Open Guard: BJJ Fundamentals - Go Further Faster by John Danaher

John Danaher's Simple Principles Make The Most Complicated Position In Jiu-Jitsu Devastating For Your Opponents

Master the Open Guard with perhaps the best coach in all of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, the legendary John Danaher.
Professor Danaher expertly shows the single biggest determinant of success, the gripping secrets to maximum leverage, and then explores the fundamentals of kuzushi and how this ancient concept is his focus in all attacks.
As one of the world’s most sought after grappling coaches, Professor Danaher explains the fundamental techniques and concepts that make open guard so important.
Systematically approach the Open Guard with these special insights and studies from Professor John Danaher.

Master the open guard with perhaps the best coach in all of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, the legendary John Danaher, as he explains all of the fundamental open guard principles and techniques that will help you go further, faster in the open guard. Create one unified system by breaking down all of the important concepts and phases of open guard with Professor Danaher, as he helps you maximize your potential. With 8-volumes full of John’s careful and precise systems, you can learn how to sweep and submit from guard in the most effective and technical ways.

John Danaher is widely regarded as one of the world’s foremost experts in grappling, and his goal in our Go Further, Faster is to explain the underlying fundamentals and concepts that govern Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. John is the notorious coach behind some of the sports most successful grapplers and fighters, including Gordon Ryan, Garry Tonon, Nicky Ryan, Craig Jones and Georges St. Pierre. From the blue basement at Renzo Gracie Academy in New York City, John has produced a squad of dangerous submission hunters who demonstrate a mastery of the fundamentals in the positions they fight from.

Those that have learned from Professor Danaher will know the value isn’t just in the moves, but how he organizes and explains the position. Professor Danaher expertly shows the single biggest determinant of success, the gripping secrets to maximum leverage, and then explores the fundamentals of kuzushi and how this ancient concept is his focus in all attacks. Learn the six critical principles that Professor Danaher considers necessary, including double direction, action/reaction, and the double trouble principle his athletes are so effective with.

With these concepts in place, explore the sweeps that John’s students use and that he considers so important from open guard. Attack opponents with a deeper and more effective understanding of the sumi gaeshi, tomoe nage, hiza garuma, and the powerful open guard variation he considers the single most important above all others. By understanding these fundamentals, you will have the power to fight in tons of positions with precise sweeps.

You can learn from Professor John Danaher as he explains all of the phases and situations you will face in open guard, and how you can take advantage with the most effective sweeps and submissions. Study the foundational sweeps that John’s athletes excel in, including the sumi gaeshi and tomoe nage sweeps that help make this open guard so reliable. Professor Danaher includes special studies of all of his favorite methods of attack, including the double kouchi gari that Gordon Ryan specializes in, broken down to its most critical movements.

Fight from some of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu’s most common positions with these new understandings, as Professor Danaher reveals his systems for the De La Riva guard, X guard, double guard pull, and much, much more. Open guard, like any position, has fundamental problems and with John’s solutions you can begin dominating position after position with technique and strategy. Solve these central problems and more, including the very important complexity problem that John identifies and details for you.

Systematically approach the open guard with these special insights and studies from Professor John Danaher. As one of the world’s most sought after grappling coaches, Professor Danaher explains the fundamental techniques and concepts that make open guard so important. With this 8-volume masterclass, you can begin to understand and use complex solutions to some of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu’s most difficult problems.

Introduction to open guard
Theory
What is the value of the open guard position?
A contradiction in Jiu-Jitsu and the fundamental problem of guard position
Finding advantage within a neutral position
The four main scenarios when working from guard position
How to grip the Gi for maximum results
The single biggest determinant of success from open guard: Kuzushi
The single biggest determinant of success from open guard: Kuzushi Part 2
Overcoming the complexity problem: The 6 principles of sweeps from open guard
Feet off the floor principle
Double direction
Arm trap
Action reaction
Wrestling reversal
Double trouble

Overcoming the offense/defense problem: Balancing guard retention with guard offense
Two crucial skill sets for open guard development
The double seated position
Two crucial skill sets for open guard development
First contact and entry into open guard

Practical Applications
Attacking an opponent on two knees
Special Study: The hook sweep/sumi gaeshi
Hook sweep/sumi gaeshi
Directionality of force
Principle of ken ken
Changing direction sumi gaeshi
Hook sweep/sumi gaeshi practical application
The role of your two legs in hook sweeps
Hook sweep/sumi gaeshi angles of attack
Look where you want them to land
Multiple grips for hook sweep/sumi gaeshi
Hook sweep/sumi gaeshi grip and go
Dealing with a posted hand
Double direction sasae

Sumi gaeshi and chest contact
Hook sweep from a supine position
Hook sweep from a supine position part 2
Leg frames from butterfly guard
Arm trap sumi gaeshi/hook sweep series
Hook sweep sumi gaeshi with arm trap
Hook sweep sumi gaeshi combined with sasae
Supine arm traps
Yoko sumi gaeshi
Side to side arm trap sumi gaeshi
Arm drag/arm trap hook sweep
Sumi gaeshi on a standing opponent
Spider sumi gaeshi
Hiza guruma
Hiza guruma from underhooks
Spider guard on a kneeling opponent

Attacking an opponent on one knee
An opponent on one knee/knee drop position
Hiza guruma when opponent is on one knee
Ankle pick (Kibisu gaeshi)
Shoe lace to shoe lace
Kneeling opponent transition to Ashi Garami
Attacking a standing opponent
Special Study: Tomoe Nage
Getting feet off the mat with Tomoe Nage
Tomoe nage sweep De la riva variation
Tomoe nage sweep De la riva variation (Part 2)
Tomoe nage sweep De la riva variation (Part 3)
Sumi Tomoe Nage
Sumi tomoe nage Part 2
Lapel and spider Tomoe Nage
Double Footed Tomoe Nage
Lasso Tomoe Nage
Yoko Tomoe nage as a sweep

Special Study: the cross collar cuff and bicep guard
The single greatest open guard of them all: cross collar cuff and bicep
Attacking from cross collar cuff and bicep
Triangle
Armbar Juji Gatame
Omoplata
Tripod Sweep
Ankle Pick/ Kibisu Gaeshi
Uke Waza/ Lapel Drag
Tomoe Nage
Special Study: Inside Control vs Outside Control
De La Riva Guard
De La Riva Guard Part 2
De La Riva Guard Part 3
De La Riva Guard Part 4
Transition from outside control to inside control: Ashi Garami
Transition from outside control to inside control: Ashi Garami Part 2
Transition from outside control to inside control: Ashi Garami Part 3
Transition from outside control to inside control: Ashi Garami Part 4

Ashi Garami
Ashi Garami standard sweep
Double Leg Ashi Garami
Relationship between Ashi Garami & X-Guard
X Guard scoop Sweep
X Guard scoop Sweep Part 2
X Guard Near Cuff Sweep
X Guard Far Cuff Sweep
Double Leg X Guard Sweep
X Guard Tomoe Nage
X Guard Back to Ashi Garami

Special Study: Double Kouchi Gari
Double Kouchi Gari Part 1
Double Kouchi Gari Part 2
Double Kouchi Gari Part 3
Double Kouchi Gari Part 4
Double Kouchi Gari Part 5
Double Kouchi Gari Part 6
Attacking an opponent in split squat (Headquarters)
Negating the split squat (Headquarters position)
Negating the split squat (Headquarters position) Part 2
Negating the split squat (Headquarters position) Part 3
Negating the split squat (Headquarters position) Part 4
Putting it all together

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