Standing2Ground: Upper Body Takedowns

See why upper body takedowns offer unique advantages in submission grappling, and the highest percentage techniques for success in taking down talented opposition

• Join Professor Danaher for special studies into some of his preferred upper body techniques, including the cow catcher, uki waza, sumi gaeshi, and more
• Work with some of the best takedowns from control positions like underhooks, overhooks, pinch headlocks, and more
• John Danaher is one of the world’s greatest grappling coaches, with championship students like Gordon Ryan, Georges St. Pierre, Garry Tonon, and more learning these systems from him at Team New Wave
• Professor Danaher goes through specific takedowns that benefit older, less athletic grapplers so that any level of student can benefit from this instruction
• Know more. Win more.

What Will You Learn?

Improve your takedown attack with this 8-volume masterclass in upper body offense from perhaps the greatest grappling instructor on Earth - Professor John Danaher - as he shows you some of the same techniques his students used to dominate and win big at ADCC 2022. Use the strongest positions and moves from above the waist to gain control, take an opponent down, and start pinning and attacking immediately.

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 are some of the same lessons that Professor Danaher has given students like Gordon Ryan, UFC Hall of Famer Georges St. Pierre, and Garry Tonon, now made available to students of all levels.

Use special specific study into some of John’s favorite upper body attacks, including the cow catcher, uke waza, sumi gaeshi, and more - each time breaking down how and why you can use each one to its maximum. Don’t just focus on one part of the body anymore with John’s coaching on how you can become a much more dynamic takedown threat with upper body offense like the trips and throws he goes through here.