The Encino Oaks Country Club is a country club located in Encino, California.
History[]
At some point, Dutch was arrested for hot-wiring a golf cart and driving it into the pool. Despite being arrested and prosecuted for the incident, Sid would not allow the club to ban Johnny over the incident.
The Karate Kid[]
Towards the end of the film, the country club was shown to be very popular around Christmas time, with a very well attended Christmas party taking place. It is shown to hold people of the upper class, and Johnny Lawrence and Ali Mills are both there at the same time with their families. During one of the scenes in the film, Mrs. Mills talks about how Ali is taking up the most handsome man in the room, being her father. This leads to a dance between Johnny and Ali.
Meanwhile, Daniel LaRusso was supposed to meet Ali for a date at the club, and sneaks in through the kitchen to find her; this leads to him seeing the dance between Johnny and Ali. When Johnny spots Daniel watching them, he grabs Ali and forces a kiss upon her. Daniel, believing Ali is kissing Johnny in return, turns and runs into a waiter carrying spaghetti, causing him to get sprawled on the ground covered in it and the entire audience to explode in laughter at Daniel’s misfortune; Ali would punch Johnny for doing this to her.
Throughout Cobra Kai Series[]
Season 1[]
In the episode "Strike First", it is shown that the LaRusso family are currently guests at the country club and that it's still very popular at the time. It is also shown that Aisha Robinson's family are currently guests there as well.
Annually the country club holds a party, and the LaRusso family was shown to participate every year. Sometime during the party, however, Daniel gets angry at Anthony LaRusso for not getting off of his iPad, in which Daniel also replies "I would’ve killed to go to a party like this".
In "Counterbalance", Daniel is having dinner with Armand Zarkarian under the pretense of talking about the Reseda strip mall and wanting to expand his business there, but really to raise the rent on Cobra Kai.
Season 3[]
After meeting up with Ali, and being invited to the Christmas party at the country club, Johnny spotted Ali hugging Daniel, triggering a flashback to the first movie when Ali and Daniel first met. When Daniel and Ali first meet up for the first time since high school, Daniel is visibly shocked but in a happy way. Daniel and Johnny verbally banter with each other, and as Amanda LaRusso enters the scene, she becomes playful when she learns that Daniel and Ali used to date each other. Johnny and Daniel continue to banter as Ali shares stories from their past and Amanda gleefully processes their stories.
Ali helps Daniel and Johnny see that they are more alike than they'd like to admit and that both are equally responsible for the events leading to their rivalry. The two men accept the truth of this, allowing them to begin moving on. At the end of the evening, Daniel and Ali share an emotional parting in which Ali reflects, “we were so young, and the good times far outweighed the bad.” Johnny and Ali exchange parting words at the valet, but After an emotional hug, Johnny departs in his 1993 Dodge Caravan.
Season 5[]
Daniel then came to the Encino Oaks Country Club once more to relax himself. As soon as he relaxed in the club's sauna, he encountered a mysterious figure which turned out to be Terry Silver, who had found out about his recent message to the attorney as well as his allegiance with Mike Barnes, and warned him that he'll be seeing him more and to not play with fire. Following this, Terry would burn down Mike Barnes' furniture store.
Trivia[]
- Both interior and exterior shots of the Encino Oaks Country Club in The Karate Kid were filmed at Hyatt Westlake Plaza Hotel in Westlake Village, California.
- Johnny was mocked by Daniel for getting his lunches for free at the country club. This is due to Sid's influence at the club.