The stakes ratchet up steadily throughout the sequence, and seeds planted weeks earlier, like Tory's spike bracelet, are paid off dramatically. Even minor characters get attention, like former best friends Chris and Mitch, and pint-sized rivals Bert (Owen Morgan) and Nathaniel (Nathaniel Oh). Miguel and Robby arrive to support their girlfriends, then let their own rivalry come to a boil. Tory challenges Sam over the school's PA system. Seeing his teachings applied to hurt his own son is a major turning point for Johnny. In a stroke of irony, the fight ends with Hawk deliberately injuring Robby between rounds, unknowingly echoing the semi-final round of the 1984 tournament in which Cobra Kai fighter Bobby Brown attacked Daniel LaRusso to soften him up for Johnny.
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Meanwhile, Johnny has to hide his concern over Robby's well-being as he faces Cobra Kai's most ferocious fighter. After seeing Robby lose focus and go on a reckless offensive during the first round of the fight, Daniel comes around to lending his support, shouting encouragement from the stands. This helps to center Robby for the rest of this fight, and the next. Daniel refuses to openly cheer for him during the tournament's early rounds, but the bout against Hawk forces a reconciliation. Now spiritually orphaned, Robby has to endure the punishing tournament on his own. Kyler opens with a schoolyard shove - Johnny responds by kicking him in the face.ĭaniel has recently learned that Robby withheld the truth - that he's the son of Daniel's sworn enemy - and has thrown him out of the house. This fight also works to establish character, demonstrating that Johnny is a tough fighter who hits hard while mostly keeping his cool, and that he's got no qualms escalating a fight, even against a bunch of snotty teenagers. Fights are fast, tightly choreographed, and mostly bloodless, which keeps the tone of the action light and allows for laughs. This allows fights to be shot using long takes during which the actor's face can be seen, rather than relying heavily on quick cuts to hide stunt doubles.
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Actor William Zabka has remained a practitioner of Tang Soo Do on and off since shooting The Karate Kid in the 1980s, and he sets the bar for the technique expected of actors on the show.
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The scene in which Johnny Lawrence takes on a gang of bullies takes place 10 minutes into the series premiere, "Ace Degenerate," and it establishes the rules that Cobra Kai fight scenes go on to follow throughout the series.