During the 3rd Karate Kid film and cobra Kai shows the similarities of both Barnes and Hawk being ruthless and their aggression.
The truth, we don’t know much about Mike Barnes’ background and if he could have also been bullied before becoming Karate’s bad boy and that could be why Mike is so ruthless and mean. His actor, Sean Kanan has been bullied at a younger age and has alisema in a interview kwa saying “I was severely bullied when I was young. It was bad. I was a fat little kid with the bowl haircut and glasses. I got into karate and it stopped, but that has always stayed with me.”...