Georges St. Pierres's Coach John Danaher on Jiu Jitsu and grappling

[RodneyjSalinas]

"frank was looking for a way out" lol. im sure frank was terrified as he was doing more damage from bottom than renzo was doing on top. with all do respect to renzo, derek is a tool.

[Whrenaldo]

danaher says it best, use what works.

gi/nogi its all useful if you find what works

i do have to say that belts seem to cause ego and distinction problems. a belt here means a badass and a belt over here isnt so great. i like just growing and getting better without reaching for something. but hey, i only trained gi for a month years ago so i dont really know.

regardless, danaher is truly a philosophy/bjj master

[IamHaddy]

WHy is the interviewer is arrogant and close minded. The shit he says about 10th planet and youtube instructions was quickly shutdown by Danaher.

Danaher sounds like a university professor when he talks, love his hearing him talk, he should write a book

[cthun934]

The interview questions were good. They brought out some good answers from John Danaher.

[bwonder]

horrible interviewer, all 10th planet black belts started with the gi

[racingmylife15]

great interview

lol@ shonie with his hat

[iamjason]

wow, way to dis Frank Shamrock, show some respect to Frank.

He is a great grappler at his time.

[stidhemw]

John Danaher is a genius. End of story.

[ltsmackabitch]

smartass fuckin reporter, couldn't watch too much of this

[DBKK]

interviewer is a douche

[1MoreRoundbrother]

good to see John tell the guy with the mic that he disagrees with his thoughts on youtube. basically there's information out on youtube and this guy says don't look at it. and john knows obviously not all of it is bad. you can't just ignore information if some of it can be helpful. that's the definition of being close-minded.

[utubesqueeze]

The last question and especially response was the most useful. Thanks for the video and John Danaher!

[sidhuparammveer]

thumbs UP if ur CANADIAN =)

[spoonman7]

Great to hear Danaher speak. Truly amazing to listen to him speak. That Interviewer pissed me off with his comments about the Renzo and Frank Shamrock fight. Overall, this was a great listen.

[LeashtheCanadian]

I love John Danaher!!!!!!!! He's an amazing coach, and Renzo Gracie's Academy is amazing! Danaher teaches some of the best MMA fighters and I can't wait to see more students enter the UFC from his tutelage.

[jammin1881]

@LeashtheCanadian - Amen. Been at Renzo's 7 years. Learnt a lot through John & all the coaches there.

[LeashtheCanadian]

@jammin1881 I envy you sir! You're lucky and must also be quite talented too. On an unrelated note, John Danaher should be interviewed or recorded everyday lol. :D

[jdhf983y4uhu]

i would have thought a black belt would be able to beat a normal guy in a street fight, especially if they cross train.

i was a green belt with those two stripes (i can't remember if those stripes have a name) in judo and did a little boxing years a go until my early teens and i can smoke any normal person, but i don't think i could beat someone who trains any MA now and definitely not a bbj cross training black belt!!!

[ThatGuyInSweden]

John Danaher was born in a sweatguard

[benweiser5]

besides de la riva and tornado guard there haven't been improvements? ugh...

[poehzler]

TOO LONG QUESTIONS DAWG



[poehzler]

What a horrible interviewer.. Ask him questions and let him talk, dont fucking explain MMA history to either us or Danaher who is a damn mma professor.

[b5e5n1n9y86]

@poehzler What are you talking about, this was a great interview from an knowledgeable interviewer, what do you want, "So off topic, whats the last film you saw in the cinema?"

[1MoreRoundbrother]

@b5e5n1n9y86

if it was a great interview from a knowledgeable interviewer then then interviewer wouldn't have been so biased or opinionated. ask yourself, who is being interviewed after all ? we want john's insights and opinions. not the interviewer.

[huntman125]

Excellent questions

[javelinfang]

This man is one of the best in the world, go the Kiwis!

[magneticnorth03]

too much bias here, interviewer seems really concerned and wrapped up in the "nationalism" surrounding fight schools.

[BonerJams7]

@bobbycavian Question for you or anyone else that knows. Are there degrees of black belts in BJJ like there are in other disciplines? Like 4th degree black belt or do they not put a rank on it?

[trentz0r]

@BonerJams7 Yes there are different degrees. They can earn 6 stripes/degrees towards it, once they reach their 7th-8th they're awared a red/black belt that alternates in colour. Very rarely they can then earn their 9th degree red belt (the highest belt). Only the original founders have a 10th degree red belt.

[1988SEM2007]

by the way when ur interviewing someone its because we want to hear what they have to say on certain issues and they have a certain stature that makes their opinion important.. no one wants to hear the interviewers opinion....start a radio show or something if thats what u wana do and talk about ur opinion

[1988SEM2007]

stay off youtube? in my bjj school your encouraged to research different passes and submissions and sweeps on ur own time and then u can pass it on to other ppl in the class run it by the instructor so he can show you the finer points of it.. the key to improving is an open mind...

[7RAFAGT]

marcelo garcia's a beast man.