![]() ![]() Kreese was an idealist when he shipped off to war he wanted to serve his country and be a hero. With his mother already dead, Betsy was the only thing Kreese was living for and wanted to come back to. But by 1968, Kreese had signed up to fight in Vietnam, leaving Betsy behind. Standing up for himself, Kreese fought David and another goon behind the diner, emerging triumphant and winning the love of Betsy. As did a violent confrontation with David (Jesse Kove), a varsity captain who harrassed Kreese and abused his girlfriend Betsy (Emily Marie Palmer). In 1965, Kreese (Barrett Carnahan) was a busboy at a local diner and he found a pamphlet from an Army recruiter, which changed the course of his life. Kreese was also bullied as a youth but he fought back. Kreese took care of his mother, who had a mental illness that he "didn't understand at the time," until she committed suicide. Like Johnny, John Kreese grew up in the San Fernando Valley and, like Daniel, whose father was dead by the events of Karate Kid, Kreese's father was out of the picture. Nurture," episode 6, "King Cobra," and episode 10, "December 19." The flashbacks are a fascinating glimpse into what turned John Kreese into someone who believes wholeheartedly that "mercy is for the weak." Though neither Johnny nor Daniel are privy to the facts about Kreese's past in Cobra Kai, fans get a thorough understanding of just who Kreese is, what made him into a sociopath, and why he's so difficult for LaRusso and Lawrence to defeat. Kreese's origin primarily plays out in Cobra Kai season 3 episode 2, "Nature Vs. ![]() However, Cobra Kai season 3 sprinkled in flashbacks to Kreese's past, at last providing necessary context to the key events that made him the man that fans got to know from The Karate Kid into the present-day events of Netflix's series. In Cobra Kai season 3, Kreese made sure his students ran roughshod over the Valley as he sought more athletic fighters to fill the dojo's ranks - primarily, Tory Nichols (Peyton List), and Robby Keene (Tanner Buchanan), who was both Johnny's estranged son and Daniel's former Miyagi-Do pupil. Initially preying on Johnny's sympathies, Kreese successfully executed his true master plan to steal the Cobra Kai dojo from Lawrence in season 2 although he still wanted Johnny at his side, Kreese took what he felt was his rightful place as Cobra Kai's king snake. Kreese made a surprise return at the end of Cobra Kai season 1 after he heard Johnny Lawrence resurrected his dojo and led Miguel Diaz (Xolo Mariduena) to win the 2018 All Valley Karate Championship. Related: All 5 Karate Kid Movies Ranked Worst To Best The Cobra Kai karate brand was dead in the Valley and Kreese slithered away for decades. But Daniel returned to Miyagi and defeated their handpicked karate protege, Mike Barnes (Sean Kanan) meanwhile Kreese and Silver's tactics at the 1985 All Valley Tournament were so openly despicable, they and Cobra Kai received a lifetime ban. Silver was Kreese's Vietnam war buddy and a co-founder of Cobra Kai together, they hatched an elaborate revenge scheme on Daniel and Miyagi that saw LaRusso quit on his sensei and briefly join Cobra Kai. Kreese's unhinged actions led to his students abandoning him and Cobra Kai being shut down John was destitute for months before he sought help from his best friend, Terry Silver (Thomas Ian Griffith), in The Karate Kid Part III. Kreese was furious when Daniel defeated Johnny in the 1984 All Valley Under 18 Karate Tournament at the beginning of The Karate Kid Part II, Kreese assaulted Johnny until Miyagi humiliated the Cobra Kai sensei. ![]() Miyagi (Noriyuki "Pat" Morita) correctly identified him as a "bad teacher" who was the true source of the problems of his Cobra Kai students. John Kreese was introduced in The Karate Kid and Mr.
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