I have seen lots of fans saying Mr. Miyagi would have liked Johnny more, but I don't see that and here is why..
Johnny always had a kind of arrogance and entitlement in him. He didn't become restrained and controlled despite being trained otherwise - he became that because he ended up paying the price for it over and over - and he still hasn't completely learned his lesson. I don't see him lasting long with Mr. Miyagi at all. He'd easily get frustrated with his pacifist ways and ditch him for something more "badass".
Even in Johnny's childhood flashback, We see that he was a kid that didn't commit to a single interest and that he already got into plenty of fights.
Dedication and passion for karate was something he was conditioned into by Kreese - because Kreese would shame him unrelentingly until he did. But Miyagi would never have done that. In fact, Miyagi would've encouraged him to find other interests instead.
I saw nothing in Johnny - even pre-Cobra Kai Johnny - that made me think that he'd be interested in learning from or being friends with a quiet, diminutive, unassuming handyman who'd rather spend most of their time together doing chores and trimming small trees. Johnny was looking for something "awesome" and "badass" - the shiny new thing to get into and that's what drew him to Cobra Kai. But that's not Miyagi-Do at all.
Also in the movies, The very first thing that Daniel and Miyagi did together was hang around trimming Bonsai trees. Daniel didn't know Miyagi knew karate at that point - he just saw an old guy doing something mundane but beautiful, he showed an interest and Miyagi taught him.
The premise is that Johnny was a "short attention span" kid who wouldn't have committed to anything unless A) it was flashy and awesome enough to hold his attention or B) someone was making sure he stayed committed.
Miyagi-Do karate wasn't flashy. And Miyagi didn't really want to teach it to others anyway.
So we can conclude that even had he started on it, Johnny would've given up pretty quickly and moved on.
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