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Guard Retention: BJJ Fundamentals - Go Further Faster by John Danaher reviews, page 6
Guard Retention: BJJ Fundamentals - Go Further Faster by John Danaher has 554 customer reviews in this archive, averaging 4.97 out of 5. 97% are five-star and 0 are one or two stars. Reviews run from July 10, 2019 to October 12, 2026. All of them are published below in full, unedited.
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everyone should watch this
Again John Danaher breaks down guard retention in a systematic way that you can start applying right away.
guard retention
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The most complete approach
All the details and concepts needed to build a guard from scratch
The most complete approach
Gives you all the details you will need to build your guard
Totally worth it.
Hands down the best resource I've come across. As a white belt just trying to survive, learning pin escapes and guard retention have been my first priorities. Cannot recommend the JD GFF series enough. Does exactly what it says on the tin.
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awesome
great details
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗Fantastic
Danahers ability to conceptualize guard retention is unlike anything I've ever heard.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗Must have
Love it, useful tu any kind of players !
awesome
good stuff
Very helpful
This instructional has really helped me out in working on my guard retention.
Protect yourself
This instruction shows that you don't have to be very strong or very flexible to retain your guard. Just right mindset and right body movements. A must watch video for lower belts!
Recommend for all White Belts
Perhaps the #1 instructional for white belts. It's easy to get stuck in the scope creep of endless options for submissions and techniques, but guard retention is the #1 thing I've found helps by game. This instructional uses the funnel approach of showing general concepts to each type of technique, effectively teaching you not just "counter A with B" but things to keep in mind at all times when rolling. Worth its weight in gold and I've recommended this to everyone.
Great
Great
Eye opening
Helped me truly understand the goal and purpose of guard retention. John was able to explain concepts in simple manner.
One of the best a few!
Hands down one of the best if not the best instructional out there on guard retention! This is one of the very few instructionals out there on guard retention. I feel this is a topic that needs to be really pushed!
Donaher's Guard Retention
Well explained BJJ,
thorough
extremely detailed. delivers what it promised
Great Instructional
Great Instructional for anyone who is starting out or has been doing BJJ for a while.
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good
Great as always!
Very effective teaching!
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amazing instructional
I love the way Danaher explains and breaks doen BJJ and his teaching method allows me to retain more information so I can apply it better.
Danaher Guard Retention
Great Instructional! Already learned new concepts in just the first few minutes.
Systematic approach to Guard Retention
A systematic review of Guard Retention. I needed this theory and practical instruction
Guard retention is improving
so many nuggets to use and reference throughout my journey.
Great details
Great details
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗Learn from this course you will....
Great video for begginers, very easy to follow instructions and simple explanations to help you on your jui-jitsu journey. Worth every penny and John Danaher is a great teacher, wish I could role and learn from him in person but this is the next best way to do it. Thank you BJJ Fundamentals. Buy this video and study every word and technique, it will focus your mind and body. "This is the way" ;)
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗Details, Details, Details
It is very easy to simply learn how to do something overtime and not really know why we are doing a particular action or why certain habbits are formed. I've rolled with a lot of black belts who can't easily explain to me why they do what the do and what makes them effective. They are kind of like fish in water - they don't know they're in water. Hence, why I really like Danaher's instructionals. John's approach always starts with the big picture and overall context then funnels down into specific moves etc. And even though a lot of his initial observations are simple in concept, it is so helpful to me to internalize the lessons and put them into action. While the big picture explainations upfront aren't for everyone, I encourage you to stick with it and keep revisiting overtime. You'll improve your Jiu Jitsu much faster.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗Go further faster John Danaher
Excellent
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗Great instructional
Great instructional
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗Details
Amazing as always
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗Game changer
After the Lockdown and during the time when we couldn't train i purchased most of the Further Faster Serie by John Danaher. Then i could learn and relearn the basics and the systematic approach oh John Danaher. It helped me a lot and improved my game .
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗fundamental instructionnal for guard retention
I have seen many instructionnals on this thematic , ans this one is definitly the essentiel one. its about concepts ans Principles then applies it to each guard passing techniques you will have to defend
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗Great Instructional
Great advice I never would have come to on my own. Clear and concise instruction. Can't wait to implement these at my gym.Shout out to Mr. Danaher the jiu jitsu savant.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗Confidence Builder
This instructional helped me build a high level of confidence in my guard retention. This allowed me to take more risk on the offensive side knowing that I could get my guard back if I failed.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗Detailed
As expected: a very detailed instructional
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗One more good instructional video from M. Danaher
This instructionals helped me a lot to improve my guard rétention wich was very Bad before this vidéo. Every one could pass my guard pretty easely but now they struggle a lot more to do it :)
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗Simple and Effective
They are truly fundamental concepts that will hold you back if you don't understand. I appreciate how simply he explains them so that anyone can understand.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗Guard retention
Excellent content.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗Guard Retention Fundamentals
Some learning styles really need to know the “why” of how something works in order to truly see its value. If your are one of these people - this series is like a manual for how to incorporate the most fundamental moves in jujitsu and make them your own. A ‘must have’ Jon Danaher series.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗Great Instructional
Great overall view of guard retention and how to work to get back to stronger positions
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗A good model for a hard topic
The general overview combined with a more step by step approach to different passing defence provides a great base to build up your defensive game
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗Best Basic
many details, good for all levels
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗Guard retention
Always helpful in building a strong fundamental knowledge base. Danaher is a fantastic teacher and breaks things down in a simple way.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗Just excellent
Sooo much food for your thoughts. It will require a lot of time and patience to go through it, but the general theory part it's worth every second and penny. Game changer.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗First instructional
This was the first instructional I purchased and completely opened my eyes to the benefits of additional study outside of the gym. Anything from Danaher is going to improve your technique
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗An excellent Instructional
This has help me tremendously, just a few of the small subtle details have helped me a lot retaining guard as a middle-aged featherweight.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗Danaher at his best
Extremelly clear, up-to-the-point and useful.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗Essential knowledge about guard retention
Really helpful instructional about an essential topic that is not often taught directly. It contains both general concepts and a system applicable for retaining guard against all passes, as well as specific counters to the most common guard passes.
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