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Cradle of Filth by Neil Melanson has 195 customer reviews in this archive, averaging 4.98 out of 5. 98% are five-star and 0 are one or two stars. Reviews run from April 19, 2020 to October 25, 2026. All of them are published below in full, unedited.
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Unorthodox and effective
Butcher shop and other epic submissions are brutal.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗High quality filth
Mire high quality filth from the Godfather. Great detail and angles on every technique. I've been through this series few times now, as I frequently myself using the cradle, and I find something new every time. Stay filthy
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗Cradle Encyclopedia
One of the most underrated and under utilized positions in the game. I knew the cradle from wrestling, but it was Neil that showed me I didn't have to give it up to play the submission game. I love the way he chains moves together, anticipating the reactions that are sure to come. My training partners are now trying to avoid my cradles like the plague
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗Cradle Of Filth By Neil Melanson
Be prepared to get Dirty and Tap some people out!! Apply some pressure and pain and win! Neil is a genius with his takes and applications, you won’t be disappointed.
Super in-depth on cradle systems
I've loved cradles for years. They **** my training partners off so much! But, they're so useful from so many positions. Neil has officially blown my mind with new and exciting ways to use them.
Filthy
Filthy!
Response from BJJ Fanatics👊Cradle of Filth review
I have wanted to try a Neil Melanson Course for a while. I don't use the cradle position so I figured this material would be all new to me and a great start !! The video is well shot with multiple angles, the sound is clear and Professor Melanson is easy to understand and has a good teaching style I am trying to incorporate the chokes taught in Volume 1, into my game and then go from there I will definitely be purchasing another one of his courses when I am done with this one
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Great Video
As a former wrestler, I loved the cradle and have seen it a lot in practice, but was unsure where to go from there. This video really opened up my game. Highly recommend.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻Got into cradle position 4 times
After watching this instructional through once, I was able to enter the cradle 4 times when rolling and even against 2 purple belts! I tried some attacks, but couldn't remember all the finishing mechanics, so I am now rewatching for the specific attacks I want to use, starting with the butcher shop and back take! Awesome instructional, can recommend using this underused position in your BJJ game!
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗great
great
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻GREAT in-depth Cradle Instruction
Neil is a know-it-all on subjects most BJJ and wrestling guys never even begin to ponder. I've always loved cradles for control, slowly guys down, passing, and sometimes submitting. Neil has shown me the light. I was unaware of most of these submission set-ups from various cradle positions. I'm super hyped to work these into my game!
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Game changing stuff
Fantastic stuff, really has improved my game and given me tools to dominate guys that I would normally struggle with.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻It's the little details
In this video you learn such specific adjustments - it's really helped my application of the techniques
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Instant love
I fell in love with the cradle after studying this video. If guard passing is like the main road with a traffic jam, cradles are a dark side alley where you are Batman. ,D Neil has become my adored mentor without him even knowing it.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻One of the best
This is probably my favorite instructional I have. Easy to follow and actually has some personality. The techniques are amazing as well!
Great deep study of Cradle
Great deep study of Cradle Concept. Highly reccommended.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🔥Cradle of Filth by neil melanson
Using These cradle techniques while training make me feel a little guilty. Most folks arent expecting these approaches. I respect Mr Melanson alot. His videos have changed my game. I look to buy more of his instructionals.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🔥How to completely dominate!
Complete game changer for your top game. I utilize the cradle often but mostly for control. This series shows you how to control your opponent, break them mentally and finally put them out of their misery. Wish I could give it more stars.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Very good and unique techniques
Very good and unique techniques
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Great skill
It was my first time learning Cradle, but it was a very effective technique!
A filthy addition to my game
After watching this, I have now incorporated cradles into my game and have had great success.
Unbelievable details!!!
This is by far some of the best money I ever spent! Neil goes into so much details around the finishes associated with the cradle position that it is like getting several instructionals for one price! Highly recommend!
Terry Woods
This video has greatly improved my understanding of using the cradle to set up submissions and advance my position. Could not recommend more!
Love this stuff!
Melanson is an excellent teacher! These techniques are mean and I love them! Thank you!
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻Great overveiw
Very helpful overveiw of a position I didn't have a lot of familiarity with because I started with BJJ not wrestling. Would recommend for sure.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻Another excellent instructional!
