What’s the coolest technique you have ever learned in Jiu Jitsu?  That’s likely a tough question for most grapplers who have been training a while to answer.  They likely have a favorite, but maybe don’t even realize how often they use it or...

Revitalize Your Game With The Crucifix! It Is An Amazing Technique That Fell Out Of Style, But Thomas Lisboa Is Bringing It Back As one of the top feather weights of his generation, Thomas Lisboa is a Brazilian jiu jitsu black belt under...

When playing from turtle, you will have many different options to attack depending on what the defender is doing. What I have realized is very important, though, when attacked turtled opponents is the need to be patient. Erratic and predictable movements from the...

The crucifix is a very powerful position used in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu to get submissions. The crucifix resembles back control in many ways, but mainly because you are control the defender from behind them. The crucifix, just like back control, has many entries,...

The crucifix is one of those positions that, although isn’t used very often, is still very powerful in regards to control and submissions. The crucifix requires the attacker to acquire control of the defender’s arms with his entire body so that one arm...

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...

 Sneaky Armbar Using Your Legs! The crucifix is a position in Jiu Jitsu that is both effective for control and submission attacks although it is not as popular or widely utilized as it could be. This position is one of the few positions...

3 Simple Tips For A Better Crucifix If there is one position that does not get enough attention from the Brazilian Jiu Jitsu community it has to be the crucifix. Although most would consider the crucifix a “new school” technique, it really fell...

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...

Let's take a look at what happens when a deep half guard player utilizes a solid reversal attempt, the turkish get up from deep half, popularized and used extremely effectively by 5 time world champion Bernardo Faria and in the process of the...

 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...

The crucifix position is one of the more underrated positions in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. It can be used as a great way to attack an opponent while he is in turtle. It can be another way of attacking from the back position. The control and the easy submissions that come from that position make it […]

There is one position in Jiu Jitsu that just does not get enough love in the community. And that position is the crucifix. The crucifix was popular from the mid 1990’s to the early 2000’s, but seemed to fall out of favor due to the abundance of new school BJJ techniques that came about. Why […]