Just a day before Who’s Number One on February 26, John Danaher offered his thoughts on the two matches involving his students Gordon Ryan and Craig Jones. Jones is set to take on Team Atos representative Ronaldo Junior, while Ryan will face Roberto Jimenez in the co-main event. In typical
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John Danaher and his Danaher Death Squad of grapplers seem to define the cutting edge of Brazilian jiu-jitsu technique and strategy. In a new video released by Bernardo Faria, Danaher details the philosophy of positional escapes that has set his team apart. Danaher distinguishes his “new wave” philosophy of positional
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Craig Jones isn’t keeping the secrets to success a secret. In a recent podcast interview, the Danaher Death Squad member gave a detailed explanation of the training process behind the famed competition team. Jones was a guest on the Be Effective Podcast. Over the course of the hour-long conversation, he
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Last week we saw bodybuilder, fitness model, and jiu-jitsu competitor Nathalia Santoro get promoted to purple belt in BJJ after years of training under John Danaher. Alongside her purple belt, Nathalia was also awarded her first Danaher knife for her achievements – a statement Danaher Death Squad gift. She has
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Yes, 2020 was a harrowing year in many respects. Especially for small business owners and jiu-jitsu schools particularly. Depending on what area you reside, it may still be impossible to train in a normal way at your home academy. So, I decided to give you some insight into the training
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In the middle of November, Gordon Ryan revealed on his Instagram page that he moved to Puerto Rico, due to his “disdain” for New Jersey and New York. Soon after, Nicky Ryan and Craig Jones also confirmed they were moving there as well. A week later John Danaher announced on
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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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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
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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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