As the hit Netflix martial arts show takes the story global, its soundtrack composers are doing likewise. Leo Birenberg and ...

The real Karate Kid has always been Johnny Lawrence: member and sensei of Cobra Kai, Miyagi-Do and Eagle Fang karate dojos.

"I think their love for Johnny Lawrence, and the work I did in the '80s from some other films, too, I was always the heel. They called me for a meeting to pitch 'Cobra Kai' and I had no idea what ...

That’s a great question. Yes. I think their love for Johnny Lawrence, and the work I did in the ‘80s from some other films, too, I was always the heel. They called me for a meeting to pitch ...

Forty years later in the series finale episode of “Cobra Kai,” it’s the same mat but a different winner, with Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka) lifted up by his students and basking in sweet ...

The Karate Kid’s Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka) is the quintessential ’80s villain. You didn’t attend high school with thee Johnny Lawrence, but everyone knows a Johnny Lawrence.

And if there's one character who perfectly embodies this, it's Johnny Lawrence. But let's start with Johnny Lawrence. He was a troubled kid whose loss at the All-Valley Karate Tournament led him ...