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Passing the Guard: BJJ Fundamentals - Go Further Faster by John Danaher reviews, page 9
Passing the Guard: BJJ Fundamentals - Go Further Faster by John Danaher has 445 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 March 10, 2020 to October 17, 2026. All of them are published below in full, unedited.
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Great system and instruction
Great videos with the key points I have been missing with many of my passes. I love that he has a system based on the high percentage passes actually used successfully in sport. Also, the way he teaches these core techniques but then reviews examples of how to switch and alternate between them makes for a better game. I'd recommend them, except then you'd be harder for me to keep in my guard.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗Amazing job at categorizing and
Amazing job at categorizing and having a hierarchy system of what works best. And most importantly proving it in the real world.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻Great content, Danaher is an
Great content, Danaher is an awesome teacher.Love Bjjfanatics
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻guard pass
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Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Great for people getting back into BJJ
I just got back into BJJ after a 2 year layoff. This was one of my first instructional purchased along with Prof Danaher’s guard retention instructional during the lockdown. The break down of everything really helped me to drill at home so when I finally got back to the mats I had the muscle memory of my basics. Great for all levels for sure!!
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻Must have knowledge
Many helpful concepts and details that will help you pass the guard much easier than “go hard and hope for the best” A valued addition to my library
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻Great Instructional; taught by one
Great Instructional; taught by one of the greatest minds ever in the sport.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻😀
Lesson is Great Knowledge is Awesome And the Instruction, I mean it's Danaher, so....
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻Superb instructional!
Clear, concise, coherent. That's how I would describe John's instructions! Absolutely helpful for a white belt like me! This is a must have!
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻Worth It!
Well worth the price you pay. The information and details given are worth every penny. There is no way your normal instructor is going to take the time to go into the detail that John does here. Lean the how and WHY.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤙🏻My son will let me drill with him. So I’m very happy with this purchase.
The lessons knowledge is all impeccable the only way to truly utilize this. Is by drilling, so practice.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻Clear and detailed instructions
Only half way through and very impressed with the content. John breaks each move down into great detail.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗Incredible instruction with clear well
Incredible instruction with clear well stated concepts to carry with you from white belt to black belt.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗Impressive. Great concepts.
Impressive. Great concepts.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻Danaher is pretty much establishing
Danaher is pretty much establishing the Encyclopaedia for all things BJJ. This series is no exception. Quality information and principles that we have come to expect.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻Great
Great
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻Top notch.
I'm only one video in and I'm showing improvement. J.D. Instructional videos are the best. Understanding the concepts, which he explains thoroughly, is unbelievably valuable. Knowing what you're doing and why is where J.D. shines. Amazing Teacher
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻As expected
It’s Danaher so what can you say?
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Awesome information
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤙🏻I always think I'm familiar
I always think I'm familiar with an area of training until I watch a Danaher video. Then when you spend eight to a dozen hours on some subject that didn't seem to be so robust, it's the best kind of humbling.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗Best of the best
Before buying I was double minded cause it’s more expensive compared to many of the other instructional videos out there. John’s ability to teach is unlike anyone else. He clears a lot of the confusion and makes everything black and white. Too good, worth every cent!
Response from BJJ Fanatics😎🤗This is great
Informative and very well articulated fundamentals. This is very beneficial for me. Also such a noble thing to do — to make such a fundamental instructionals and pass hard earned knowledge.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗Bustin’ through guards (...more often)
First JD instructional. Similar to that scene in the Matrix where they plug Neo in and start the upload. Investment is and was 100% worth it. Already looking forward to getting into his other stuff next.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗Just love John Danaher's videos...very
Just love John Danaher's videos...very well explained and illustrated. Awesome all the way around
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Another top notch video
Professor Danaher doesn’t disappoint. His ability to simplify difficult concepts and demystify BJJ are second to none. Thank you for offering this.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻I absolutely love this I’ve
I absolutely love this I’ve been passing guard like no one else. Passing has always been a weakness and now my professor has been looking at me and asking what’s been different. I’m glad professor John danahar has put this out there for us that struggle with certain aspects of our game. Thank you
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻I bought this to improve
I bought this to improve my guard passing (obviously), but what I was impressed with is being able to immediately apply these concepts and see results. Professor Danaher makes the content easily digestible and clear.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Very fine fundamental detail.. It’s
Very fine fundamental detail.. It’s like being able to have a true private lesson!
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻God danaher
very nice
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Wish I watched this at blue belt
I didn't understand how a knee cut, torreando, leg drag, over-under, and double-under pass worked until I watched this DVD. John Danaher explains guard passing in such detail that some may think he's rambling on and on. But personally, I find myself re-watching many sections and uncovering new insights each time.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻John Danaher. Watch. Listen.Learn.
Awesome set... just... WOW!!! Very well put together, obviously JD has many, many years of experience of teaching and efficiency. I recommend ALL of his instructional DVD’s from BJ Fanatics. This guard passing set is awesome! So much to take in, ponder, and incorporate! He manufactures champions... this man is jiu jitsu. Get it.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Move forward
I am a black belt in two standup arts, and have 40 years of training off and on. I love the arts. The last six years I've been training online and through my studio (which I just had to close due to covid) in jujitsu, from many different sites. Several years ago, after being locked in closed guard by younger practitioners, I studied the many sites on how to break out. But the first 20 minutes of this series gave me a new perspective, although I've seen on other sites, as to the importance that John Danaher places on his way, and how his way comes from what the top practitioners are using in competition. I have not completed the first volume, but because of this information, I've purchased all of Danaher I could afford. I believe the perspective is invaluable, and I will improve in dismantling much younger and stronger "friends." Bring it!
