What Are The Most Important Skills Needed For A BJJ Blue Belt by John Danaher

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What Are The Most Important Skills Needed For A BJJ Blue Belt by John Danaher
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"Bernardo Faria is a 5x World Champion. Bernardo started training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in Juiz de Fora - MG, Brazil at the age of 14 in 2001. After receiving the Black Belt from his first instructor Ricardo Marques in 2008, He moved to Sao Paulo to join BJJ legend Fabio Gurgel and his Alliance team. After many years of training and winning many major titles, Bernardo moved to NYC in 2013 to train and teach at Marcelo Garcia Academy. In 2015 Bernardo achieved his dream of winning the IBJJF World Championship Open class title and his division, doing the double Gold and becoming the 1st in the IBJJF Ranking and also choosed as the best athlete of 2015.
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@BernardoFariaBJJ 4 ай бұрын

Which belt are you?

@TheDomLouis 3 ай бұрын

I'm a 55YO white belt. Hoping to be blue soon. @bernadofariabjj this video is 4 years old. Any chance you can corner John again and ask him if his criteria has changed??

@nathantrotter2509 2 ай бұрын

I understand the significance of the belting system. My question is it relevant to focus on

@DrHarbirSingh 3 жыл бұрын

I take my right hand thumb, bend the joint to 90degree and commit to gently pressing the like button

@DrHarbirSingh 3 жыл бұрын

Now this is a fine example of what's commonly known as pressing a like button

@govtom4 2 жыл бұрын

Smooth.

@Axelcfi Жыл бұрын

And as a result, Benardo has one more like

@mauriciobarahona8712 Жыл бұрын

This like button is now in an advantageous position and gives you full tactical advantage to be notified and therefore you have placed your notifications in a strangulation

@slaffkas Жыл бұрын

😂

@danielskrivan6921 Жыл бұрын

5:56 Best guard pass ever.

@ifyousays0 3 жыл бұрын

John strangled Bernardo so effectively that the camera man was struggling to breath.

@MrJoc1982 4 жыл бұрын

5:59 Elbow Escape - Side Position/Control 9:46 Elbow Escape - Mounted Position 12:36 Sumi Gaeshi - Butterfly Sweep 17:03 Knee Slice - Standing Guard Pass 22:18 Strangle/Choke - Back 27:20 Summary/Conclusion

@anon2034 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@brettg1 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@HollyDollyTakahani 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so very much!!!

@yeayeanahyea4150 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@blackbeardtx371 2 жыл бұрын

You the MVP

@arnonabuurs7297 4 жыл бұрын

Darth Vader is back on the camera again :P

@matthewsanger6273 4 жыл бұрын

I'm a blue belt on a diplomatic mission to Alderaan. You are part of the Rebel Alliance and a traitor! Take her away!

@elbeedee1910 4 жыл бұрын

Yuuuup!! Why do they keep using the same cameraman?? Dude needs some Sudafed or nasal surgery....

@wrybread 4 жыл бұрын

Ha no that you mention it I can't stop hearing it.

@ryandunkling5824 3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@danroberts5645 3 жыл бұрын

He is making me so tired

@BooLee01 3 жыл бұрын

I've never seen a high-level BJJ practitioner with as open a mind as Bernardo Faria. Every time I see one of his videos, I respect him more.

@craigcrissman4651 2 жыл бұрын

Before I really got into knowing the BJJ competitive scene I though Bernardo Faria was just a guy who had made an incredibly succesful platform for hosting the best talent in the world. Even the whole "huge honor for me" thing I thought was just because he was meeting his idols. But no, these guys are his peers, he's just that humble and understands that everyone has aspects of their game that are worse than what other people bring on that technique. If I remember right there was a guy he had on one time who was still a brown belt just because he knew that the brown beltin question had the best whatever technique he'd ever seen. Truly one of the most humble and open minded people Ive ever seen

@govtom4 2 жыл бұрын

Me, too. Cheers from Texas, bro.

@ShaneRielly 4 жыл бұрын

Is the camera guy snorkelling, or am I?

@sameerkamble12345678 4 жыл бұрын

Shane Rielly 🤣

@imloggedin 4 жыл бұрын

Sounds like hes taking a nap.

@czardrum 4 жыл бұрын

more respect bro. Hes is a Sasquatch.

