Meanwhile, his high school adversary, Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka), whose life has taken a rocky turn, seeks redemption by reopening the infamous Cobra Kai karate[...]

Now living in the affluent hills of Encino, Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) leads an enviable life with his beautiful family, while running a successful string of car dealerships throughout the valley. Meanwhile, his high school adversary, Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka), whose life has taken a rocky turn, seeks redemption by reopening the infamous Cobra Kai karate[...]

Credit: YouTube Red Fans of The Karate Kid had to wait over 30 years for another face-off (of any kind) between old rivals Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) and Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka) in Cobra Kai, but it looks like YouTube Red won't make fans wait quite so long this time Less than two weeks after its[...]

Credit: YouTube Red YouTube Red's The Karate Kid continuation series Cobra Kai reawakens the simmering 30-plus year rivalry between Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) and Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka)  — with a new generation of karate kids ready to further complicate matters for Daniel and Johnny Can Johnny fight his way out from under his father's shadow[...]

Credit: YouTube Red YouTube Red's The Karate Kid continuation series Cobra Kai reawakens the simmering 30-plus year rivalry between Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) and Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka)  — with a new generation of karate kids ready to further complicate matters for Daniel and Johnny Can Johnny fight his way out from under his father's shadow[...]

Now living in the affluent hills of Encino, Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) leads an enviable life with his beautiful family, while running a successful string of car dealerships throughout the valley. Meanwhile, his high school adversary, Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka), whose life has taken a rocky turn, seeks redemption by reopening the infamous Cobra Kai karate[...]

Bleeding Cool was able to attend the screening and report back our thoughts on why 30 years was definitely worth the wait to witness the evolution of Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) and Johnny Lawrence's (William Zabka) bitter rivalry — and why this next generation of "karate kids" might be even too much for both of[...]

Credit: YouTube Red With less than a month to go before Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) and Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka) reignite a old rivalry from over thirty years ago in YouTube Red's The Karate Kid continuation series Cobra Kai, we're getting a look at "bad sensei" Johnny's "teaching philosophy." Let's just say that Johnny's sensei style[...]

Credit: YouTube Red For Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) and Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka), three decades isn't nearly enough time to heal old wounds — especially for two men whose fates seem entwined in an inevitable confrontation once again But time has changed both men, and neither are alone anymore in their fight, as these three teasers for[...]

Credit: YouTube Red They say that time heals all wounds — but for Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) and Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka), all it takes is one bitter reminder… one unforeseen threat… to reignite a legendary rivalry after over three decades As we see from the two newest teasers for YouTube Red's The Karate Kid continuation series[...]

As we can see from the series' next "commercial," it seems the roads that Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) and Johnny Lawrence's (William Zabka) lives have taken are about to intersect at the one place where it all began: the Under-18 All-Valley Karate Tournament: https://youtu.be/NujGR1l9hAcVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: The Ultimate Tournament – Cobra Kai (https://youtu.be/NujGR1l9hAc) Set to[...]

With a loving wife and successful car dealership chain, Daniel seems happy… and he's turning that happiness into savings, and passing those savings on to you! As you can see from this mock ad for the LaRusso Auto Group from YouTube Red's The Karate Kid continuation series Cobra Kai, Daniel's found a new way to put[...]

Does Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka) have what it takes to turn his life around and make-up for his father's mistakes…or is he destined to follow in his footsteps? Can Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) let go of the past and trust Johnny's efforts to reopen the dojo…or are thirty-four year not long enough to heal old[...]

William Zabka's Johnny Lawrence is reopening the old dojo and taking on a new protégé, both as a way of taking control of his life and to make amends for past family failures But as much as Johnny looks to be changing his ways, don't look for this new sensei to take an existential approach to[...]

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Even after more than 30 years, Ralph Macchio's Daniel LaRusso understands that his and Johnny Lawrence's  (William Zabka) lives are destined to lead back to Cobra Kai As he says in the first trailer for the YouTube Red series, "Johnny, you and I, this, we aren't done." Joining Macchio and Zabka are Courtney Henggeler (Mom, Fixed)[...]

Rubio will also be joining recently cast Courtney Henggeler (Mom, Fixed), who's set to play Daniel's wife, Amanda. Here's how YouTube Red describes Cobra Kai, their The Karate Kid continuation: "Thirty years after the events of the 1984 All Valley Karate Tournament, a down-and-out Johnny Lawrence (Zabka) seeks redemption by reopening the infamous Cobra Kai karate dojo, reigniting his[...]