The Fastest Way: To Increase Your Submission Percentage (No Gi) by John Danaher

• John Danaher is a legendary coach and instructor who is responsible for cultivating some of the very best athletes in combat sports!
• Focus your game around high percentage techniques to take the back, secure dominant controls, and finish with the king of submissions the rear strangle!
• Discover finishing details to the rear strangle and its many variations that John has perfected over his legendary career!
• Develop a diverse armdrag system from open guard that forces opponents to expose their back for high-percentage back takes.
• Take the back from everywhere including from standing, half guard, open guard, closed guard, mount, side mount, and even from inferior positions!
• Turn the tables on opponents and go from inferior positions like the mount all the way to the back with John’s battle-tested concepts.
• Transform the classic elbow escape into an even more powerful technique you can use to shift the entire match in your favor with precise calculated back takes!

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What Will You Learn?

The Fastest Way series is designed to explore the unique mindset of John Danaher and his proven methods of rapidly improving students ability to be highly successful with the essentials of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. With the first installment John looks to focus on increasing your submission rate with an 8-part masterclass on next-level conceptual ideas, decisive back takes, crippling back controls, and masterful methods of finishing the rear strangle!

While John simplifies the process of gaining a higher submission rate, every overarching concept is broken down into granular detail. Giving you every invaluable insight from Danaher himself! This includes comprehensive systems of taking the back from open guard, closed guard, half guard, leg entanglements, inferior positions, and more! The series also explores countless ways to maintain dominant back positioning and set yourself up for the finish. John even includes several of the best complimentary submissions including the back kata gatame, rear triangle, and north/south strangle.

The series will improve your ability to secure the back more often and from a wider range of scenarios, maintain control of the position, and finish more opponents than ever! Whether you are just starting out or you are a long-time veteran of the sport, The Fastest Way To Increase Your Submission Percentage No-Gi will drastically improve your submission rate regardless of opponent’s size or athletic ability. Submit more opponents than ever with over 10 hours of content from Legendary Instructor John Danher!

So, What's On The Series?

PART 1

Introduction

Nothing Beats The Back

How To Increase Your Submission Rate: The 4 Key Factors

The 3 Gateways To The Back: Training Your Mind To See Opportunities

The Rear Strangle Hold Is The Most High Percentage Submission In Jiu Jitsu

Building A Program To Maximize Your Submission Progress In Minimum Time

Getting To The Back From Everywhere

Getting To The Back From Neutral Position

Front Headlock

Chin Strap Go Behind

Wrist Block Go Behind

Arm Drag Go Behind

Straight Knee Block Go Behind

Cross Knee Block Go Behind

Head Block Go Behind

Misdirection Go Behind

Going Behind When Your Opponent Changes To 4 Point Stance

Kosoto Go Behind

4 Point Misdirection

4 Point Breakdown

Clearing A Leg

 

PART 2

Open Guard

Rising Arm Drag

Rising Drag To Go Behind

Scooting Arm Drag

Far Side Arm Drag

Hiza Guruma Arm Drag

Weave Drags

Sumi Gaeshi Arm Drag

A Different Philosophy Of Finishing Arm Drags: The Post And Pull Method

Elevator Drag

Arm Drag On Standing Opponent

Elbow Post

Snapdowns

Heist And Snap

Snap And Catch To The Back

Front Headlock Sumi Gaeshi Go Behind

Sumi Gaeshi To Go Behind

Reverse De La Riva Inversions

 

PART 3

Taking The Back From Half Guard

Knee Lever Elbow Post

Duck Under

Limp Arm

Walk Around

The Pull Through

Far Side Hook

Deep Half Guard Back Take

Closed Guard Back Takes

Closed Guard Elbow Post

Double Underhooks Back Take

 

PART 4

Taking The Back From Dominant Position

Getting The Back From The Mount

Single Arm Chest Wrap To The Back

Mount Bolo

Side Mount To Rear Mount

Elbow Block Go Behind

Seated Entry To Rear Mount

Getting To The Back From Inferior Position

Elbow Escape To The Back

Elbow Escape To The Back Part 2

Kipping Escape To Take The Back

 

PART 5

Taking The Back From Side Control Bottom

Coming Up With A Tight Waist

Coming Up To Single Leg

Coming Up To Front Headlock From The Back

Chest Lock Sitout To The Back

Taking The Back From Leg Entanglements

Taking The Back From Ashi Garami

Taking The Back From Cross Ashi Garami (Turning Away)

Taking The Back From Cross Ashi Garami (Turning Towards)

Taking The Back From 50/50 Entanglements

Back Side 50/50 To The Back

The Side Bolo

 

PART 6

Maintaining The Back

Upper Body Control

Seatbelt

Reverse Seatbelt

Rear Body Lock

Tight Waist

Thigh Pry

Claw Grip

Lower Body Control

The Most Important Lower Body Controls

Integrating Upper Body And Lower Body Control

Seatbelt Sag

2 On 1 Leg Method

Breakdown Method

Far Side First Method

Near Side Hook First Seatbelt Second Method

Shoulder Pressure Method

 

PART 7

Two Crucial Principles Of Back Control

Diagonal Control

The Principle Of Knees And Elbows

Classic Back Retention Drill

Finishing Mechanics Of Rear Strangle

One Handed Strangle

Linear Mandible Strangle

Turning Mandible Strangle

Palm To Palm Strangle

Understanding The Problem That You're Trying To Solve

Winning The Hand Fight

Straight Jacket Method

Understanding The Straight Jacket System In Minimum Time

Strangling Without An Arm Trap

Top Hand Position Method

The Hidden Hand Method

The Gravity Drop

Strangle First Methods

 

PART 8

Building A System Of Strangles Beyond The Rear Strangle

Kata Gatame

Reverse Kata Gatame

Back Kata Gatame

Bottom Elbow Variation

Turn Away Bottom Elbow

Prone Variation

North South Strangle

Ushiro Sankaku  (Rear Triangle)