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New Wave Jiu Jitsu: Open Guard The two Foundations Of Guard Play by John Danaher reviews

New Wave Jiu Jitsu: Open Guard The two Foundations Of Guard Play by John Danaher has 165 customer reviews in this archive, averaging 4.98 out of 5. 98% are five-star and 0 are one or two stars. Reviews run from July 24, 2021 to October 21, 2026. All of them are published below in full, unedited.

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The reviews

• Awesome instructional!

  Well explained !

  Samuel G.October 21, 2026United StatesVerified buyerBlue belt4-6 yrs training

• Nogi open guard

  Great overview of connecting open guards to leg locks!

  Eivind K.September 28, 2026NorwayVerified buyerBrown belt7-9 yrs training

• Great video

  I learned a lot

  William H.August 30, 2026United StatesVerified buyerPurple belt7-9 yrs training

• Level up your open guard

  All of this stuff, it’s so well into what I’ve already been taught from John Dan and Gordon Ryan on open guard. It even fits well with the Giancarlo material too. Amazing details.

  Matthew N.August 18, 2026Verified buyerBlue belt1-3 yrs training

• Level up your open guard.

  All of this stuff, it’s so well into what I’ve already been taught from John Danaher and Gordon Ryan on open guard. It even fits well with the Giancarlo material too. Amazing details.

  Matthew N.August 18, 2026Verified buyerBlue belt1-3 yrs training

• Level up your open guard

  All of this stuff, it’s so well into what I’ve already been taught from John Dan and Gordon Ryan on open guard. It even fits well with the Giancarlo material too. Amazing details.

  Matthew N.August 18, 2026Verified buyerBlue belt1-3 yrs training

• Definitely gonna level up my open guard.

  All of this stuff, it’s so well into what I’ve already been taught from John Dan and Gordon Ryan on open guard. It even fits well with the Giancarlo material too. Amazing details.

  Matthew N.August 18, 2026Verified buyerBlue belt1-3 yrs training

• Definitely gonna level up my open guard.

  All of this stuff, it’s so well into what I’ve already been taught from John Dan and Gordon Ryan on open guard. It even fits well with the Giancarlo material too. Amazing details.

  Matthew N.August 18, 2026Verified buyerBlue belt1-3 yrs training

• Good

  Chris D.June 24, 2026Verified buyerBlue belt1-3 yrs training

• Open Guard

  Amazing Detailed teaching. One of my fave reference video

  Ade O.June 18, 2026Verified buyerPurple belt4-6 yrs training

• Open Guard

  Very detailed

  Ade O.June 12, 2026Verified buyerPurple belt4-6 yrs training

• Efficiently Effective

  A lot of information. Which always comes backs to the main idea.

  Ade O.May 29, 2026Verified buyerPurple belt4-6 yrs training

• Masterclass on Modern Guard

  Detailed study of modern guard play from a “maximizing” approach. 10/10 recommend.

  Zackary F.May 16, 2026Verified buyerPurple belt4-6 yrs training

• Great help!

  Dealing with a pressure passer has been challenging and this program has been very helpful.

  Timmy H.April 11, 2026United StatesVerified buyerBlue belt4-6 yrs training

• New Wave Open Guard

  Great detail on basic strategies that work.

  Pat D.April 4, 2026United StatesVerified buyerBlue belt10-12 yrs training

• Open guard vol 1

  Great instructional that helped me go from clueless to comfortable. The details and explanations in the videos are extremely informative.

  Andrew C.March 24, 2026United StatesVerified buyerBlue belt1-3 yrs training

• New Wave Jiu Jitsu: Open Guard – The Two Foundations of Guard Play

  Delivers a clear, systematic approach to modern open guard, focusing on core principles that improve retention and attack efficiency. Concise, conceptual, and highly detailed.

  JAVIER D.March 3, 2026United StatesVerified buyerPurple belt10-12 yrs training

• Open garde

  Toujours au top les instructions de John Danaher

  Fabrice C.February 19, 2026FranceVerified buyerBlack belt

• Very helpful

  Amazing as always

  Ronnie W.January 25, 2026United StatesVerified buyerPurple belt4-6 yrs training

• Danaher Delivers Again

  Such solid content, amazing

  Greg M.January 19, 2026United StatesVerified buyerBlue belt1-3 yrs training

• Top

  Amazing

  Gustavo J.November 29, 2025United StatesVerified buyerWhite belt1-3 yrs training

• New Wave Jiu Jitsu: Open Guard The two Foundations Of Guard Play

  Interesting instructional

  Mustafa S.October 31, 2025GermanyVerified buyerBlue belt

• Fantastic as always

  Having many of the "Enter the System" courses i wasnt sure if "new wave" would be a re-tread but its stronger emphasis on tactics has been incredible to ingest.

