Gordon Ryan just announced that New Wave Jiu-Jitsu HQ will be officially opening at some point in 2025. Although the competition team has existed for a little over 3 years at this point, they haven’t actually had their own facility. The Danaher Death Squad split up in 2021 and it didn’t take long at all for the two rival teams to emerge from the ashes. Although it only took a few days for Ryan to confirm who was going to stay with him, it was actually B-Team Jiu-Jitsu who acted first and set up their own physical location in Austin, Texas to train in.
Obviously John Danaher and the rest of the New Wave team had a lot on their plates when DDS first split up, and it made sense that they might have prioritised preparing for ADCC 2022 instead. It’s been one thing after another after that major tournament, leading all the way up to the next edition of the event; ADCC 2024. That was an even more successful outing for the team, with several younger members reaching the podium for the very first time and Gordon Ryan winning both of his superfights. It seems as though that success has allowed the team to get back to finding a home academy to call their own.
There’s no news on where exactly the team will be opening New Wave Jiu-Jitsu HQ in 2025, but Ryan confirmed that the location will be open to the public. Danaher is the team’s coach and would obviously be teaching, but their official Instagram account also lists both Gordon Ryan and Garry Tonon as well. There will be no shortage of elite instruction available at the academy of course, as there are multiple world champions representing them. Giancarlo Bodoni is a two-time ADCC world champion and Nicholas Meregali has won an impressive three IBJJF world titles during his career, while other elite competitors like Luke Griffith and Helena Crevar could also have valuable input.
Gordon Ryan announced the news that New Wave Jiu-Jitsu HQ was opening in 2025 in a recent post to his official Instagram account, linking fans to the team’s own account:
