The 80s are alive and kicking in Cobra Kai – at least as far as Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka) is concerned. Season 3 of the self-aware, kitschy soap takes place 36 years after the original ...

In the '80s, karate in the U.S. began to include ... reality and fiction in the karate style practiced by the students Johnny Lawrence's struggles with managing the dojo also seem real.