Gordon Ryan: “John Danaher Is One Of A Kind”
Aug 29, 2022BJJEE1 Admin
John Danaher is widely considered to be among the best (if not the best) contemporary Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu coaches. His former Danaher Death Squad (DDS) has introduced a revolution into the sport...
The Rise Of Modern Jiu-Jitsu Master John Danaher
Nov 16, 2021BJJEE
Guest post by Evolve MMA, Asia’s premier championship brand for martial arts. It has the most number of World Champions on the planet. Named as the #1 ranked martial arts organization in Asia by...
John Danaher & Gordon Ryan Announce Leaving Puerto Rico
Sep 10, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
John Danaher and Gordon Ryan recently took it to social media to announce their soon-to-be departure from Puerto Rico. In their posts, they communicate nothing but gratitude for their stay and the...
John Danaher’s Game Changing Advice On How To Improve in Jiu-Jitsu
Aug 21, 2021BJJEE
Carlson Gracie said: “If you want to be a lion, you have to train with lions” Many people understand that as meaning that all your training should be with people that can defeat you and...
Gordon Ryan Announces: John Danaher, Garry Tonon & Him Are Staying Together
Jul 29, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
It’s been a wild week for the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu community. Ever since John Danaher shared that on his social media that the Danaher Death Squad is breaking up due to personal differences of...
Master Ken Pays a Visit to Danaher & Co. in Puerto Rico
Jun 27, 2021BJJEE
The honorable Master Ken from ‘Enter the Dojo’ is currently in Puerto Rico to install his wisdom on the Danaher Death Squad. This is quite surprising as Master Ken has a long history of disbelief...
John Danaher On The Right Way To Drill Techniques in Jiu-Jitsu For Maximum Skill Acquisition
May 14, 2021BJJEE
If you’ve been practicing BJJ for awhile, you’ve probably heard/used the phrase: “Drillers are killers”. Indeed, drilling for BJJ has been found to be effective by many students, especially...
John Danaher Goes Deep Into The Value of Training with Lower Belts
May 13, 2021BJJEE
Carlson Gracie said: “If you want to be a lion, you have to train with lions” Many people understand that as meaning that all your training should be with people that can defeat you and that will...
Gordon Ryan, John Danaher and the DDS Big Plans in Puerto Rico
Dec 03, 2020BJJEE
It goes without saying that one of the hottest topics in the BJJ community recently has been the change of location that the top BJJ team from New York city has decided on. Of course we talking about...
John Danaher Wants You To Know This About His Leg Lock System
Nov 26, 2020BJJEE
Guest post by Evolve MMA, Asia’s premier championship brand for martial arts. It has the most number of World Champions on the planet. Named as the #1 ranked martial arts organization in Asia by...
John Danaher Debunks the Claim that ‘Leglocks Don’t Work in MMA’
Sep 14, 2020BJJEE
Leg locks in traditional Gi Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu academies still seem to get a bad rap. In other similar grappling arts like Sambo or Catch Wrestling, they occupy an important place. In recent years a...
John Danaher Tells The Story Of The Man Who Challenged Renzo Gracie at The Academy
Sep 08, 2020BJJEE
John Danaher has long been a practitioner of bjj and one of the most esteemed coaches out there. As it turns out he’s also a prolific story teller. In honor of Renzo Gracie he shared the story...
John Danaher Breaks Down His 4 Part System’s Based Approach To Jiu-Jitsu
Jun 07, 2020BJJEE
John Danaher is one of the most interesting contemporary jiu-jitsu figures. Over the years we got to know his philosophies and his system in some detail but he’s now opted to share the...
BJJEE Podcast #2- Travis Stevens on Why BJJ Students Don’t Progress as Much as they Could, Training Under Danaher & More
Jun 02, 2020BJJEE
In the second episode of the BJJEE Podcast, Travis Stevens – 2016 Olympic Silver Medalist in Judo and BJJ Black Belt under John Danaher (a feat he accomplished after just 18 months of training...
John Danaher Addresses Gordon Ryan Transformation: I’ve Always Believed Strength Is An Advantage
Apr 06, 2020BJJEE
Among the most interesting developments over the last year has been quite literally the growth of Gordon Ryan. Young Danaher Death Squad senior member has changed tremendously over the...
Rare Footage Of John Danaher Rolling Surfaces
Dec 24, 2019BJJEE
Footage of John Danaher rolling is very hard to come by. The amazing coach of the Danaher Death Squad started training BJJ in the mid 90’s and was one of Renzo Gracie’s first American...
John Danaher On Why You Shouldn’t Care About Your BJJ Belt Progression
Dec 15, 2019BJJEE
John Danaher is universally known one of the best instructors in Jiu-Jitsu. The New Zealand born, BJJ black belt under Renzo Gracie has been praised by the BJJ community as being a master and brain...
John Danaher On How He developed His Leg Lock System
Dec 04, 2019BJJEE
Footlocks in Jiu-Jitsu seem (still) to get a bad rap. In other similar grappling arts like Sambo or Catch Wrestling, they occupy an important place. In recent years a new school of Jiu-Jitsu players...
John Danaher Troubleshoots Armbars
Mar 22, 2019BJJEE
John Danaher’s mind is one of the most interesting places to gaze into s revealed with each video released. His last video offers plenty of insight into the juji gatame aka armbar. The esteemed...
John Danaher Wears Rash Guards Everywhere He Goes. His Reasons Will Surprise You!
Mar 17, 2019grappler z
John Danaher is an innovator and one of the most underrated coaches in the world of MMA and Brazillian Jiu-Jitsu. His Genius mind is partly responsible for the creation and huge success of his team,...
John Danaher Shows Effective Entries Into Rear Triangle Back Position
Jan 17, 2019BJJEE
The New Zealand born black belt has been praised by the BJJ community as being a master and brain of the art. Danaher is a highly intelligent individual, who has a Master degree in philosophy from...
John Danaher To Release Instructional Series with BJJ Fanatics
Apr 12, 2018BJJEE
John Danaher is a man of many talents, certainly the biggest coaching world class grappling (Garry Tonon, Gordon Ryan, Eddie Cummings, Travis Stevens etc..) and mma talent (Georges St-Pierre, Chris...
John Danaher Would’ve Been Disappointed If Tonon Submitted His First Opponent in MMA
Apr 08, 2018BJJEE
John Danaher is a man of many talents, certainly the biggest coaching world class grappling and mma talent. The Georges St Pierre grappling coach has his own Death squad – a group...
John Danaher Talks Leg lock mastery and the Percentage Principle
Apr 04, 2018BJJEE
John Danaher has revealed some of his key concepts over the time he’s been active on social media. The Renzo Gracie Academy guru has himself quite a system. In addition to key...
