Bernardo Faria is a four-time IBJJF World Champion and has won numerous other IBJJF tournaments at both Heavyweight, Super-Heavyweight and in the Absolute division. He’s also the proud co-owner of the world’s most popular BJJ Instructional site, BJJ Fanatics, and he often shares his insights into the world of BJJ
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John Danaher started out by posting a congratulatory message directed at Craig Jones for his brutal victory over Vinny Magalhaes at Submission Underground 3, where he Magalhaes refused to tap to a heel hook, but ended up discussing the possibility of the Austalian phenom getting a rematch with Gordon Ryan
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Renzo Gracie and John Danaher have now followed the example set the other day by Bernardo Faria, in giving away free instructionals to the BJJ community in order to help those who find their gyms closed as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic. The first was Danaher, who revealed that
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John Danaher, and I’m sure many others, have noticed a fundamental area of BJJ is being neglected by an increasing number of fans of the modern leglock revolution, guard passing. A lot of this is down to the thought process that being good at the leglock meta replaces the need
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John Danaher Brown Belt and Danaher Death Squad member, Robert Degle, has announced that he will be moving to Singapore to become the head instructor for No-Gi BJJ at Evolve MMA. This might not come as too much of a surprise as both Danaher and several members of DDS have
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We have been speculating for over a year about Conor McGregor’s return to the octagon, and it may end up happening with Frankie Edgar. Tonight we saw a tweet exchange between the two that signals both are ready to take each other on, and McGregor vs. Edgar a potential for
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Keenan Cornelius continued his bid to be considered the best competition grappler in the world Saturday by winning gold in the absolute division of the IBJJF Nogi Pan Ams.
In an Instagram post, Keenan thanked in particular John Danaher and Gordon Ryan, whom he has been spending more time training with since he left Team Atos earlier this year.
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John Danaher speaks out about professionalism in a crisis in a recent Instagram post. In it, he explains that “there is always a chance in competition that something completely unexpected and detrimental can happen to you mid-match”. He goes on to explain exactly what happened when Gordon Ryan returned to
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We dive into the case of Ben Askren, and it is both an inspiration and a cautionary tale for athletes. During his competition days, Ben Askren was a passionate wrestler. Known as “Funky” for his unique approach to wrestling, he became an NCAA Division I National Champion and a four-time
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On Saturday night, UFC held a legendary card with Nate Diaz (22-13-0) and Tony Ferguson (26-8-0) headlining, and after getting the win, Diaz stated he would be leaving the UFC (but maybe not forever). After four rounds of back and forth from the two UFC veterans, Diaz showed some strong
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