Response from BJJ FanaticsNice! 🤗Passing the Guard by John Danaher
This professor is so technical and precise that I always learn enough to defeat my opponents. I would gladly pay the full price for his videos!
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Passing the guard: BJJ Fundamentals go further faster
Always concise and loaded with info explained in detail.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Another mind expending product ,
Another mind expending product , every time I get an instructional from Mr Danaher , it feels like Neo, when he took the “red pill” from Morpheus and now I can see , what’s been there all alone. Thank you so much to everybody involved in creating such wonderful a caring work
Response from BJJ Fanaticshaha 🤗This video upgraded my BJJ to a much higher level.
I bought all of Danaher's BJJ videos. The first one, I bought about ten months ago, then I bought other ones about one per each month. Whenever I bought and watched each of his video, I found my BJJ improving rapidly to the level I couldn't imagine before. Finally, with this one, I feel that my BJJ knowledge finally reached a full circle. Before starting to watch his videos, my knowledge on BJJ was in a bits-and-pieces mode. As a purple belt, I know some on pinning, guarding, passing, finishing, etc, but even when I know something on them, I didn't have a full picture on the mechanism of BJJ. Then, while I was watching Danaher's videos on these aspects, that big picture started to form in my mind. Finally, with this video on guard passing, I finally feel I know why I should move this or that way. Now, even when I lose, I understand why I could not but lose. Danaher put me on a solid rock regarding BJJ. I am so happy to get to know with his videos. His videos are solid, thorough, and methodical, and extremely easy to understand. I recommend his videos with all my heart. Buy them, and they will change your BJJ beyond your imagination.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Must have
So glad I purchased this. So much to learn. Danaher DVDs are always quality. All you need.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗Amazing stuff
Instantly felt my passing game improve
Highly recommended
Highly recommended
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Guard passing excellence
John Danaher is a master teacher and this instructional is well worth the investment to improve your knowledge from a conceptual point of view that is not always taught well by other instructors.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Guard passing
I’m really enjoying the detailed descriptions of each pass, but most of all, understanding the concepts behind the passing has been most helpful in progressing my passing game! Thank you for all the great content!
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Outstanding
Absolutely incredible, outstanding, excellent. 100% you will improve by investing time into this DVD. Like all of John's DVDS this is extremely thorough and detailed. Like all of John's DVDS, it is rich with insight but at the same time so incredibly painful to watch - painful because, if you're like me, you start to see how little you actually understand about the topic. This DVD is no different. Absolutely brilliant. Dynamite. You won't be disappointed. His best yet.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻A magnificent piece of intelligence
I am a white belt for a long time just focusing on technique after technique but never saw the whole puzzle, especially with guard passing. John's explanation and concept based approach is brilliant and very very clear, he makes you really understand Bjj. After watching the program my thinking of guard passing will always be different and learning other guard passes will be so much easier with all the concepts in the back of my mind. I cannot wait to go for guard passes after the corona virus lock down is over. For now, unfortunately i have only one more hour left of watching my new man crush mister John Danaher himself teaching pure gold! Next one will be escapes or guard retention to get my fundamentals on point!
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗John Records Another Masterpiece
John Danaher has clearly established himself as the #1 grappling authority in the world. He is potentially the most important grappling philosopher of all time. Not only are his communications the most clear and detailed out there, he covers the whole range of issues underlying the grappling arts, from first principles, philosophical underpinnings, core concepts from all positions and situations, insights, tactics, mechanics, problems vs dilemmas, mental approach, analytical frameworks for decision making, relevant analogs, etc. No other grappling expert covers John's range. John is an expert in all grappling arts and focuses on the most effective set of techniques. He spends a considerable amount of time on these techniques and watching his videos are comparable to a Masters or PhD course on the relevant grappling topic. After absorbing one of John's series, one has effectively completed a course on the relevant subject and attained its essential body of knowledge from its best teacher. Even if one doe not aspire to be a proficient grappler, John's videos are the best resource for grappling analysts, enthusiasts, and parents who would like to help their children in their grappling development. HIs success as a coach, as evidenced by the results Gordon Ryan has attained in a relatively short period of time, as well as his contributions and innovations in the leg lock game are further testament to John's value. I have purchased his guard passing, back system, front headlock, and leg lock series. I would eventually like to see John create a series on grappling in the self defense context.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Actually I am not writing a review. I just want to express my humongous thank you.
After years of frustration in my learning of Jiujitsu in a disorderly manner, I could finally feel secure after purchasing and watching Danaher's instructional DVD's, especially his fundamental series. Because I got and viewed his DVD's on pins and escapes, guard retention, closed guard, half guard, open guard, I so earnestly waited for this DVD on Guard Passing. With this newcomer, I now feel like I have a full circle of knowledge from survival to attack. Already while watching through his previous videos, I have noticed that now I am more and more understanding the mechanisms of BJJ and becoming more rational with my moves. I am sure I will be more strategic, when I attempt to pass my opponents's guards. I give my great appreciations for this DVD to John Danaher. You're the greatest teacher any BJJ practitioners can ever imagine.
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