Nicholas Meregali is Evolving under John Danaher - BJJ Study

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Anything else you've noticed about Nicholas Meregali's game since training under John Danaher? BJJ Fanatics Referral - bjjfanatics.com/?rfsn=6680940.f8a1a0 Discord- discord.gg/8AHCpdUn49 Instagram- instagram.com/deepdivejj/ Website- deepdivejj.com

[@alempmartins]

Nicholas uses Uchi Mata since he is a purple belt. He had judo training under SOGIPA, wich had elite judo practicioners in Brazil

[@louiemack5121]

Dude seriously awesome work, I noticed as well meregali utilizing X-guard more than normal. Most of his entries were off of the cobrinha style HQ entry. Would be cool to dive more into that and X guard in general

[@DeepDiveJJ]

Thank you! I’m not too familiar with Corbinhas game since I really got into the competitive scene toward the tail end of his career. But yea x guard is the main guard I’m personally trying to improve on. I’ve been doing lasso only for too many years and it’s hurt me so bad when I go and try to train No Gi 😅

[@thedudeabides7652]

I may be going out on limb but his pressure passing this time was very similar to Roger Gracie. Also if you remember Danahar is a true fan of Roger's. I think maybe Danahar studied Roger's game and implemented it into Meregalli's game. I may be reaching but, if you compare the two, it's crazy similar.

[@iNinjaWalker]

Danaher def took inspiration from Roger. It's not exactly guard passing, but in a video with Bernardo Faria, Danaher mentioned that the two greatest grapplers in his opinion are Roger Gracie and Gordon Ryan, both of whom often prefer the mount compared to side control.

[@DeepDiveJJ]

Definitely something to look into!

[@donovanpreza6833]

Danaher’s philosophy is control (as opposed to position) leads to submission. This was on full display by Meregalli. Roger has a similar philosophy emphasizing control. Control in all positions leads to dominance.

[@rufioswitch2132]

100%. Roger’s competition coach was Renzo. He’s spend 3-6 months a year in NY prepping for major tournaments. Danaher learnt from Renzo. Danaher also watched and questioned Roger a lot when he trained every day at Renzo’s. 100% Danaher’s gi approach is based on Roger’s game

[@deadlypalms]

Great stuff and great to hear the comparison with Roger's style of pressing/passing/finishing (old school BJJ) just as I was making that exact observation.

[@DeepDiveJJ]

Thank you 🙏

[@matthewcrawford4216]

Excellent breakdown of Merigalis performance at PANS and the visible improvement his game has made. I can see the Roger influence that has been inserted into his game. This is a great video to study for my personal library. I love his uchi mata and leg lasso. ❤

[@waba7305]

Yooo I just noticed that this is jimmy high roller, it’s great to have a great analyzer in the bjj sport nice work bro

[@DeepDiveJJ]

Lmaooo you’re the first person to point that out. He’s one of my inspirations. Thanks though haha

[@Skaajk]

Great video. Thank you.

[@DeepDiveJJ]

Thank you for watching!

[@MikeyMVP_BJJ]

Great job on the breakdown!!!

[@DeepDiveJJ]

Thank you!! 🙌

[@orlandorymer2507]

Great work thank you!

[@DeepDiveJJ]

Thank you for watching!

[@grapplingwithjiujitsu]

Good stuff man!

[@DeepDiveJJ]

Thanks! 😁

[@thomasjermy4816]

Another great video my friend. Subbed.

[@DeepDiveJJ]

Thank you for watching! 😃

[@workstudy8118]

Absolutely love this breakdown

[@DeepDiveJJ]

🙌 Thank you again!

[@alanhaine644]

Super content - thanks!

[@DeepDiveJJ]

Thanks for watching! 😁

[@josephbreza-grappling9459]

Very nice video!

[@DeepDiveJJ]

Thanks Joseph! Keep putting out the fire content too!

[@josephbreza-grappling9459]

@@DeepDiveJJ it’s going to be warm within the next few weeks and then we are all over it

[@TollerZero]

An excellent video. Fresh blood in bjj

[@DeepDiveJJ]

Thank you for watching!

[@workstudy8118]

Liked and subscribed

[@DeepDiveJJ]

Thank you! Stay tuned for more 😁

[@reiniervanramshorst1031]

Gi and no gi are more similar than people admit look at how really the best guys are the same at every weight with or without the gi

[@DeepDiveJJ]

But for some reason everytime I train no gi it feels like I've never trained a day in my life 😭

[@JefffRushton]

Adding uchi mata to my game now

[@DeepDiveJJ]

ayyyy dope. I need to do that too

[@stayclashy3433]

Nice

[@DeepDiveJJ]

🙌

[@caiobriggs95]

Nicholas Meregali De lariva X, breakdown please 🙏🙏

[@DeepDiveJJ]

🤞 Hopefully i can get to it!

[@rubyshmurda6140]

That’s a hopping ouchi or ken ken ouchi gari. 👍👍

[@DeepDiveJJ]

Thanks for pointing that out 🙌

[@LeonidasParigoris]

This aged right!

[@xtremebjj8545]

Just a little correction, he did not hit any bow and arrow chokes they were all cross collar chokes

[@DeepDiveJJ]

Yea sorry I’m just so used to referring to them as bow and arrow. But yup you’re totally right.

[@0b3ryn29]

Cross collar chokes are from the front. Danaher calls what Meregali did, a sliding collar strangle. Bow and arrow is a variation of the sliding collar strangle.

[@xtremebjj8545]

@@0b3ryn29 well I guess you can always get more specific but a bow and arrow choke implies that you are also gripping the leg which he isnt

[@rbg01]

@@xtremebjj8545 you’re right. We also call this the zipper choke

[@0b3ryn29]

@@xtremebjj8545 there's a reason Danaher is so specific with his terminology and why bow and arrow is more correct than cross collar. The sliding collar strangle and the more specific variation, the bow and arrow, have different mechanics than the cross collar. In the cross collar, both arms strangle, while in the sliding collar, only 1 arm is strangling, while the other is preventing opponent from turning with the strangling arm. I'm just relaying info from his strangling dvd.

[@clarkymlarky]

Meregali is pretty good I guess

[@DeepDiveJJ]

Yes he is for sure haha

[@KingSquirtle999]

Very cool

[@DeepDiveJJ]

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