@Titanium516 4 жыл бұрын

Hahaha

@adammcnamara5027 4 жыл бұрын

Shane Rielly hahahahaha i thought Darth Vader was behind the camera

@elarmadillo2466 4 жыл бұрын

"The camera guy's respiration didn't suffer any harm during this filming".

@krupag8149 3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@arnonabuurs7297 3 жыл бұрын

This was the first covid case ? 😏

@dhjanssens 4 жыл бұрын

Someone pointed out that Bernardo sounds like Brazilian Kermit and I will never unhear it.

@kylehodges6308 3 жыл бұрын

Hahahaha

@luisgutierrez9484 3 жыл бұрын

LMAO

@jarrydtuivasa-inglis7405 4 жыл бұрын

3 stripe white belt here wondering every session what I need to tighten up/add to my game. This video couldn't have come at a better time!

@williammcglone6515 4 жыл бұрын

Jarryd Tuivasa-Inglis Mat time my guy

@chadmichaels1896 4 жыл бұрын

Have you tried a Flow chart?

@glenharnish 4 жыл бұрын

All you need is time

@edUoskitar 4 жыл бұрын

Hell yeah I will stop thinking to get my fourth or even blue. I think now I have to be good on all the things he mention. Even my proffesor thinks I should compete. It's not easy at it seems,I will work in everything to make my game better!!! Osss🤙

@joshuajamias7648 3 жыл бұрын

@@edUoskitar competition definitely helps. Just the preparation alone will help you gain a better understanding of where you need to improve.

@BigDuttyDeezeHD 4 жыл бұрын

Who’s choking out the cameraman.

@Exploremorefishing 4 жыл бұрын

The camera man's breathing is very distracting

@luispacheco7669 4 жыл бұрын

diesel's_fishing 😂😂😂 for reals

@nikitaryzhenkov6490 4 жыл бұрын

I'd love to see how you'd be breathing if a couple bold dudes in pajamas threatened you into filming them roll on the floor for half an hour!

@jordanburton4147 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for ruining it. Now I cannot help but hear the dang breaving.

@meteoroz 4 жыл бұрын

He sounds like Darth Vader

@danielskrivan6921 Жыл бұрын

I would say the knee slide is my best guard pass. Danaher shows more detail in every step than I know in the whole thing.

@ezrapaul6808 4 жыл бұрын

barnardo faria has spent countless hours with john danaher and other top notch bjjers yet still says its a huge honor in every video, what a guy

@craigcrissman4651 2 жыл бұрын

Bernardo Faria himself is a top notch BJJer. He won gold at Mundials 4 times at black and once at purple as well PanAms 6 times at black and various other tournaments of similar caliber. He's just that humble you'd never know otherwise unless you saw him compete or looked him up

@VictorYanez_ 4 жыл бұрын

When Danaher said “it’s a pass you might not like but someone’s always gonna use it to pass your guard” I already knew it was the knee slice... as a half guard player this is one of my most constant battles lol. Anyone else?

@joeyripswell 2 жыл бұрын

i never play 1/2 guard but i always use knee cut to pass lol what happens a lot is they dig for the under hook and i lock in the darce/barabo knee cut is awesome because i can flatten out big guys once i’ve passed because of the sleeve control 🤙

@Fraaip Жыл бұрын

As a fellow half-guard player I am more often battling against the body lock.

@VictorYanez_ Жыл бұрын

@@Fraaip do you play heavy on knee shield half?

@Fraaip Жыл бұрын

@@VictorYanez_ Yeah I like the low knee shield.

@ThePimpedOutPlatypus Жыл бұрын

I play 1/2 and I Knee Slice...I like to think of myself as more of the Grey Jedi type, a student of both The Light and The Dark Side of The Force 🤷🏽‍♂️😆

@Da_daddy Жыл бұрын

Bernardo is so cool, always willing to let the guest demonstrate on him. Alot of black belts I’ve seen have too much ego to do that.

@sch2412 4 жыл бұрын

cool. now i'm curious what his take on the other belts is. requirements for purple, brown and black

@alessandrovigliano3304 4 жыл бұрын

purple is easy: you must at least medal at ADCC ;)

@sfothomas 4 жыл бұрын

Same. On JRE, Firas Zahabi mentioned Danaher getting mad at him for promoting a student from purple to brown, in his opinion he wasn't ready.

