Significantly, he is the head instructor for the Renzo Gracie elite competition team. Ryan first made a name for himself by winning adult tournaments when he was just 13 years old. 13 sixthirty630 5 yr. ago Jon is a bantam and Eddie was doing feather. Many of Danahers fighters see great success in competition because of his teachings. Still, some really hit the spot, and this latest Go Further Faster volume covering Half Guard Passing and Dynamic Pins is exactly one such DVD. These surgeries caused deformed and shortened ligaments, which limited Danahers ability to retract and extend his knee. In doing so, youll develop confidence, and confidence is what enables you to perform under pressure. Philosophy is about being precise, so it makes sense that the world's best coach has a philosophical background. [he-she is almost in Feet Inches- 5.7". Last Active: May 20, 2020 Threads: 2 Posts: 2 Reputation: 0 #1. During this time, Danaher was a bouncer at a nightclub and weighed around 250 pounds. The damaged hip ultimately required a replacement surgery, which Danaher underwent in 2015. Top 10 Boxing Gloves for Kids: The Best on the Market and How to Choose Them, Getting Back into Boxing After a Long Break Simple Guide, Best Wrestling Shoes According To Actual Champions (Buyers Guide in 2023). He's close in age to Renzo. In late 2020, Danaher announced that he would be leaving his teaching position at Renzo Gracie's New York Academy and would be moving to Puerto Rico to establish a new gym with some of his top students at the time. Not how well he would have done had he competed. This site is a go-to resource for MMA, Boxing, Muay Thai, and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu enthusiasts. John Danaher is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu and mixed martial arts instructor and coach. John Danaher Since 2004, John T. Danaher served as a top executive of TransUnion Interactive, TransUnion's unit that sold products and services directly to consumers and contributes roughly 18% of TransUnion's overall revenue. As he focused his time on developing his teaching style, he became one of the worlds best instructors. Thus any body type can win a world championship, but only one way of maintaining it will maximize your chances of doing so.. It is your duty to find what that is for you and to maintain yourself close to that ideal (getting closer if competition is near). Then, during competition, his students will force their opponents into that niche position; an isolated domain where they have more knowledge and skill than their opponent. Danaher observed that his bouncer colleagues utilized grappling techniques to handle fights. Wish someone had pics of a younger Danaher. [12] These competitors reached great success in submission-grappling and jiu-jitsu, while their outspoken personalities helped them amass a strong legion of fans arguably the biggest following ever experienced in the sport who labeled Johns workgroup as the Danaher Death Squad due to their efficacy when looking for submissions on the competitive arena. My students literally give me everything. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. FlowChart - Leglocks - Enter the System by John Danaher. Hes been training full-time since he first rose to prominence as the MMA instructor for George St. Pierre, an MMA fighter. However, when John was a purple belt, 3 senior students at Renzos left to start their own schools. He builds his training program around this idea, creating a path from new knowledge to polished skill. FlowChart - Pin Escapes & Turtle Escapes - Go Further Faster by John Danaher. There is however, a dominant body ETHOS. John Danaher believes his job as a coach is to transmit his knowledge to his students so that his students can develop their skills. This is around when John first heard about Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. In working at the Renzo Gracie Academy in New York, Danaher also helped the development of MMA fighters such as George St. Pierre, which shed some light on his persona to the broader spectrum of fans involved in cage combat, however, it would be his creative approach to the leg-locking game that gained him notoriety among the grappling community. John Danaher (martial artist) is a New Zealand Brazilian jiu-jitsu and mixed martial arts instructor. $197. Your email address will not be published. What's really amazing is the level of detail of how he explains the idea behind every technique, and also the thought process of your opponent on why he reacts a certain way, etc. I would really like to know what year he began training in addition to just the year he got his black belt. Hes 510 inches tall and weighs approximately 200 pounds. In 2021, the Danaher Death Squad arrived in Puerto Rico, and later in the year it disbanded. John Danaher is a black belt in Jiu-jitsu under the legendary Renzo Gracie. He decided to become the best BJJ teacher that he could be. He appears to be the perfect match for GSP. Hes taken these niche areas and created systems within systems. Champions always maximize the ability of whatever body they have been born with to perform the skills of the sport. John loves the leglock game because leglocks make jiu-jitsu a two-directional sport. According to his . In one episode of Matt Serras video blog for UFC 109, Serra told the story of how John Danaher had come to his wedding wearing a rash guard. Most recently he has published beginner-oriented DVDs under the name of the "Go Further Faster" series; the topics covered thus far include Half Guard, Guard Passing, Closed Guard, Pin Escapes, Guard Retention and Open Guard. John Slattery [born on 13 August 1962] is a famous actor, performer, producer, and television personality from the United States of America. His friend was able to slip out of the headlock and ended up behind John, so John had to run away. But everything changed when Dean Lister came to the school while John was a brown belt. Danaher is a highly intelligent individual, who has a Master degree in philosophy from Columbia University, and is totally focused on the evolution and improvement of Jiu-Jitsu. FlowChart - Guard Retention - Go Further Faster by John