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

Develop the ability to create pressure from open guard and attack with modern strategy and technique from Professor John Danaher!

• Professor Danaher breaks down the main elements of his student’s guard success, including insights around leg locking that set their style apart from the rest of the field
• Learn the secret to a dynamic open guard as Professor Danaher explains his dynamic energy theory
• Use the knowledge/denial model of guard retention to hold your open guard under attack and start launching your own offense
• Enter the legs and begin finding consistent pathways to victory by focusing on lower body no-gi techniques
• John Danaher is the Brazilian Jiu Jitsu coach of champion athletes like Gordon Ryan, Garry Tonon, Craig Jones, and Georges St. Pierre

What Will You Learn?

Professor John Danaher is BACK with BJJ Fanatics to explain one of modern grappling’s biggest mysteries: How his team of athletes is able to come to the center of the mat, sit down, and continue to create dangerous offensive pressure from a guard position. You can now learn the wisdom and effectiveness of this new wave style of open guard from the most successful & sought-after grappling coach in the game today.

This 8-volume series is packed with open guard insights, strategy, and systems that athletes of all levels can use for rapid no-gi grappling skill development. Learn concepts like the dynamic energy theory that can help you focus your attacks as John breaks down what’s most important for any athlete who wants a complete guard game.

Get the knowledge necessary to hold and retain your guard against offensive pressure and still secure dangerous holds and positions of your own with Professor Danaher’s knowledge/denial method. Once you are able to hold guard, use it to start securing the legs as Professor Danaher explains why this is actually the most reliable target for open guard players.

Professor Danaher has built of team of some of the best grapplers on Earth, including champions like Gordon Ryan, Garry Tonon, Crag Jones, and more, and now you can hear the open guard methods that are central to their style and a highly regarded part of all his athletes’ games.

So, What Exactly Do You Get?

PART 1
INTRODUCTION
UNDERSTANDING NEW WAVE GUARD PLAY: 3 KEY INSIGHTS
CONNECTION & GRIP
THE FIRST ACTION FROM GUARD IS GRIP
FOUR LIMBED GRIPPING
INSIDE & OUTSIDE POSITION/CONTROL
2 ON 1 GRIPPING
THE THEORY OF HANDLES
GRIPPING TEMPO
GRIPPING WITH DIRECTION
PART 2
THE SECRET TO SUCCESSFUL GUARD PLAY: DYNAMIC ENERGY THEORY
THE LAW OF SHOULDERS & HIPS (PUSH PULL DYNAMIC KNEES)
THE LAW OF HEEL & TOES (PUSH PULL DYNAMIC STANDING)
THE LAW OF HEAD UNDER/HEAD OVER (UNDER OVER DYNAMIC)
THE FIRST SKILL OF GUARD PLAY: RETENTION
THE KNOWLEDGE/DENIAL MODEL OF GUARD RETENTION
THE SIX ELEMENTS OF GUARD PASSING
DISTANCE
GRIP
ANGLE
LEVEL
PENETRATION
PIN
PART 3
3 CRITICAL ELEMENTS OF GUARD RETENTION
THE THEORY OF DEMARCATION
ESSENTIAL BODY MOVEMENTS FOR GUARD RETENTION
FOOT PUMMELING
CROSSOVERS
HIGH LEG
THE INVERTED SPIN
THE SCISSOR AND SIT
THE PENDULUM
SCISSOR AND ROLL
SHRIMPING
REVERSE SHRIMPING
SCOOTING
FRAMING
FRAMING HIGH FRAMING LOW
FRAMING & THE LAW OF FEET & HIPS
PART 4
APPLICATIONS
MOBILITY BASED PASSES
PRESSURE BASED PASSES: STACK PASSING, BODY LOCK PASSING & KNEE CUT PASSING
GOING BEYOND THE KNOWLEDGE/DENIAL: MODEL OF GUARD RETENTION
THE GOLDEN RULE OF COUNTER OFFENSE FROM GUARD RETENTION
PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER
PART 5
THE SECOND SKILL OF GUARD PLAY: CONSTANT THREAT THEORY
BEHAVIOR IS DETERMINED BY BELIEF
THE ONE TARGET THAT YOUR OPPONENT CAN NEVER HIDE FROM YOU
DIRECT ATTACKS ON THE LEGS FROM GUARD POSITION
2 ON 1 ANKLE ENTRIES
PARTIAL INVERSIONS FROM DISTANCE
SHIN TO SHIN ENTRY
PART 6
SINGLE LEG ENTRY
DOUBLE LEG ENTRY
REVERSE DOUBLE LEG ENTRY
IRIMI ASHI CROSS CATCH
CROSS CATCH TO HIP PIN
PART 7
X-GUARD TRIPLE ATTACK
X-GUARD MOMENTUM ENTRY
LEG ENTRIES FROM REVERSE DE LA RIVA
LEG ENTRIES FROM REVERSE DE LA RIVA PART 2
LEG ENTRIES FROM REVERSE DE LA RIVA PART 3
LEG ENTRIES FROM REVERSE DE LA RIVA PART 4
LEG ENTRIES VS SPLIT SQUAT (HEADQUARTERS)
LEG ENTRIES VS SPLIT SQUAT (HEADQUARTERS) PART 2
LEG ENTRIES VS SPLIT SQUAT (HEADQUARTERS) PART 3
PART 8
DE LA RIVA ENTRIES
DE LA RIVA ENTRIES PART 2
CLOSED GUARD ENTRIES
CLOSED GUARD ENTRIES PART 2
PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER

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