@papijelly 4 жыл бұрын

You see the series of videos coming . me to brother, Roy dean has some nice videos and requirements but yeah it’s a good focused sister I’m sure your fist clad after this your trying that hook sweep,I am!

@MrSinusu 4 жыл бұрын

Purple is the second given on your merit. You are not a purple belt, if you can't get out from the bottom against a blue belt (unfortunately which is what I am). If you don't have a good strategy on both bottom and top, you're again not deserved for a purple (which is again what I am), and so forth.

@papijelly 4 жыл бұрын

@@MrSinusu except when you have a guy that's been a blue belt for 5 years and was a college wrestler, good luck

@harvestblades 4 жыл бұрын

As a white belt I can only imagine how profitable a 3 day seminar or even better a solid week of training just the fundamentals with John would be. The way he teaches especially concepts just clicks with me, & my ability to recall the technique or concept vs some other great professors is on a different level. I would love to see John do a entire video stripped down for bjj for self defense. I know that is what got him into it (NYC bouncer), but he is clearly focused on competition which is clear even in his verbage.

@slaffkas Жыл бұрын

You can start with tons of free content from John on KZfaq. I see seminars as a resource for fine tuning of techniques and strategies.

@Dylan-wx7ru 4 жыл бұрын

I got my Blue Belt almost a year ago, but because I train as part of my college jiujitsu class, I wasn't sure where I sat compared to the rest of the jiujitsu community. This video filled me with confidence about my position in relation to a "Normal" gyms blue belt

@brrrzrrkrr3434 8 ай бұрын

good man. im a white belt 4 stripe i took the perma genin route and would skip gi classes to avoid any premature promotion. now im starting to feel ready for it so i will be getting it soon. that was of course 3 years ago for you , i would assume you are a purple belt now. i don't even know where ill be in 3 years when it comes to the outside world let alone 1. but im happy i got to experience jiujutsu enough to work towards a solid (GI) blue belt.

@landonmarx4753 9 ай бұрын

Bernardo’s face was all the testimony needed on that rear collar choke!!!😂. Bernardo you are maxing thanks for all you do!!! John 😮

@handsforwarrodneymorgan2616 3 жыл бұрын

25 people must have failed their blue belt test. this info is outstanding

@TheDomLouis 2 жыл бұрын

I've watched a LOT of Danaher videos and own the guard retention videos and his explanations are the absolute clearest and most concise out there. Words are chosen carefully and every detail mentioned. It's like he's sees the BJJ matrix and can explain it to all of us!! Really impressive!!

@vienhoang 4 жыл бұрын

Hook sweep is gold for a blue belt. I'm a blue belt and hook sweep has been my go-to sweep in the last 2 years or so. It works so well against bigger guys, with gi or no-gi.

@Motivatedk9 3 жыл бұрын

Danaher is a professor first...then a BJJ teacher. Always thorough in his explanation

@squeezo4360 4 жыл бұрын

les tutos de Danaher filmés par un tueur asthmatique: un pur chef d'oeuvre

@hipqban169 3 жыл бұрын

To all the newbies out there..notice how there are not a lot of videos about how to advance from purple or brown belt to black. The reason is bc the brain space you use to worry about your next belt is replaced with knowledge of the art of jiujitsu as your skill set gets amplified. Enjoy the journey. Enjoy the art. Belts with come and you won’t even notice. 🤙🏼

@FoulBundy 4 жыл бұрын

John's explanations are fascinating. I personally enjoy the way he makes me feel confident in these videos.

@stevena8719 4 жыл бұрын

John is organizing BJJ and defining the system in terms of its rules. He’s literally giving structure to reality at a rate that is so far beyond everyone else. I guess an education in philosophy CAN be profitable.

@aplus1080 4 жыл бұрын

Steven Andrikopoulos he doesn't have a PhD.

@stevena8719 4 жыл бұрын

A Plus he didn’t finish his program?

@aplus1080 4 жыл бұрын

Nope. Quit to focus on bjj.

@stevena8719 4 жыл бұрын

A Plus thanks for the info

@andrewgrayoutdoors5122 3 жыл бұрын

I'm confident he could pass my guard in slow motion! 😳

@phredbookley183 4 жыл бұрын

Not only the explanation/description, but then solid escapes shown. Love this channel, man.

@dnlmoretti 3 жыл бұрын

I’m always humbled by the depth of knowledge that defines each and every instructor featured in these videos🙏

@novyx1 4 жыл бұрын

What an incredible teacher. So good at explaining things. Love to visit his gym one day.

