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Open Guard: BJJ Fundamentals - Go Further Faster by John Danaher reviews, page 8
Open Guard: BJJ Fundamentals - Go Further Faster by John Danaher has 265 customer reviews in this archive, averaging 4.95 out of 5. 97% are five-star and 2 are one or two stars. Reviews run from January 30, 2020 to July 23, 2026. All of them are published below in full, unedited.
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Response from BJJ Fanatics:hugging:open guard
goodjob
Response from BJJ Fanatics:hugging:Open Guard
great video
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.
Open Guard: BJJ Fundamentals - Go Further Faster by John Danaher
As always, Mr. Danaher dissects the open guard in great detail, not only showing many techniques but also explaining the concepts behind them. There's so much to digest in this DVD that it's going to take me years to completely absorb all this knowledge! Highly recommended!
Open Guard is a Game Changer
I purchased the Open Guard video after studying the Closed Guard video and I'm so glad I did! The strategies offered in both videos really compliment each other. I highly recommend purchasing both videos.
Danaher is a master
Danaher does his usual, amazing thing here, explaining jiu jitsu broadly and deeply. He is so helpful with the Open Guard which is one of the most important areas of jiu jitsu, and one of the most vast areas of jiu jitsu. John's brilliance and expertise are particularly helpful here.
Response from BJJ Fanatics:hugging::call_me_hand::skin-tone-2:great
great
Response from BJJ Fanatics:hugging::+1::skin-tone-2:Versatile and universal open guard playbook
Professor John Danaher offers THE open guard formular and techniques for any level and scenario. It is about cross collar and sleeve as guard to attack with sweeps and upper body submissions ss well as using collar snd sleeve to transition to other open guard positions to sweep. The greatest benefit for myself is utiizing the collar and sleeve whenever it is very busy and chaotic to choose my path. Highly recommend this matetial and approach!!
been training over 2 years
been training over 2 years now in the gi and the topic of openguard seems like its the biggest one. so much to choose from and all the additional sweeps from each guard makes my head spin. this helped me narrow it down, would highly recommend it!
Response from BJJ Fanatics:hugging::call_me_hand::skin-tone-2:Great system for open guard
I discovered the Go Further Faster series as a blue belt, it would have been great to have them at the very beginning. John Danaher's approach is very pedagogical, he explains the reason techniques works and goes into a lot of details. The main advantage is the selection of the moves: John Danahers shows with techniques to focus on first.
Response from BJJ Fanatics:hugging::+1::skin-tone-2:Start with this
I wish I had started my bjj journey with this, John is great at explaining the concepts, dilemmas and solutions to open guard play
Response from BJJ Fanatics:hugging::call_me_hand::skin-tone-2:Student
Awesome
Response from BJJ Fanatics:hugging::call_me_hand::skin-tone-2:After 11yrs he’s showing me
After 11yrs he’s showing me details I never learned. Worth every penny!
Response from BJJ Fanatics:hugging::call_me_hand::skin-tone-2:Learn how to execute sweeps from all different types of Guards!
I think what I love most about this DVD is that you learn a strong overview of all the different guards out there. This can take even the most novel beginners and turn them into an expert of the subject, granted they study the content efficiently. I would recommend this to anyone interested in learning about open guard.
Response from BJJ Fanatics:hugging::+1::skin-tone-2:Finally...open guard explained
As a white belt open guard positions have been difficult to navigate. JD breaks it down so well.
Response from BJJ Fanatics:hugging:Great value
I know these are often a bit more expensive that some other Instructional’s but they are generally longer and with more detail For me all from the Go further fast series are awesome
Response from BJJ Fanatics:hugging::+1::skin-tone-2:Danaher is amazing teacher
The longer I do BJJ, the more I appreciate the breakdowns that John does. He makes me realize how much information Im missing on every topic. Definitely recommend this instructional!
Response from BJJ Fanatics:hugging::call_me_hand::skin-tone-2:This one is a must!
I have several dvds from John and this one is my favorite. I've changed my guard game through the years and open guard seems to be my favorite nowadays. John explain everything you need to know about open guard with many details. I highly recommend this one.
Response from BJJ Fanatics:hugging::call_me_hand::skin-tone-2:Amazing instructions
Amazing instructions! This instruction is worth paying the price 5 times
Response from BJJ Fanatics:hugging::call_me_hand::skin-tone-2:Open Guard
Excellent detailed information as usual.
Response from BJJ Fanatics:hugging::+1::skin-tone-2:Collar-sleeve section worth the entire price
The thing I initially liked about this video was that it focused on open guard to address each of the four main scenarios you would face. But then once I got to the section on "the default guard"… It completely changed my game. This one section was like a complete system that I could put into practice immediately, and completely levelled up my game. I keep coming back to it again and again, would recommend it to anyone
Response from BJJ Fanatics:hugging::call_me_hand::skin-tone-2:Still learning
Im a hobbiest black belt and always looking to improve my BJJ and this video is helpful.
Response from BJJ Fanatics:hugging::call_me_hand::skin-tone-2:Great intructional
Filled with great information!
Response from BJJ Fanatics:hugging::+1::skin-tone-2:bjj student
Great leasons very helpfull for progress
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