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Guard Retention: BJJ Fundamentals - Go Further Faster by John Danaher reviews, page 7
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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Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗Clear and comprehensive
The content is very good although the quality of the sound is not always great. Also the tiles for each section are not descriptive enough to help me look what i am looking for.
Great video
Great video
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗My fav coach to watch.
My fav coach to watch. Easy to understand
guard retention
Very in depth tutorial
Guard Retention
Good stuff!!!
A Complex Skill Made Simple
For those new to Jiu Jitsu, trying to understand guard retention can be difficult. Professor Danaher once again gives precise yet simple explanations to every aspect of this skill. There's a lot of content and applying it all in the training room will take time, but it will be time well spent.
Awesome as usual
Danaher's instructionals are always top notch. There is 7 hours of great information here.
Guard retention
Amazing details and structure. The fundmental movements alone improved my game
Great video series
Great video series
guard retention
great video on guard retention fundamentals
Excellent Series
I am going through it the second time.
Excellent video covering guard retention.
Excellent video covering guard retention. There is a lot of content in this video and it is worth it
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great
Top-notch
John is a legend. His instructionals are top-notch.
John is a great teaher
John Danaher explains techniques and strategies well. He also does a great job of showing techniques from multiple angles so you can really see how they are done.
Immediately able to use the concepts
Danaher is gifted at explaining positions, transitions between, the why, common mistakes, and what the opponent is attempting. This video is really well thought out with different guard concepts and positions. I’m only part of the way through the instructional material. I’ve been able to take what I’ve learned and immediately apply it to my own jiujitsu. I rolled with a really good advanced white belt who competes regularly early and is in his early 20’s. I used the Danaher concepts from his guard system with 4 points of control, identifying defensive vs offensive cycles, jeopardy point, and basic physical movements. My training partner was trapped in my closed guard for almost 5 minutes of a 7 min round and made a comment about how good my guard was that he couldn’t break it.
John Danahers guard retention
great instruction as always
BJJ wisdom from a master teacher
Very clear instruction from a master teacher. I just got the video two days ago, and it is already helping my guard retention.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗so good
I watch this series and understand everything really quickly. If I just depend on my instructor, it will take months for me to understand this concept.
Response from BJJ Fanatics💯👏Philosophy - concept - techniques of guard retention
Professor John Danaher offers another outstanding instructional. Guard retention by focussing on lines and zones by keeping them clean or reoccupying them. Precise and with a lot of useful and practical applications! Great source!
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗Great Instructional
This was the first John Danaher instructional that I ever went though when I was a white belt. Since watching this I have purchased three others. It helped me a lot. It helped me develop an actual guard and made me a massive John Danaher fan.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻Simply essential and extraordinary. Highly
Simply essential and extraordinary. Highly recommend
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻excellent
one of the best instructionals ive seen on the topic front to back. this is a great starting point for improving your guard retention. very much worth the money.
The Best
The Go Further Faster series is excellent! Highly recommend.
Response from BJJ Fanatics😎Great instructional
This is an awesome instructional with a huge amount of content that will keep you learning for hours.
great
great
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻So much value in this course
Danaher is an incredible teacher
Excellent
Covers both principles and specific techniques. Highly recommended.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗Very good
John Danaher is an excellent teacher, he details every aspect. My retention has improved a lot since. I recomend strongly.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻Excellent video!!! I have purchased
Excellent video!!! I have purchased several of Professor Danaher’s videos. Like each instructional, I approach it like a college graduate course. The guard retention instructional was presented in a clear, organized and methodical fashion. I took detailed notes and watched the entire 8 chapter video over a period of several weeks. I have been able take the lessons from this instructional and transfer them into real skills. My confidence in my bottom game has increased. Thanks to this video, I even find myself “shadow rolling” and visualizing the different positions I may encounter. I have already seen improvements in my ability to retain and recover the guard position in a very short amount of time. Thank you Professor Danaher!!! I appreciate your knowledge and wisdom. You are an amazing teacher!!!
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻Excellent work
I can listen to this or watch it to improve my guard
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Great
Simple and easy to understand rules for guard retention
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻An absolute necessity
This will give you everything you need to start making smart decisions in your guard play
Amazing instructional!
John does a great job at explaining complex topics in a simple manner!!!
ZERO TO DOJO HERO!
I'm 45 years old. I started BJJ in 2019 for roughly four months, three nights a week with a group of blue belts during a deployment to Afghanistan. I stopped rolling completely until I started up again in 2023 for three nights a week. After getting crushed for a month, I knew I needed help! Enter John Danaher's (JD's) Guard Retention. I powered through the course in about two weeks but within the first week my guard retention became impassable by white belts and by the next week blue belts couldn't crack JD's code! I've been able to keep a purple belt form passing. It has been a little over a month now since I completed this series and now I either get crushed while in guard by bigger and/or better opponents or I let people pass to half guard to keep it interesting for the less experienced training partners. It's nice to have the option!!! This has taken my game and confidence to another level. I constantly get complimented on my guard retention and so I tell them about JD's amazing coaching! I am currently into JD's Pins and Escapes, another game changer and level up!
Response from BJJ FanaticsNice, great work! 👏🏼Great instructional
This video is the first one I purchased in order to improve my guard retention. This topic was barely covered by my gym, and this instructional helped me tremendously. John Danaher goes into a lot of details, and it is always easy to go back after training to study details.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Mind blown
A absolute must to buy!! John Danahers passing the guard tutorial is a game changer the concepts really made me change my attitude to passing the guard and not engaging on my knees where most threat is
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Danaher doesn't dissapoint!
I am about half way through this instructional, and I am already able to implement things to help me retain my guard. A few of my higher belt training partners commented on how much I've improved. Looking forward to getting through the whole lesson.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻So helpful
John’s instructional are really well thought out and his ability to teach concepts along with technique is exceptional. Has already helped my closed guard. Thank you.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Masterclass
Another masterclass from coach John Danaher on the fundamentals of guard retention. Definitely recommend it and looking forward for the No Gi version. Thanks for wisdom coach Danaher 👍�:five:⭐️
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Great details
Lots of details for a white belt
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻Wonderful instructional video
Over 6,5 hrs of well structured instructional.. John Danaher is a master of teaching the techniques so that you can try them as if you had your own coach at home. I can recommend it fully.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻Great information
Guard retention is complicated. John does a great job of teaching it in a way that is easy to apply quickly without feeling like you have to learn every counter to every guard pass.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻excellent
improved my guard retention greatly. cant wait to rewatch when i have more experience.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻Awesome video
Great video. He explains step by step technique really well but also gives you explains the fundamental concepts in a way that gives you such a great understanding of why your doing the techniques and why they work. This way of teaching is something you don’t get from most instructional.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Awesome work by john
As per usual, john delivers a fantastic instructional. Another resource I’ll frequently visit to help my game. You can’t go wrong with buying any of johns work, he knows how to deliver it in a way that even though is sometimes dry, you’ll retain it because he goes over the most important parts over and over again.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻very good
This series should be required viewing at every gym
Long winded but worth it
Danaher does a great job of breaking down concepts and positions. Would recommend to anyone looking to improve guard retention.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Great details
I had no idea why I kept getting smashed and passed. Now I do! Great instructional on one of the hardest parts of the game.
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