@mikekl6802 4 жыл бұрын

I am so grateful to be able to learn from the best bjj instructor on a planet for free. Great video as always Bernardo, than you! Oss

@bananapatch9118 2 жыл бұрын

I go to a Relson Gracie academy and usually you get a blue belt in 12-18 months, if you know certain skills. Most will say that a blue belt …..can consistently tap out a bigger stronger person does not know Jiu Jitsu, so like a new white belt.

@magee3061 4 жыл бұрын

loving these longer videos with professor Danaher!

@IslamIncredible 4 жыл бұрын

I'm white belt and got my 4 stripes at 01/01/20. Video came exactly in time, huge respect to Bernardo and John.

@Jiu-JitsuJourney257 2 жыл бұрын

I feel this overwhelming sense of having to prove that I earned my blue belt. I just got it a few days ago and I know that my coach gave it to me for a reason. But… my own self doubt doesn’t allow me to have an ego about it. Lol

@govtom4 2 жыл бұрын

How are you doing today?

@carterdahl9654 2 жыл бұрын

We're in the same boat

@tonym456 4 жыл бұрын

Darth camera was doing well until about the 22 min mark. Another great vid by John and Bernardo. Thanks so much guys!

@nike4685 3 жыл бұрын

John thank you for great commentary. Preparing for my Blue Belt and your advice is pivotal in setting my mindset for the Blue Belt test.

@ProfessorStrange9 Жыл бұрын

Appreciate you fellas! Thanks @Bernado & John!

@muineeguh7011 2 жыл бұрын

Can’t believe these two legends are giving away all this information for free

@ethann1901 3 жыл бұрын

The descriptions on each technique is amazing. I have a a problem with understand techniques and how and why they work

@MrJetlagfever Жыл бұрын

knee cut is brilliant

@trevor_corey8037 3 жыл бұрын

Incredible teacher. Be stoked to train under him.

@Titanium516 4 жыл бұрын

Great video, got this one on repeat.

@riversidejudoclub5191 2 жыл бұрын

total respect for both of these guys

@bassoskat 2 жыл бұрын

Can’t get enough of these videos.

@JosephLaPaglia Жыл бұрын

Love this! Excellent explanation of basic Blue Belt skills.

@JamezAdam 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome Tutorial John and Bernardo! 🙏🙏

@chokeout412 4 жыл бұрын

You guys are awesome!!! Thank you professors.

@gardennovice7896 4 жыл бұрын

Any video with Sensei John Danaher is worth it weight in gold!

@sharmos 4 жыл бұрын

I love your stuff Bernado but please invest in some better audio recording gear. It will make all productions so much greater and is so much more appealing to people looking to purchase any of the future BJJ Fanatics vids.

@vitormaltez7505 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot for passing all that knoledge. It was very important.

@TheCaringstar1 2 жыл бұрын

i keep going back to this. thanks professors!

@elcaudillo7386 Жыл бұрын

Love this video, trained at a few local schools and never been taught any of these guess thats why I am still stuck as a white belt

@marcof247 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the awesome videos, Prof. Bernardo and Prof.John! As a white belt, I found this enlightening!

@jasonrosati2487 3 жыл бұрын

Very well explained.. Loved it!

@joshuabyram7485 3 жыл бұрын

This is great. Thank you!

@trekp1 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much, i appreciate your videos a lot. Thank you thank you

@joshuaray6030 Жыл бұрын

HUGE honor for meeeee! LOVE BF!!!

@BrianBirdy 4 жыл бұрын

So, so, so good 🙏🏻

@damirnikic2560 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you !!! Best rgds from Serbia 👍👍👍

@betovargas9671 4 жыл бұрын

Do one for purple please!

@prandz420 4 жыл бұрын

me too im a very insecure purple belt

@anonymouse7095 4 жыл бұрын

prandz420 there are many of us

@stillnessinmovement 4 жыл бұрын

so it's really just being comfortable on the mat and in the game, showing some skill vs less or equal capable players, more than technique per se.

@gavinevans7646 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent video, it reminds me of the old days, it brings back memories 😎😎😎👍🏾👊🏾🤙🏽☯️☯️☯️

@nathan.chin. 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome video! Are you guys going to other videos for purple, brown and black?

