Especially, when Daniel was a beginner and Johnny (https://www.quora.com/Why-did-Johnny-Lawrence-lose-to-Daniel-LaRusso-in-The-Karate-Kid-movie-but-win-against-him-in-their-rematch-in-The-Next-Karate-kid-TV-series) had been doing it for years. Based on facts (https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/18a9vz6/something_crazy_i_just_realized_about_the_karate/) from Cobra Kai, we now know (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5wFw9Z96Uo) that Johnny trained for four years leading up (https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Timeline/TheKarateKid) to his match (https://thekaratekid.fandom.com/wiki/1984_All_Valley_Karate_Tournament) with Daniel.