Great mix of wrestling and Jiu Jitsu. Neil brings slight modifications to basic submissions that make them more effective.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻Filthy Goodness
I can't say enough good things about this video. Since watching it I have been able to grab cradles from everywhere. Maybe more importantly, Neil has a way of showing you how to see the possibilities in a position that you might go years without seeing The techniques here are great but so is Neil's ability to open your eyes to an expanded grappling game. I also enjoy and learn a lot from the stories Neil tells throughout the video. You may not, so keep that in mind.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻Game Changer
Again a great video from Melanson.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Cradle of Filth
Coming in to Bjj with a wrestling background, I frequently found myself using cradles. For me it was to slow the pace and cook my partner a little bit before risking a transition. This was one of the first fanatics videos I ever bought and I've used it ever since. Neil makes the cradle dangerous and filthy-an absolutely worthwhile knowledge set for your game!
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻Wow
The amount of knowledge that Coach Melanson drops just every few minutes is staggering. I have been able to use this principles every time I learn one. I am very normal size guy, so when he says you don’t have to be a giant like him, it’s true. Definitely get this instructional.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻The Real Deal
All of Neil's stuff is legit, pick this one up or be left behind
Become a menace in your gym with this!
Cradles are severely underutilized in bjj. Neil adapts their use for bjj and everyone in your gym will dread being put in one if you learn his system. Check it out! Dudes content is awesome, check out his other stuff. Goonjitsu to the max and worth every penny.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻Very good value for mou
Loads of information in great detail and delivered in a easy to follow manner
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Awesome
This series has already taken my game to the next level with all the stuff in the videos. Game changer!!!!
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Great Instructional
Another great instructional by Neil Melanson. Love his style of conveying the information, while keeping it engaging and funny. Gives you all kinds of options from a seemingly underused position to help give you the edge.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Deceptively good
I bought this because I love all of his other videos, but I wasn't sure how much I was going to take from this. It's actually full of great techniques and I find myself in this position all the time. It was definitely a good purchase.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻A Whole New BJJ Game From One Technique
The cradle has changed my whole game, and I haven’t even mastered all the techniques in the instructional. I cannnot recommend this purchase enough
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Worth way more than 77 dollars, and on sale now for half off ! Your crazy if you aren't implementing Neils Knowledge!!
I am a active duty army soldier that's been training for around 6 months. No prior martial arts training besides army combatives level one and two. During level two, I found myself attempting cradles, getting them and then being lost with how to capitalize while having it. Once I noticed how easily I was getting them I needed to learn more. Neils instructionals have changed my grappling game more in a month then all of the army combatives combined. Thank you for your insight. I will continue purchase to your material and study and implement all of your "filthy" knowledge.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻cradle of filth by Neil Melanson
Another awesome instructional from Melanson. Loving the cradle series, but not sure my training partners are...
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻mr
very good instructional love it
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻One of the best DVDs
This is an excellent series of techniques to incorporate into your game
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Nice
Smart moves for people who do not wish to waste energy. Similarly to Neil I never learnt wrestling as per say but bits and pieces through mma. Cradles are one of those parts and something I am enjoying applying now in Japan. Cradles are a topic I never hear bjj teachers teach. Definitely needed.
Top notch
Great instructional on a uncommon position… and with the best teacher available
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻Alternative to Half Guard Passing
if you have trouble of passing a half guard, cradle the bottom guy with cradle, start attacking and not to worry passing half guard. you'll find your game suddenly level up. this set of DVDs are highly recommended.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻Amazing
Your training partners will be hit with filthy cradles and the subs the cradle leads to that they just won’t see coming!
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Recommended, But Could Use Work
This is the definitive guide on how to effectively use the cradle in BJJ. Neil is my favorite coach right now, teaches you efficiently while making you laugh at the same time. Incredibly high value for the money, this DVD has no reason being as cheap as it is for how applicable and vast its contents are. However, the DVD was structured and organized in a way that was sort of difficult to follow. Different options from the same few position are scattered in different sections, instruction on entries to the position aren't grouped together; the information is there but you will have to skip around which can get tedious given the size of the instructional. Smaller note, but the whole package is riddled with typos that would've taken seconds to fix. All the information is high quality and I would recommend it every time, but it could have used some more time being read over and organized.
Get it all the time
Hit this cradle all the time, particularly top side , in training. You can tell Neil is an encyclopedia of grappling who’s worked with and learned from old school and new school players. This and his Catch Wrestling Formula are awesome
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Awesome content
This video series changed the way I roll for the better. I now frequently use cradles.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻Awesome instructional. Coach Neil shows
Awesome instructional. Coach Neil shows you everything you could want from the cradle position. Practicing these moves and drilling them with partners is awesome. Even as a white belt it gave me something I could do and threaten things with my partners where I normally would go to a different position. There are tons of setups and finishes on this series. Everything by Coach Melanson is awesome that I have purchased so far.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Lovely mix of wrestling and bjj
Fantastic and unorthodox. The near side cradle pass to far side cradle is killer.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻
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