Self Mastery: Solo BJJ Training Drills by John Danaher
1,973 reviews · 4.97 / 5
John Danaher · Combo
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.
Excelente tutorial. Siempre es genial escuchar a John con todos los detalles en técnicas que son fundamentales y que, en este caso, se enfocan en atletas más viejos. Es muy común en los dojos de BJJ que los más viejos nos veamos enfrentados a entrenar con jóvenes enérgicos. Estas herramientas son clave para poder desenvolverse sin problemas con rivales jovenes.
Highly recommended for those who want to slow the game down.
Immediately helping me
Across its eight chapters, Danaher dissects the bottom game with surgical clarity: half guard, control mechanics, escape pathways, and submission chains are all recast through the lens of longevity and economy of movement. Rather than asking you to move faster, he teaches you to use leverage, timing, and structure to neutralize younger, stronger opponents. The content is dense but refined, layering subtle concepts that reward repeated study. For older grapplers seeking to maintain competitiveness, this instructional isn’t just helpful—it’s essential.
Great instructional and tips for 40+ athletes with tons of details
Mr. Donaher’s tutorials are well thought out and balanced between specific techniques and principles. There’s also a great balance of technique detail and variety, always with a well defined relationship between the different techniques.
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Excellent addition to your library of learning.
This series has been incredible for my game - I think the techniques can be applied by nearly any player, so even if you are younger and fitter, these are great ways to conserve energy and build efficiency.
Excellent and thorough
Excellent walk through for not only older Bjj players but also inexperienced and older BJJ player. Great strategy and flow of movements for those of us just starting out. Simple and easy to understand content.
Helped me feel more comfortable from bottom with a roadmap of what and why you do something
It was really helpful to have a roadmap of what to do and understand why
This video series is perfect not just for an older person, but any age practitioner. I am older, but still rolling with younger players. I feel like this helped me to not rely on strength as much and focus more on the techniques.
Really put a new perspective on my game.
John structures lessons well. Easy to follow. Broken down in ideal video lengths
Interesting
great details
Very useful video that has helped me during practice
As an older Judo/Bjj practitioner I often fin myself in the bottom position against younger players, these videos have helped me improve my defense and overall ground game.
First-=rate description
Great Techniques
As any of Danaher's instructional, this one goes deep in details on a various situations we encounter in real sparring and competition situations.
"It has been an immense inspiration for my jiu-jitsu."
As always with Danaher, it's comprehensive, but incredibly well explained. It did feel like something more like a simplified game plan (or, better, multiple) would have been really helpful. Especially if Danaher had explained the strengths and weaknesses of various approaches.
Danaher does it again, he gives you an excellent game plan for older bottom players.
Great detailed information
I really appreciate how John goes into deep detail with his concepts and strategies, to not just explain how something is done but more importantly why. I simply can’t get a thorough understanding, or in depth explanations like this during my 1 hour BJJ classes.
you have a way to roll with people who are younger and faster and when you are beat in your last roll
Lots of small improvements to my game by covering many of these basics in more detail with more focus on slowing things down
Starting Jiu Jitsu in my 30’s this is a must!
Yep, I came back to check this
Very good game plan for an old person like myself. Very detailed and easy to understand.
Great instructional! A complete game plan on how to attack and defend. Calculated but intuitive.
The best instructional regarding jiujitsu for older people I have ever seen.
Great techniques for bottom game covered by one of my favourite coach John Danaher.
This is an excellent bottom game plan. Great detail and instruction from many angles. Great value for so much golden information
Really enjoyed learning Danaher’s efficient top game. Great details and instruction for easy learning.
Great instructional that will be helpful not only for ageing athletes, but also for relative beginners who want to have an comprehensive bottom game plan that does not require huge amount of athleticism.
Highly recommended not only for older folks, but also for beginners.
A well renowned coach gives you an entire gameplan for the bottom game!
Great instruction from a renowned coach!
I'm looking to improve my half guard so I can hold onto younger, stronger teammates. This is game changer, my favorite is knee lever and underhook sweep and able to execute to almost anyone. highly recommended
Great for decrepit guys like me
Great advice for beginners and more advanced players
Love this for older guys. I have put it in practice to conserve energy and it works great.
Great training content for older people to keep competitive via bottom game control
This instructional has really helped my botton game as an older BJJ player!
Bought this to help some of my older students and it's been great for them.
Great Instructional. Now I know why Danaher is the best. Great details in what he's showing.
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