Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Martin Kove (born March 6, 1946) is an American actor who has appeared in both feature films and television series. His best known roles may have been on the 1980s hit CBS television series Cagney & Lacey as Detective Victor Isbecki and in the 1984 hit film The Karate Kid as Cobra Kai Sensei John Kreese. He reprised his role as Kreese in the 1986 hit sequel The Karate Kid, Part II and the 1989 sequel The Karate Kid, Part III. He studied Okinawa-te Karate under a prominent black belt of Shihan Gordon Doversola. In 1985, Kove played a traitorous helicopter pilot in Rambo: First Blood Part II.