Don’t let a lack of youth, speed, or flexibility hold you back on the mats as Professor John Danaher shows you how to funnel your bottom game into these reliable positions with this eight volume series on how to perform ageless jiu-jitsu. With a focus on half guard situations that confer advantages that John lays out, you’ll get an entire arsenal of systematic offense that will stay attainable and effective as you age.

 

Professor John Danaher is one of the most popular and recognizable coaches in modern grappling, with students who have achieved at the highest levels of the sport using his innovative, groundbreaking systems. These lessons are his reflections on what holds you back as you age, what you gain, and how you can be successful with this in mind.

 

With a focus on funneling the game to your strengths as an aging grappler, see how you can employ some of the strongest half guard offense there is with minor modifications. Fight from bottom using a tight waist series, deep half guard, knee levers, and even submission offense that can help you finish the fight. Slow down the opposition and set up really effective technique with John’s careful coaching on systematically breaking down resistance towards your grappling goal.

 

Get a hold of this series and see all the most effective ways for you to win off your back, even without being the most athletic person in the room - even if you’re the least! That is the power of grappling done well, and with this series on ageless concepts you can improve your bottom game fast.

 

 

IN THIS COURSE

 

 

PART 1

 

BUILDING A THEORY OF HOW OLDER AND ATHLETICALLY COMPROMISED PLAYERS CAN BEAT YOUNGER FITTER &MORE MOBILE OPPONENTS

 

• WHAT DO YOU LOSE AS YOU AGE?

 

• WHAT DO YOU KEEP WHEN YOU AGE?

 

• WHAT DO OLDER ATHLETES GAIN?

 

• THE SINGLE BIGGEST MESSAGE OF THIS VIDEO

 

• THE THEORY OF FUNNELING

 

• THE PARAMETERS OF THIS VIDEO

 

PART 2

 

THE FIRST SKILL FOR OLDER &ATHLETICALLY COMPROMISED ATHLETES: SURVIVAL IN BAD POSITIONS

 

• THE INCREDIBLE VALUE OF SURVIVAL SKILLS FOR THE OLDER OR PHYSICALLY COMPROMISED ATHLETE

 

• MOUNT SURVIVAL

 

• SURVIVING REAR MOUNT

 

• SIDE CONTROL SURVIVAL

 

• KNEE ON BELLY SURVIVAL

 

• SURVIVING TURTLE POSITION

 

PART 3

 

BUILDING AN OFFENSIVE GAME FOR OLDER &ATHLETICALLY COMPROMISED ATHLETES FROM BOTTOM POSITION: HALF

 

• GUARD BOTTOM GAME

 

ESCAPING TO HALF GUARD BOTTOM FROM PINS

 

• GETTING TO HALF GUARD FROM BOTTOM MOUNT: THE ELBOW ESCAPE

 

• GETTING TO HALF GUARD FROM BOTTOM MOUNT: THE ELBOW ESCAPE PART 2

 

• GETTING TO HALF GUARD FROM BOTTOM MOUNT: THE ELBOW ESCAPE PART 3

 

• SIDE ELBOW ESCAPE TO HALF GUARD

 

• SITTING ESCAPE

 

• THE ANKLE CATCH

 

• DYNAMIC SIDE ELBOW ESCAPE

 

• ELBOW ESCAPE FROM KNEE ON BELLY

 

• SLIDING ELBOW ESCAPE

 

• 2 ON 1 ESCAPE

 

• GETTING TO HALF GUARD FROM TURTLE

 

• ESCAPING FRONT HEAD LOCK TO HALF GUARD

 

PART 4

 

GETTING TO HALF GUARD FROM NEUTRAL POSITIONS

 

• BUTTERFLY GUARD TO HALF GUARD

 

• CLOSED GUARD

 

• PULLING HALF GUARD ON A STANDING OPPONENT

 

• SINGLE LEG VARIATION

 

• SECOND VARIATION

 

• A PRACTICAL &SIMPLE WAY TO GET TO HALF GUARD ON A STANDING OPPONENT: KNOCK THEM DOWN

 

PART 5

 

FIRST STEP IN HALF GUARD BOTTOM WINNING THE BATTLE FOR DISTANCE AND CONNCETION: THE KNEE SHIELD

 

• TIGHT WAIST SERIES

 

• SETTING THE TIGHT WAIST

 

• FIRST SWEEP FROM HALF GUARD BOTTOM THE ROLL THROUGH SWEEP

 

• TIGHT WAIST DUCK UNDER

 

• ANKLE PICK SWEEP

 

• KNEE PICK

 

• LIMP ARM TO THE BACK

 

• KOSOTO TAKEDOWN

 

• COW CATCHER

 

• HEAD INSIDE DOUBLE LEG

 

• SINGLE LEG TAKEDOWN

 

• ZENGA PART 1

 

PART 6

 

2 ON 1 SERIES FROM BOTTOM HALF

 

• KNEE LEVER

 

• ARM DRAG

 

• 1 ON 1 SCOOP SWEEP

 

DEEP HALF SERIES

 

• SPLITTING THE LEGS

 

• OVER UNDER SWEEP

 

OVERHOOK SERIES

 

 

• KNEE LEVER FROM OVERHOOK

 

• WINDMILL

 

• ELBOW ESCAPE

 

• KNEE SHIELD ELBOW ESCAPE

 

PART 7

 

BOTTOM SUBMISSION GAME

 

KIMURA SERIES

 

• CLASSIC KIMURA SWEEP

 

• KIMURA WHIP

 

• KIMURA WHIP PART 2

 

SPECIAL STUDY: UDE GATAME

 

• UDE GATAME FOR OLDER AND LESS ATHLETIC PEOPLE

 

• MY APPROACH TO UDE GATAME

 

• SETTING UP UDE GATAME FROM BOTTOM POSITION

 

PART 8

 

SPECIAL STUDY: HIZA GATAME

 

• MECHANICS OF HIZA GATAME

 

• A SPECIAL TRICK TO MAKE YOUR HIZA GATAME BETTER

 

• A SPECIAL VARIATION OF HIZA GATAME: BREAKING WITH OUTSIDE LEG

 

SPECIAL STUDY: ARM IN GUILLOTINE/SEATED KATA GATAME/ANACONDA

 

• SEATED KATA GATAME

 

• LOW ELBOW GUILLOTINE

 

• ARM IN GUILLOTINE

 

• ANACONDA STRANGLE

 

• KATA GATAME SCORPION

 

 

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