Strangles & Turtle Breakdowns: BJJ Fundamentals - Go Further Faster by John Danaher

Learn Professor John Danaher’s Masterful Insights Into Turtle Breakdowns and Gi Strangles - Including the 3x3 Approach That Will Change The Way You Attack The Back

Grappling’s Most Sought After Coach Teaches The Fundamentals Behind Securing Your Hooks And Sinking In Some Of The Tightest Strangles In The World

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What Will You Learn?

Sink in your strangles and learn how to use the gi like a weapon, as the most sought after grappling coach in the world, John Danaher, teaches the fundamentals of breaking down the turtle position and strangling in the gi on this new 8-volume installment of his Go Further, Faster series. This series is a masterclass in the precise techniques, central problems, and key details that John uses for the critical skill of strangling with the gi.

Attack for strangles using John’s 3x3 approach, where he shows you the three main gi strangles that work at every level of competition and the three situations we hit them from. Gain better insight than ever into sliding collar strangles, cross collar strangles, and Ezekiel strangles, as well as all the positions we can start to find them in John’s fundamental method of attack.

Crack even the most stubborn turtle positions with Professor Danaher’s method for breaking down the turtle position. Sink in your hooks, establish real control, and get to work attacking the neck as John Danaher takes you step-by-step through his method for breaking their position. With John’s insights into the central problems and key solutions to the position, you can improve faster than ever here.

This is the latest in John Danaher’s Go Further, Faster series, where he teaches the fundamentals behind Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, so you can improve your grappling faster than ever, with more technique and knowledge. It’s John’s belief that if you know more, you win more, and with this series, you can start winning more with turtle breakdowns and strangles in the gi.

So, What Exactly Is On This Series?

Part 1:

• Overview 
• Introduction to strangles 
• The major theme of this video: the 3x3 approach to gi strangles 
• Understanding The Gi and Strangles 
• Sliding Collar Strangle 
• Demarcation Line 
• Wrist flick
• How Much is Too Much? 
• Hands In Unison 
• Comparing Gi & No Gi Strangulation 
• 3 Alternatives For Control Hand
• Single Greatest Advantage of Lapel Strangles 
• Strengthening the Strangle Hand
• 3 Finger Grip 
• Role of the Thumb on the Strangle Hand 
• Short & Long Leg Strangles 
• the Hidden hand 
• The Strangle Shift and Cross back position

Part 2:

• Sliding Collar Strangle System Overview
• Sliding Collar Strangle System Step 1 Establishing Your Position 
• Sliding Collar Strangle System Step 2 Establishing The Strangle Hand
• Sliding Collar Strangle System Step 3 Establishing Control Hand 
• Sliding Collar Strangle System Step 4: Maximizing Mechanical Power 4 Key Ingredients 
• Full Mastery of the sliding collar strangle 
• System Modification 
• System Modification 2 
• System Modification 3
• Strangling Without Hooks 
• Clock Strangle 
• Clock Strangle 
• Foot Work 
• Clock Strangle
• Throwing Weight Onto Your Hands 
• Clock Strangle
• Walking The Circle 
• Clock Strangle
• Unified Hands are Opposing Hands 
• Clock Strangle
• Power of Sprawling Finish 
• Clock Strangle 
• Critical Role of Head Position 
• Clock Strangle
• Nullifying Defense
• Clock Strangle 
• Nullifying Defense 2 
• Clock Strangle 
• Alternative Grips 

Part 3:

• Cross Collar Strangle 
• Juji Jime 
• Cross Collar Strangles
• Preliminaries 
• Cross Collar Strangles 
• Strangle Hand & Finishing Hand 
• Cross Collar Strangles 
• Setting The Lapels 
• Cross Collar Strangles
• Setting Strangle Hand 
• Cross Collar Strangles 
• Biting Method 
• Cross Collar Strangle 
• Setting Finishing Hand 
• Cross Collar Strangle 
• Head Position
• Cross Collar Strangle 
• Directionality of Force 
• Juji Jime - A dilemma based attack 
• Juji Jime - Bottom Position Kuzushi Based Method 
• Juji Jime Bottom Position Fighting Through The Hands - High Elbow / Low Elbow 
• Juji Jime From Mounted Position 
• Mounted Juji Jime
• Setting The Finishing Hand 
• Troubleshooting Mounted Juji Jime 
• Troubleshooting Mounted Juji Jime 2 
• Variations of Juji Jime
• Kata Juji Jime 

Part 4:

• Kata Juji Jime Open Guard Position 
• Kata Juji Jime Open Guard Position 2 
• Kata Juji Jime from Front Side Top Turtle Position 
• Using your Legs in Kata Juji Jime 
• Spinning Juji Jime 
• Spinning Juji Jime 2 
• Sprawling Juji Jime 
• Troubleshooting Sprawling Juji Jime
• Juji Jime - Cross Collar Strangle From Open Guard 
• Low Lapel Juji Jime

Part 5:

• The Ezekiel Strangle: Sode Guruma 
• The Relationship between the back Ezekiel and the sliding collar 
• Combat Applications of the Back Ezekiel 
• The Front Ezekiel Strangle 
• The Single Biggest Problem Associated with Front Ezekiel and solution 
• Rear strangle system order of operations 
• Bonus: Low Lapel Strangle

Part 6:

• Overview of turtle breakdowns 
• Understanding The Problem: The Main Variations Of Turtle Position 
• The Fundamental Dilemma Upon Which Our Turtle Breakdowns Are Based 
• The 2 Central Problems Of Turtle Breakdowns 
• First Problem: Escapes and Counters 
• Second Problem: The Elbow Knee Connection 
• Four Stances From Which To Attack Turtle Position 
• The Three Main Targets Of Your Turtle Attacks 
• Target #1: The Hips 
• Target #2: The Head 
• Target #3: The Wrists
• Which Hook Should I Put In First: Near Side Or Far Side? 

Part 7:

• The Single Most Important Lesson Of This Video: Start By Breaking Your Opponent’s Stance 
• Degrading Your Opponent’s Athletic Potential 
• Breaking Your Opponent Down To A Hip 
• The Theory Of The Clock 
• The Easiest And Most Practical Way To Use Clock Theory To Your Advantage 
• Scoring From The Hip Breakdown 
• Scoring From The Seated Breakdown 
• Scoring From The Shoulder Breakdown

Part 8:

• Attacking turtle Position When You Can not Break Your Opponent Down 
• The Two On One Method 
• Reverse Tight Waist Two On One Method 
• Seat Belt Roll Method 
• Back Crucifix Method 
• Kimura Method 

So, What Does It All Cost?

$217