In a recent podcast appearance with Joe Rogan, Gordon Ryan spoke in depth about the deep knowledge that his coach John Danaher has. It turns out that this wasn’t just knowledge for Brazilian Jiu Jitsu either. As Danaher has trained various UFC champions, he knows about various elements of martial arts that are used in the octagon, including Judo, Wrestling and others.
Gordon Ryan said, “It’s not even just Jiu Jitsu. It’s martial arts in general. People that know John on a personal level that have trained know that he knows just as much, or even more about MMA than he does Jiu Jitsu. He’s been training MMA with Georges (St Pierre) and Chris Weidman for longer than he’s been coaching Jiu Jitsu. He’s only been coaching Jiu Jitsu to professional athletes for 5 years.
I’ve watched him personally teach Judo privates to Judo Olympians, Wrestling privates to Wrestling Olympians. It’s just crazy.“
During another part of the interview, Ryan also added how Danaher had trained for Muay Thai for years prior to starting Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. No wonder he is responsible for so many champions.
