The Single leg is easily one of the most used takedowns in all of combat sports. Whether it's BJJ, MMA, or Wrestling there is a good chance you will get to see the single leg in action. That said, it’s time to...

Alexandre Vieira Has A  Modern And Unique Approach To Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Alex Vieira is a BJJ black belt under Murilo Bustamante and a representative of the BTT academy. Vieira is a very accomplished competitor, with notable achievements at black belt level such as UAEJJF...

Crucify Even The Toughest Guys In Your Gym! Alex Vieira is a Brazilian jiu jitsu black belt under Murilo Bustamante. As a representative of the BTT academy, Alex is known for working extensively with Master Paulo Mauricio Strauch. Vieira is a very accomplished...

Slick Trap To The Crucifix Position! The crucifix position has been utilized by high level tacticians of BJJ for years. Mostly being used in the gi realm it offers us many opportunities to submit. The constricting nature of the position along with both...

Crucifix from Back with Hooks by Alexandre Vieira When you think of some of the best and most accomplished grapplers in this generation of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu stars you will often mention Alexandre Vieira. Alex Vieira is a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt...

Alliance black belt Thomas Lisboa recently visited the Bernardo Faria Academy to film his first instructional exploring one of his favorite positions the crucifix and the many different variations of the crucifixes he uses in training and competition.  In the video below, Lisboa...

Talk about luring someone into a false sense of security. Check out this unorthodox loop choke from Alexandre Vieira. What I love about the way Alexandre sets up this particular choke, is that he’s able to coax his opponent into making a series...

 Alexandre Vieira is one of the most exciting up and coming grapplers today under the Brazilian Top Team flag.  In 2017, his loop choke submission was chosen as the Submission of the Year by FloGrappling. Alexandre recently visited with us at BJJFanatics to...

Lapel chokes are some of the cleanest, most efficient submissions you can secure when training jiu jitsu in the gi.  The loop choke is one of the deadly subsets of those lapel chokes.  The thing that sets the loop choke apart from other...