I guess word on the street is Danaher is super abusive towards his students. Would pull Eddie Cummins hair etc.
https://www.reddit.com/r/bjj/comments/15t8pne/robert_degle_he_john_danaher_was_abusing_eddie/
link to the full podcast:
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There is a clip from one of his instructionals where he talks about defending yourself on the street and he says something like āstart kicking him in the face and donāt stop until your foot is covered in bloodā. (I may have butchered that)
I just remember thinking āI bet heās actually done that as a bouncer in New Yorkā.
Iām saying him being an ass (arse) wouldnāt surprise me.
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I trained with him onceā¦
He told me I had something on my gi and pointed to it. I looked down and he sharply drew his finger up into my nose. He and his two buddies laughed and walked past me.
ā¦I felt so ashamed.
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Eddie vanished from the sport for a few reasons. But one of them is almost certainly the way John acts juxtaposed with how he is perceived by the public
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Itās a shame that they only have up to 37 on Apple Podcasts
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They deleted the line about Eddie and John, thatās probably why itās not on apple podcasts.
The reddit link has it, but itās pretty docile. Iām surprised it was news worthy.
Iāve met and trained with everyone on that podcast, though I never got to roll with Ethan or Damien. One of them I consider a good friend. Theyāre all kind of fratty (except Rob) but theyāre all cool guys. And even though people like Rob arenāt like that, they treat him like heās a member of the group just the same.
B-Team are the good guys of the DDS split, make no mistake. Gordon is the greatest grappler ever, but everytime Iām in Austin the B-Team will get my drop in fees.
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Yeah but who cares? Stay at Unity and do your thing
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If I were Eddie Iād care.
His body was pretty broken by then anyway. His wife is hot and mega rich, he felt abandoned by the cult leader he gave his life to. Plus John told him he wasnāt allowed to make instructionals because it was āsecret knowledgeā and then put the movements Eddie dominated in his career on his own instructional and made literally millions.
Iād feel pretty over BJJ too. Plus Eddie didnāt really have a personality to just jump into a new gym and make friends. He was reclusive and like they mentioned on the podcast he broke his training partners pretty regularly.
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There were a few of Johnās previous students who are very good posters here.
I didnāt mean to come off as shitting on your instructor. Everyone whoās involved at BJJ on that level is most likely a flawed character.
Hadnāt caught this thread before but I hope they have some thoughts to add to it either way
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Iām glad that youāre here and talking about these things. I never would have guessed that John Danaher was that way.
Eddie should put out his own instructionals now. Heād make millions too. Lots of people admire his style of grappling and many believe he was the true mastermind behind the DDS leglocking system.
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Eddie broke his training partners? Did he go that hard all the time?
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Yeah, according to this podcast.
There was a fella in another thread who quit after Eddie came, partially because Eddie was breaking everyone.
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He seems like a good guy, but that sounds kinda shitty.
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Wasnāt she married to Bourdain when they got together?
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At that level, itās a sport full of psychopaths lol.
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Yeah.
Iāve heard people debate off she has already separated from him or not. Was still legally married at the beginning though
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He was at Unity tho, stay there and do your own thing. With the instructional craze going on you can make millions, with DDS leaving NYC and that Unity team he could have had a great crew around him. Or hell if he wanted to, split from Unity and create your own thing. He had so many options.
Edit.
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