Self Mastery: Solo BJJ Training Drills by John Danaher
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Ageless Jiu Jitsu: Winning When You're Older and Less Athletic - Bottom game: Gi by John Danaher has 431 customer reviews in this archive, averaging 4.99 out of 5. 99% are five-star and 0 are one or two stars. Reviews run from July 14, 2023 to October 24, 2026. All of them are published below in full, unedited.
328 of these reviewers gave their belt rank when they submitted the review. BJJ Fanatics asks for rank, age and years training at the point of review, so this breakdown is self-reported by the customer.
| Belt | Reviews | Average rating |
|---|---|---|
| Blue | 112 | 5.0 |
| White | 81 | 4.98 |
| Purple | 71 | 5.0 |
| Black | 34 | 5.0 |
| Brown | 30 | 5.0 |

Ageless Jiu Jitsu: Winning When You're Older and Less Athletic - Bottom game: Gi by John Danaher is currently listed on the BJJ Fanatics storefront at $197.00 USD. View Ageless Jiu Jitsu: Winning When You're Older and Less Athletic - Bottom game: Gi by John Danaher on BJJ Fanatics
So many fundamental things in this series. It’s dope how there are things within this series that are not as elaborate as his other fundamental series. I use this one to fill in gaps and also add the ideas John has placed here in my normal game.
Content was great. A+. Would buy more Danaher videos. Website is glitchy though. hard to use. I get booted out sometimes.
After returning to bjj from cervical fusion and medically cleared, I treated myself to this instructional from Mr Danaher. Training safely is my goal and Mr Danaher has much wisdom here. It's also great to see the man himself moving well and doing demo rolls with Mr Glick. Great info once again
Excellent concepts for application in my own game and as part of lessons for classes with a diverse range of students
Bottom game
The best for older
When You're Older and Less Athletic
The best
Great content
Great information. Great details
The best
This was a great video and help me out a-lot in my game. Was able to see the difference immediately.
Great
Great Video
Excelent for building a bottom game plan
In Mr. Danaher we trust.
I'm halfway through and love all that Danaher teaches. As a 43 year blue bell with back issue, his videos and training compliment my style.
Solid mix of strategy theory combined with high percentage techniques for slower grapples. I would say "ageless" isn't the best description, but people with lower mobility and high isometric strength will get a lot out of this.
Nice stuff to build a game plan!
There’s so much good stuff to learn from danaher. Not only does this video offer a complete bottom game plan made by danaher it also is one that can be used by less athletic players against more athletic opponents. And a chance to see danahers insight and knowledge of the gi game is on par with the results his students have gotten from no gi.
Everyone knows Danaher it’s going to call out everyone detail explicitly any this is no exception. Excellent tools to have available.
this video is very good!
Love the systematic approach from John. Nuggets of info that are hard to learn or take time. This is a cheat code
grab a collar and limb grip. use your feet to gain control.
half guard bottom gives you the chance to get the kosoto.
the half guard sweep has the ankle pick and the kosoto sweep. there is a get up position to the knee.
bottom game consists of half guard bottom and x guard. The x guard is reached when the opponent is typically standing from ashi garami. the half guard is advantageous in only certain circumstances.
getting all positions on bottom to end up in bottom half guard. sweep from there.
Another great addition to the Ageless Jiu-Jitsu series! In my opinion, this is a must-have.
Great.
Very good for older grapplers. Very good strategy and techniques. Little long-winded at times but very thourough.
Great technique videos
Pretty good. Muito bom
Very good information for us older and less athletic guys. A very comprehensive game plan.
Great series regardless of age or skill lvl
For the older player a solid bottom game is essential to deal with younger opponents.
5 stars!
Great content! Very detailed on how to escape bad situations.
Great techniques, well presented.
A good one worth learning
Very sensible advice n techniques for the older grapplers
Amazing instructions really well explained very clear and easy to follow instruction, Im only new to bjj but using this with a training ***** on my days off from live rolling has given me such a great start to my defence game it’s absolute gold!
Beware of the old guys!
I'm old. I have issues dealing with younger, faster/more athletic opponents. This video shows you how to slow them down effectively.
Beware of the old guys!
This instructional has been a valuable resource as a 40+ blue belt
The concepts in this video helped my BJJ game tremendously! As a 40+ year old hobbyist, i benefited tremendously from this instructional.
very well explained techniques
Great strategies and great techniques. I’ve been using these techniques to help my bottom half guard game. I still get smashed sometimes, but definitely doing much better than before.
Danaher did it it again general moves for older less athletics
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