Self Mastery: Solo BJJ Training Drills by John Danaher
1,973 reviews · 4.97 / 5
John Danaher · Combo
New Wave Jiu Jitsu: Open Guard The two Foundations Of Guard Play by John Danaher reviews, page 2
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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awesome
awesome
Great for beginners and advanced
As a beginner I found this instructional very beginner friendly and heavy on the conceptual side of open guard, covering retention, entries into legs and sumi gaeshi, and basic attacks. But I can also see the higher level details and concepts that will be great to revisit as I improve, and that I believe will help upper belts as well. The details on suni gaeshi are particularly great.
good
good
very solid for all levels
a lot of material to learn from at all levels. definitely can watch a handful of times and pickup different stuff
new wave open guard
This is very good, very clear,wish I got it sooner
Excellent building blocks
This instructional has elevated my open guard game tremendously. Grab some good training partners and drill the concepts, then be creative within your rolls. It's amazing the dilemmas you can create with what is taught here.
Excellent as always
Super clear and detailed. Conceptual and practical. The only issue is a lot of the counter moves end up in heel hooks, which are not legal at every level of competition.
new wave open guard
ashi garami after take down
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗Good
Good
Open Guard and Leglock Philosophy
Excellent insights connecting open guard retention with legloking strategies while creating dilemmas.
Great direction to set and retain an Open Guard
As someone who practiced mostly in th gi, it was hard to trainsition in no gi. This instructional gives clear directions to set an open guard and retain it. Danaher offers a lot of explanation, very useful to understand the key concepts. If short on time, do not hesitate to go directly to the technique (and go back to the theoretical stuff at another time).
Excellent Content But Complex
I always like Danaher's courses. However, as good as they are, they are very long and detailed and maybe not the best place to learn the most fundamental concepts. That said, if you're a more advanced practitioner and you're looking to up your game then this is a very, very excellent instructional.
What a Gem!!!
Great instructional with more leg lock stuff that wasn't in his leg lock series!!!
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗no gi open guard
very useful
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗open guard
amazing
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗New Wave Open Guard
wow. fantastic coaching. spend a couple years struggling with a position the. watch Coach Danaher explain all the key pieces you missed trying to do things the hard way. fantastic content.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗Details
Amazing as always
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗geeat
great
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗Danaher Tutorials are a must
If you're not a fan of Danaher and his principles, then you're not a fan of high-level jiu jitsu.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗good as always
haven't been disappointed with anything I've seen from danaher
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗Eye opener
Ever Danaher instructional has nuggets that will immediately improve your game. Here he teaches clear, concrete cues around posture that gives you clear gameplan for attack.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗Very well structured, as you
Very well structured, as you can expect from master J. Danaher.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗Multiple dilemmas
I memorized these techniques faster once I started taking notes and solo drilling immediately after watching the video courses, Thank you coach John Danaher.
Wow
It's hard from stopping the leg entries from reverse de la riva part 4 instructional's from keeping me from starting to love leg locks..
Two foundations is excellent!
This is an excellent view of new wave jiu jitsu. Guard retention to guard attacks. It has greatly changed my game!
Open GUard Play
Outstanding detailed video with many fundamental movements of open guard play needed to succeed at building a jiujitsu skillset.
start with this one for guard play
John's knowledge of the sport and ability to describe strategy, tactics, and techniques is unparalleled
Irreplaceable
John Danaher's ability to clear communicate the principles and applications of jiu-jitsu are second to none!
Excellent! Danaher is unreal.
Very solid Instructional
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗10/10 watch
As a white belt starting out, this saved me so much from getting passed. 2 years on, it has been great to revisit as I can appreciate the leg entries way more. Not as exciting as flying triangles, but way more useful.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗Pure gold
Pure gold! John will level up your game. He has a great teaching style and deep knowledge. Better than every wrestling instructional.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻great
great
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Lots of detail and wisdom.
Lots of detail and wisdom. Thanks
Awesome
Guard masterclass
Response from BJJ Fanatics🔥Great content
A great overall philosophy on how to approach open guard. The instructional covers guard retention, before delving in to primary offense ideas from open guard, namely leglocks. A great complementary instructional to Danahers lecklock instructional
Love this video
This video is very comprehensible. I've really appreciate the part on guard retention.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻This video has helped me a lot
I've specialy appreciate the guard retention part. This is a very comprehensive video serie.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻Comprehensive
Thoroughly explains concepts and details
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Clear and thoughtfully laid out
Danaher at his finest. Not a million different unrelated techniques but a few positions laid out in detail. Very nice.
Brilliant clear concise
Brilliant clear concise
Great instructional
Great instructional
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Amazing Videos!
Amazing Videos!
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Great Instructional
Amazing as always!
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻Love it
Love it! Especially the Half Guard and Toreando Stuff!
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Incredible instructional
John details guard retention in the first half and it’s importance in open guard the entries into leg attacks in the second half. All explained in he’s usual precise manner👍�
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻Great stuff
Another fantastic instructional from JD breaking everything down in easy to understand techniques
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻Really great course
Makes open guard much easier to understand and it’s relationship to guard retention
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻new wave guard
solid as always. excellent concepts and tech iCal knowledge
Amazing
Amazing instructional! Was able to improve my jiu-jitsu immediately.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Seems to repeat similar concepts
Seems to repeat similar concepts from other instructionals.
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