  Tony R.September 26, 2025United StatesVerified buyerWhite belt1-3 yrs training

• Fantastic once again

  I have numerous videos from the enter the system series so wasnt sure if this would be a retread but the added tactical nature of this course makes the previous courses so much more helpful

  Tony R.September 26, 2025United StatesVerified buyerWhite belt1-3 yrs training

• Good

  Tim K.August 31, 2025United StatesVerified buyerBrown belt

• great

  very useful

  Alan s.August 30, 2025PhilippinesBlue belt1-3 yrs training

• Very good

  Very good base for open guard, together with the other volume. Leg locks are a huge part in this methodology, consider it.

  Alan s.August 30, 2025PhilippinesBlue belt1-3 yrs training

• great details

  great details

  Shane R.July 8, 2025United StatesVerified buyerWhite belt1-3 yrs training

• John Danaher's New Wave Jiu Jitsu: Open Guard

  John Danaher's New Wave Jiu Jitsu: Open Guard brilliantly breaks down the fundamentals of guard play with clarity and precision. His expert teaching makes complex concepts easy to grasp, making this a must-watch for any grappler!

  tequila119 t.March 14, 2025United StatesVerified buyerBlack belt16 yrs training

• New Wave Jiu Jitsu

  Great Instructional.

  Kevin S.March 6, 2025United StatesVerified buyerPurple belt13-15 yrs training

• Excellent

  Great open guard stuff

  ShongThiam L.February 19, 2025United StatesVerified buyerPurple belt4-6 yrs training

• great instuctional

  John Danaher always delivers.

  Benjamin H.February 5, 2025United StatesVerified buyerBlue belt4-6 yrs training

• Excellent instructional!

  John does an excellent job describing the details. One thing I like is the emphasis on backside leg entries which are often overlooked.

  Carlos A.December 16, 2024United StatesVerified buyerBlack belt7-9 yrs training

• new wave open guard

  open Guard

  Al R.December 9, 2024United StatesVerified buyerBlack belt16 yrs training

• Excellent Open Guard video

  Great Instructional for open guard

  Phil G.December 5, 2024United StatesVerified buyerPurple belt7-9 yrs training

• Excellent as always

  Danaher is the GOAT

  Greg M.December 1, 2024United StatesVerified buyerWhite belt1-3 yrs training

• Another Great Instructional

  very thoughtful ad always

  Dustin K.November 23, 2024United StatesVerified buyerPurple belt4-6 yrs training

• calmness in chaos

  Clear principles and concepts that makes open guard easier to understand and play

  kevin c.October 22, 2024United StatesVerified buyerPurple belt7-9 yrs training

• Nice

  nice

  Long B.October 12, 2024United StatesVerified buyerBrown belt4-6 yrs training

• Such an informative instructional

  Danaher delivers another detail heavy instructional with his open guard dvd. If you like to dive deep into specific topics, Danaher's dvds are for you. Apply these techniques during your sparring sessions and watch your jiu jitsu grow

  Jacob O.September 10, 2024United StatesVerified buyerPurple belt4-6 yrs training

• Excellent

  Excellent no-gi open guard content

  Phil G.September 4, 2024United StatesVerified buyerPurple belt7-9 yrs training

• new wave jiu jitus: the 2 foundations if guard play by john danaher

  open guard for no gi

  Brandon B.September 1, 2024United StatesVerified buyerBrown belt10-12 yrs training

• johns the best

  top passing vid

  Jordan D.August 23, 2024United StatesVerified buyerBlue belt1-3 yrs training

• Best Content out there

  Systems based approach with tactics and strategies built around techniques

  Ben T.July 6, 2024United StatesVerified buyerPurple belt4-6 yrs training

• Good

  Really good open guard techniques

  LachlanJune 26, 2024AustraliaBlue belt1-3 yrs training

• Johns my mentor

  I spend everyday studying your footage. I am recovering from ACL surgery. currently at month 8 and getting close to returning to training. Thank you for you hard work. You've really helped me understand the importance of kaizen. daily adding, overtime = a new person in 5 years

  Tiara A.June 18, 2024Verified buyer

• open guard

  I keep coming back to this again and again for more crucial details

  George P.June 16, 2024United StatesVerified buyerBlue belt10-12 yrs training

• another danaher classic

  everything u wanted to know about playing nogi open guard

  Paul C.May 22, 2024United StatesVerified buyerPurple belt10-12 yrs training

• foundation of open guard

  open guard

  Gayle W.May 21, 2024United StatesVerified buyerBlack belt16 yrs training

• amazing content

  always love Danaher strategy and tactics

  Jason S.May 10, 2024United StatesVerified buyerBlue belt4-6 yrs training

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