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The Blackout Hybrid Pin and Cradle System by David Petrone reviews
The Blackout Hybrid Pin and Cradle System by David Petrone has 76 customer reviews in this archive, averaging 4.97 out of 5. 97% are five-star and 0 are one or two stars. Reviews run from January 30, 2021 to June 23, 2026. All of them are published below in full, unedited.
Who reviewed The Blackout Hybrid Pin and Cradle System by David Petrone
17 of these reviewers gave their belt rank when they submitted the review. BJJ Fanatics asks for rank, age and years training at the point of review, so this breakdown is self-reported by the customer.
| Belt | Reviews | Average rating |
|---|---|---|
| Blue | 7 | 5.0 |
| White | 4 | 5.0 |
| Purple | 4 | 5.0 |
| Black | 2 | 5.0 |
Where to buy it
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The reviews
fantastic cradle awareness and how to apply the concepts - a game changer
Outstanding techniques, easily put into use and game changing.
Cradle city
Plenty of excellent well explained submissions from the cradle. Also nice setups to get to cradle covered. I like Dave’s teaching style. He knows his stuff and clearly is passionate about teaching it.
Great Cradle Video
There are several other cradle video series and this is the best one. Some brutal catch wrestling stuff here that I wouldn't use on my training partners, but lots of practical good stuff, especially if you were a wrestler in a former lifetime.
C.J.
Great applicable material!
Excellent
Did a little bit of wrestling in my youth, cradles were a go to move for me. This gem of an instructional opened up a whole new world on how to build on what I learned over 40 years ago!
C.J.
If you are looking for control and to **** the scramble. Good series.
Cradles are new to me
Cradles are completely new but I feel it fits my body structure perfectly. Sometimes I need a second to think about my next move and cradles allow me to segement the sequences down enough to execute.
First cradle instructional
David breaks down the cradle into easy to understand language for a beginner but includes lots of technical details for advanced practioners. This instructional blended wrestling, catch wrestling and BJJ elements and I have been able to implement these techniques into rolls and supplement my existing knowledge.
cradles
good information
The Blackout Hybrid Pin and Cradle System by David Petrone
Excellent instructional on working the cradle in to your BJJ game for position to submission.
Simply awesome
All David patrone instructionals are packed with little (painful) gems. I love his approach to grappling
Black out cradles
great material on using cradles for all sorts of things. Great stuff!
C.J.
Excellent. A fresh mindset, really appreciate the old guys drive!
Really nice. easy to blend in with bjj.
I have never wrestled but cradles always made sense to me, though was not sure as to how to apply them in so many situations. great instruction straight to the point. Great to see a father and son combo too. congrats and thank you to you both.
Cradle
Amazing
Blackout Grappling!
Great material on using cradles! Can't wait to add to my game! Thanks!
cradle
I get tot his position a lot so all these transitions into a submission is great!
grap
very
Hybrid Cradle
Great instructional!
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗WOW
Dave is an incredible coach and wonderfully mixes the world's of catch and submission wrestling with BJJ. His techniques are accessible, effective, and nasty!!! Highly recommend!!
Awesome material
Awesome material
Cradle gang !!!
David and Vinny's creativity really open my eyes to all the possibilities in the cradle position. My personal favorite from this dvd is the twister/wrestlers pin.
Excellent
Very slick moves coming from the cradle in this instructional. Definitely a nice addition to my BJJF library.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗Well structured and informative!
Truly hybrid grappling at its best
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗Cradle the World
This was my first purchase on BJJF and I cannot recommend enough. Coming from a wrestling background, this collection and insight from the Petrones has increasingly helped my understanding of BJJ and I've been able to incorporate an already familiar grappling background into something new. I'll be purchasing more from BlackOut Grappling no doubt!
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗Awesome
Great for anyone cross training wrestling and jiu jitsu
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗Great options
Adds a new element to top side control.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗Cradles from everywhere
Really great stuff from the Petrones. Really taking my game to the next level, especially with the guard passes.
Cradle Heaven for Jiu Jitsu
Cradle: pin - pain - sumission - transition. It fits perfect to the leg weave, the arm weave or the leg drag concept and positios. Explained step by step within a bigger picture and broken down in a manner easy to get. Highly recommend!
Excellent
Communication is excellent, techniques are brutal. We love it.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🔥The Blackout Hybrid Pin and Cradle System by David Petrone
You will get more taps, but likely lose some friends. There is some weird and funky stuff in here.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🔥OG Blackout
Loving this. I’ve watched their other instructionals, this one gets to the basic foundation of their cradle techniques.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗Tons of options
A deep dive on cradles with a lot of cool options I haven't seen anywhere else.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Catch Wrestlings Savior
Coach Petrone is the savior of Catch Wrestling. If you are a wrestler by trade coming into submission grappling or a jiujiteiro who wants to learn wrestling style holds, this is the absolute best instructional to utilize. I’ve been trying to work this system into my game more and more. Passing is becoming a lot easier for sure.
Fun to watch
Its more than just a blend of catch wrestling and bjj. They are really putting cradles on the map.
Fantastic System
This instructional is a great dive into a rarely covered position in the BJJ space. It blends wrestling into BJJ very well and helps create that edge in your game with a position many grapplers aren't spending time in. Dave is a detailed teacher without being too wordy and his system is expansive and versatile. Heavy recommend.
unique
a different style, perfect blend of catch wrestling and BJJ. top notch.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻Just great!
Great fresh ideas for most of us. I can't really say enough about this one, but I'd buy it if I were you.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻I love the material David
I love the material David and Vinny put out! Unique and highly effective.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻Unreal
Crazy subs and cradle systems here. Honestly Some funky moves that you will catch higher belts out with.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻black out hybrid cradle
fantastic nasty dvd with pins and submissions
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻I love it!
Back when I first started bjj, I didn’t know any submissions so I would put the other newbies in the cradle because it was one of the few things I remembered from wrestling as a kid. Low and behold, there is an entire system on using this hood to attack. I love it!
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Will be nice to have
Will be nice to have different views of the techniques to have more details.
This instructional series is fantastic!
This instructional series is fantastic! Unique and effective techniques explained in a very clear and concise way. I have already implemented some of them into my grappling game! The cradle position and the approach David uses to explain how to get into it is a home run!
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Excellent!
I'm really enjoying the instructional. I don't come from a wrestling background and I've found this blends bjj and wrestling well. Extremely relevant!
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Mind blown
Can’t explain how easily and effectively this instructional was to be applied and added to my game now I’m a obsessed cradle menace
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Cradle Everyone
Incredible techniques to really diversify any grapplers game. Very happy with this purchase and adding some sneaky creativity to my game. #cradlestrong
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻Wow
This series is really a gem I evolved my game
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻Great cradle reversals from the
Great cradle reversals from the bottom. Once you see them you'll never not see then then. End your match quick with cradles.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