New Wave Jiu Jitsu: Closed Guard - Building a Complete Closed Guard System by John Danaher

Professor John Danaher is one of the most popular and recognizable coaches in modern grappling, with students who have achieved at the highest levels of the sport using his innovative, groundbreaking systems. These are some of the same lessons that Professor Danaher has given students like Gordon Ryan, UFC Hall of Famer Georges St. Pierre, and Garry Tonon, now made available to students of all levels.

• INTRODUCTION
• ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF CLOSED GUARD
• THE BIGGEST THEME OF THIS VIDEO: THE BATTLE OF CLOSED GUARD IS ALWAYS A BATTLE FOR POSTURE
• HOW TO WIN THE BATTLE FOR POSTURE & 4 INFALLIBLE SIGNS THAT YOU ARE WINNING

• MECHANICS OF THE SIDE SCISSOR

• ELBOW POST METHOD
• ARM DRAG METHOD
• THE UNDERHOOK METHOD
• THE MISDIRECTIONAL METHOD

• THE BATTLE FOR ELBOW, HEIGHT & ANGLE
• THE SIDE SCISSOR TRILEMMA

• TAKING THE BACK
• THE WRIST SWEEP
• THE ELBOW SWEEP
• ELBOW SWEEP: PART 2
• ARMBAR: JUJI GATAME
• THE REAR TRIANGLE (USHIRO SANKAKU)

• THE FLOWER SWEEP
• THE PENDULUM SWEEP
• LAT ARMBAR (LAT JUJI GATAME)
• UDE GATAME
• SHOULDER CRUNCH SUMI GAESHI

• THE CLAMP
• TRIANGLE
• INVERTED ARM BAR JUJI GATAME
• TRIMURA
• OMOPLATA ROLL OVER
• WHEN THE CLAMP FAILS: LAT & WRIST TRIANGLE
• SIDE CLAMP VS VERTICAL CLAMP
• DEEPENING YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE SIDE SCISSOR

• ELBOW POST METHOD
• WRIST CONTROL METHOD
• FLOWER METHOD
• COLLAR & SCOOP METHOD
• THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT MOVE FROM DOUBLE UNDERHOOKS: THE SLIDE BY
• TROUBLESHOOTING THE SLIDE BY

• HIZA GURUMA
• SUMI GAESHI
• BEAR HUG SWEEP
• WHEN THE BEAR HUG FAILS
• CONVERT TO HALF GUARD
• DOUBLE OVERHOOKS TO SUMI GAESHI

• GETTING TO THE HIGH CROSS
• HIGH CROSS JUJI GATAME ARMBAR
• HIGH CROSS TO TRIANGLE (HANTAI SANKAKU)
• HIGH CROSS TO TRIMURA
• HIGH CROSS OMOPLATA TO HEEL HOOK
• HIGH CROSS: PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER

• GETTING TO THE SIDE SIT UP
• MY FAVORITE ENTRY TO THE SIDE SIT UP
• THE MOST IMPORTANT MOVE FROM THE SIDE SIT UP: THE HIP SWEEP
• TWO DIRECTIONS OF FORCE FOR THE HIP SWEEP
• TRAPPING YOUR OPPONENTS ARM
• WORKING FROM A FAILED HIP SWEEP
• HIP SWEEPING FROM THE ELBOW
• THE HIP SWEEP: PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHERGETTING TO THE SIDE SIT UP
• MY FAVORITE ENTRY TO THE SIDE SIT UP
• TWO ARM POSITIONS FOR THE SIDE SIT UP
• THE MOST IMPORTANT MOVE FROM THE SIDE SIT UP: THE HIP SWEEP
• TWO DIRECTIONS OF FORCE FOR THE HIP SWEEP
• TRAPPING YOUR OPPONENTS ARM
• WORKING FROM A FAILED HIP SWEEP
• HIP SWEEPING FROM THE ELBOW
• THE HIP SWEEP: PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER

• MECHANICS OF THE SCOOP HANDSTAND SWEEP

• HIP SWEEP
• SCOOP SWEEP TO TRIANGLE
• SCOOP SWEEP TO ARM BAR (JUJI GATAME)

• SIDE SCISSOR
• HIGH CROSS

• THE TOP LOCK ARM BAR JUJI GATAME
• OVERTIE TOP LOCK
• TOP LOCK ON A STANDING OPPONENT
• DEALING WITH OPPONENTS PULLING OUT OF TOP LOCK
• FIGURE 4 TOP LOCK

• COLLAR AND WRIST DILEMMA
• TRANSITION FROM TRAP TRIANGLE TO FIGURE 4 TRIANGLE
• TRAP TRIANGLE FOR SHORT LEGGED ATHLETES

• KNEELING OPPONENT
• STANDING OPPONENT

• THE GOLDEN RULE OF THE BATTLE FOR POSTURE

• GO FIRST
• STOPPING LEG LOCKS WITH INSIDE POSITION
• STOPPING GUARD PASSES WITH ENTANGLEMENTS
• YOUR MINIMUM GOAL WHEN YOUR OPPONENT OPENS YOUR GUARD

• SPIN AROUND LEGS INTO HEEL HOOKS
• TRANSITION TO X-GUARD AND HEEL HOOK
• TRANSITION TO ASHI GARAMI & HEEL HOOK
• SWEEPS: THE MAGIC FORMULA FOR STRONG KNOCKDOWNS FROM GUARD POSITION

• STEP 1: BREAK OPPONENTS POSTURE
• STEP 2: WORK TOWARDS A DOMINANT POSITION
• STEP 3: IF THE POSTURAL GAME FAILS ATTACK THE LEGS
• ALTERNATIVE STRATEGY FOR SHORTER ATHLETES: THE TWO STAGE STRATEGY

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