Danaher Death Squad Teammates Nicky Ryan and Ethan Crelinsten have been awarded their black belt from coach and 5th degree black belt John Danaher. Nicky Ryan is the younger brother of world champion No Gi grappler Gordon Ryan, and at just 19 years old has accomplished so much on the
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We’re only less than two weeks away from Gordon Ryan’s next big superfight as he takes on Kyle Boehm at FloGrappling’s Who’s Number One? event on July 5th, but it looks as though the most successful American No Gi grappler in history and self-proclaimed No Gi GOAT is not content
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John Danaher has once again shared with the world some nuggest of wisdom in his typically eloquent style, this time talking about how you should be training with your smaller training partners. Danaher actually does have some good first-hand insight into the topic, as he is not particularly big himself
Read moreJohn Danaher has opened up about why he has never competed in Jiu-Jitsu despite being well known as one of the best coaches and teachers of his generation, and being one of the people responsible for the leglock revolution that Jiu-Jitsu has seen over the past few years alongside people
Read moreTwo of the brightest stars in teenage BJJ right now, Nicky Ryan and Kade Ruotolo, met each other in the Quarter-Finals of the ADCC North American Trials last year and proved that the future of BJJ is in safe hands right now. Nicky Ryan has shot to the forefront of
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Tom DeBlass has officially signed a deal with a publisher, DartFrog Blue, in order to produce an autobiography that is set to be released for the fall of 2020. The timing of the release is set very deliberately, as it is due to line up with Tom DeBlass’ return to
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Garry Tonon announced that he has unfortunately been forced to move his gym, Brunswick BJJ, to a new location as the building’s leaseholder has gone bankrupt. While this definitely isn’t good news for Tonon, things could definitely be a whole lot worse. Brazilian coaches and fighters gathered together to protest
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Gordon Ryan has just announced that he hopes to eventually open up a new BJJ gym in North Jersey, even suggesting some locations like Fairfield, Montclair, or the Caldwell area. This started from Ryan wanting to teach BJJ to law enforcement in his local area and after buying a brand
Read moreThe above video was taken by Gordon Ryan and comes courtesy of his official Instagram page, in it he explains the source of his recent beef with Keenan Cornelius. The public feud between the pair was a little surprising to begin with, given that they’ve faced each other twice in
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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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