@yehownathanciib5861 Жыл бұрын

Much Respect !!!

@arturorivera3501 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much sir!!!!

@MrRitmu 4 жыл бұрын

23:51 Danaher wishing me "good luck". Now 2020 can really start. Edit: its going to be tough though.

@diablous100 2 жыл бұрын

John is so good he got Darth Vader as his cameraman.

@wisekoff7940 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing stuff guys.

@mrtjcombo7 4 жыл бұрын

Please talk about purple belt requirements for John 😊

@CristianDiaz-sc1gp 2 жыл бұрын

Hola, que nivel pedagógico que posee, explica clarísimo, saludos desde Argentina

@jcl3253 5 ай бұрын

instructionals should be filmed like this too, with moving camera

@pabloamericano4930 4 жыл бұрын

Very grateful for these videos. The fundamentals is what all the greats stress. And with all these guards and tricks, it’s easy to get lost in “what should I work on?”. I’m a 4 year white belt. My coach doesn’t give belts out like other gyms. I rolled with my two buddies who are purple belts and they said I’m at least a 2 stripe blue belt. It’s frustrating because this video is what I’ve been wanting to know so I can strive and focus on getting my blue belt. I train both, Gi for a maybe a year and no Gi for 4 years.

@govtom4 2 жыл бұрын

How’s it going today?

@michaelarnold4042 2 жыл бұрын

Elbow escape (side, mount) Sumo gashi bottom to top position, Knee cut , rear strangle

@AlwaysFearGod 3 жыл бұрын

Gold ! Thank you Lord of the rash guards .

@jitsroller9206 2 жыл бұрын

It’s crazy how much I love to train this stuff It’s just so addicting if you try hard enough you can learn this one technique and your like wow then there is another technique then another and your hooked haha

@davebond7380 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks John and Bernado many thanks 3 stripe white belt Liverpool UK

@jesusduarte1271 4 жыл бұрын

love this yt channel

@rafasgomesflorence 2 жыл бұрын

Thx !!!!

@idozec Жыл бұрын

Grreat content.thank you

@MrMegafly2011 3 жыл бұрын

John is a master. I always learn the small technical details from him.

@eliotquintana9802 Жыл бұрын

Good counter attack techniques i leading techniques

@richardrobinson5832 3 жыл бұрын

It's a huge honour for me 🤙

@bunbunmukkuri4718 4 жыл бұрын

Blue Belt used to be the goal for many as purple belt was given to chosen few back in the days. On the other hand, It was and still is possible for "anyone" to receive Karate/Judo black belt under 3-5 years when certain devotion and progress are recognized. Brazilians unlike Japanese people who have other career options like gardener/chef/farmer/engineer, etc.., didn't want non-Brazilians to be their competitors so they refused to promote American students beyond purple for freaking many years. Andre Pederneiras was probably one of the masters who blazed a trail in North America in promoting deserving students to brown/black belts without having stupid teasing periods. Many left old schools for Nova Uniao and in and around 2003, most BJJ instructors in US had no other choice than starting to give belt at the right time. I heard Renzo was one of the first Gracies to jump on the new trend and vowed fair promotion. Today, blue belt is just a certification for completing the fundamental lessons. Those who keep wearing it for a couple of years or more are more or less considered "loser".

@TheProdigy260592 4 жыл бұрын

This is quality stuff

@bobbysweeney5377 4 жыл бұрын

God it'd be awesome to roll with these guys one day

@arturorivera3501 3 жыл бұрын

God!!! You are an awesome teacher!!!

@sean00777 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks you!

@DCPC33 2 жыл бұрын

"Lets first break down the abstract concept of belts and their relationship to the meaning of our existence"

@thomfawcus 4 жыл бұрын

That breathing by the cameraman completely ruins what is (probably) such an informative video.

@davidvincent3959 4 жыл бұрын

hey guys, i luv these videos

@audreyventura2525 4 жыл бұрын

Bernando you’re the best !!!

@bryanaguilar402 4 жыл бұрын

Investing in a tripod would increase the production dramatically. Would let the cameraman step back also.

@dotsfrazer 4 жыл бұрын

Look at the system marcus barbosa uses in his videos for sound it will help this channel

@katkyle8169 2 жыл бұрын

i've been doing a variation of that pass at 18:00 mins without realizing it due to my judo background. I'm going to put those enhancements into my next roling practice