Danaher. Danaher has a few film and television appearances, including a showing on the Showtime series Billions, where he plays Paul Giamattis jiu-jitsu instructor. Nicky Rodriguez appeared on Jason Chambers podcast. Having seen how some of his bouncer colleagues handled fights on the job by using their grappling experience, John saw the potential those techniques carried for his own safety and decided to take a class. On fight night he weighed in at 190.5 - almost identical to his usual fight weight as a Welterweight. John knew that he would have a higher chance of success as a teacher than an athlete in competition. My coach is good, but Danaher's break down of each step is exactly what I need. John moved to New York to study philosophy. This article will help you incorporate Johns philosophy, systems, and curriculum so you can become a BJJ athlete. At the time, John was 230 pounds, and his friend was 140 pounds and had been training for two weeks. Thats our reason for doing our own thing.. A skeptic, John was unconvinced about the effectiveness of the art. The early days of John Danaher and his life before Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Over the years, their friendship with him has helped reveal the man inside the monk. [16] Since the opening of New Wave Jiu-Jitsu, Danaher has managed to attract several notable new students like multiple-time IBJJF world champion Nicholas Meregali[17] and teenage BJJ prodigy Helena Crevar. Many instructional videos by Danaher are available on BJJFanatics. He saw many of his fellow bouncers approach fights with grappling techniques, which influenced him to look further into Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. This is when John got serious about jiu-jitsu. John Danaher is arguably one of the most influential BJJ coaches of his generation. Former UFC welterweight champion Matt Serra, even refer Danaher as the Einstein of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. He lifted weights to enhance his fitness and weighed around 250 lbs when he first experienced jiu-jitsu. Hes a 6th-degree black belt under Renzo Gracie at the Renzo Gracie Academy in Manhattan, NY. The squad trained briefly in Puerto Rico at Juan Delgados Combat 360. Because most of the street fights he witnessed ended up on the ground, John notices that most striking arts were rendered ineffective. He is just AMAZING. We call Prof. John the "Mad Scientist." MASTERING JUJITSU BY Renzo Gracie, John Danaher (Paperback, 2003) - EUR 30,20. Garry Tonon. Remove all of that, and competition is exactly the same as what youre doing in training. Over the years, this imbalance proceeded to cause other problems for Danaher. . Nicky Ryan, the younger brother of Gordon, is the youngest member of Danahers Death Squad. We will update John Danaher's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible. So, John took his first BJJ class, training with Matt Sera (who was a blue belt at the time) at Renzo Gracie Academy in Manhattan. on Whats The First Responsibility You Have In Jiu-Jitsu? In July of 2021, John Danaher announced the end of DDS, explaining that the team had split up and would be leaving its short-lived home of Puerto Rico. While there, the group split for unknown reasons. They saw him speaking and demonstrating at Renzo Gracies during some recent presentations. John Danaher started teaching Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in Manhattan at the Renzo Gracie Academy. Very few people fall perfectly into one of the three categories. Early on in his career, he realized that the success of BJJ lay in its systematic nature. Additionally, years of training and good nutrition can change the outward appearance of ones body. And yet theyre like angels.. He looks to train his students in one of these very niche areas far more than their opponents. 520K followers. Well if this is Roger GRACIE then I wouldn't be surprised. John A. Danaher, a former United States Senator from Connecticut and a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia for 15 years, died on Saturday at a convalescent . [9] As a purple belt, he began to teach some classes at the academy while Renzo was traveling to compete. He weighed around 250lbs (113kg) at the time of his first jiu-jitsu experience. Thus any body type can win a world championship, but only one way of maintaining it will maximize your chances of doing so. On July 2021, coach John Danaher announced the end of the Danaher Death Squad as a unified training and competition team, alluding to the physical location of a future school, personality conflicts, conflicting values and an inevitable tension between the team brand and the growing individual brands of members as the main factors for the split (original statement here). John Felix Anthony Cena Jr. I think he would come in on Christmas if we would let him. His hard work paid off as Danaher received his black belt on April 2nd, 2002 together with his friend and training partner Shawn Williams. mrwhitenp1. Mr. Danaher owns over 943 units of TransUnion stock worth over $1,135,597 and over the last 8 years he sold TRU stock worth over $10,377,390. Danaher partnered with BJJ Fanatics for the release of his series of instructionals, the "Enter the System," "Go Further Faster," "Feet to Floor" and the "New Wave Jiu Jitsu" series. John Danaher with a younger squad made up of Garry Tonon, Gordon Ryan, and Eddie Cummings. John Danaher is also known for his eccentric side, a self-diagnosed obsessive-compulsive JD seems to rarely leave his jiu-jitsu rash guard in the closet. He is hyper-focused on teaching practical, high-percentage moves that work on an opponent who is 100% resisting and discarding anything else that doesnt fit within that paradigm. Despite this, his gym is not a no-holds-barred area and he opened up on the fact that he has actually banned three different techniques from his gym. On Sunday, John Danaher, head coach of the legendary Danaher Death Squad, announced that the team is no longer together as a single training and competition unit. I mean seriously, I trained with Professor Danaher once and I was floored by his well of knowledge. Ryan has now explained the decision to leave Puerto Rico. /*