Cradle of Filth by Neil Melanson
195 reviews · 4.98 / 5
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The Catch Wrestling Formula by Neil Melanson reviews, page 2
The Catch Wrestling Formula by Neil Melanson has 123 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 February 19, 2018 to October 10, 2025. All of them are published below in full, unedited.
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great app
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗Changes your approach to grappling
This was my first instructional and it absolutely changed my whole game. Review is a bit late as I watched this as a blue belt and am writing as a brown belt but this instructional does more than just show a series of moves. It helped me understand a new approach to grappling for which Neil provides great instruction. Using half and full stocks from every position, heavy cross faces and head control, cradle sequences, and much more. Fantastic introduction to a more violent style of grappling.
Catch 'em all!!
Upped my game significantly.
Another Awesome Instructional from Melanson
Coach Neil's awesome catch instructional gives us a unique, effective system to play around with and incorporate into our game along with his invaluable fresh insights into moves you thought you knew. Neil is the best--always enlightening and always refining techniques and tactics.
The Catch Wrestling Formula By Neil Melanson
Neil is the man in Catch wrestling and is considered one of the top coaches in the game. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to learn some new techniques from a highly sought out coach!
Pass the half guard
Awesome stuff from Neil which has helped my top game!
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻great
great
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻A fresh approach
I appreciated how he integrated other submission grappling systems into a highly technical and unique style.
The cradle changed my top game
Own the physical version and watched it lot of time in the last year. Worth every rewatch
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻Excellent dvd
Contains lots of cool unorthodox techniques you can use to terrorize your training partners pretty much as soon as you finish watching it. One of my favorite instructionals. Can recommend all of coach Neil's other videos, as well.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻Brilliant! This instructional will elevate your game!
Neil is one of the greatest minds in our sport! His systems are hardened in pressure tested! Huge fan, I have nearly all of his DVDs + his book! The danger is in the details!
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Mind Blown with this course!
This is an excellent course that I enjoyed, and every part of it is great! Especially The shoulder pin series closed guard that I will use!
Response from BJJ Fanatics🔥Foundational
I asked my instructor at one point which person I should watch to emulate and learn from. He recommended Neil and I proceeded to obsessively follow him. He’s a fantastic grappler/teacher and his great strength is systematizing and combining different grappling styles together. Neil provides a lot of material in this instructional. I am particularly fond of the first “disk” where he goes over the whizzer. In my opinion, his teaching on the whizzer is worth the price of the instructional. That particular move has saved me several times. There’s a couple series here that he explores more in depth later on like the cradle of filth. Still, I think this instructional has a lot of gems that are worth studying. You can’t really go wrong with Coach Neil. Stay filthy.
An introduction to Neil's game
This must be one of the first videos he produced. You can think of it as a tasting menu for the more focused videos he has since created. Though, the core of his game is right here, especially a nice cradle sequence that you can put to immediate use. Highly recommended. Trigger warning: most of this material will make you no friends in a BJJ academy environment. It is pretty nasty.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻Great Info
This series has some great detailed information. I immediately started using parts of the videos in all my roles. Would definitely recommend.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Neil goes through his fundamental
Neil goes through his fundamental ideas of how to control and submit the opponent. I presume this video would be setting the scenes for the other videos isolating the ideas for deeper studies.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻The Catch Wrestling Formula By Neil Melanson
One of the first instructionals Neil Melanson did, and one of the first I got. The sound quality isn't always great, but its easily understandable throughout. All the subjects covered in this DVD has been expanded upon with their own separate releases since then, but while here is condensed, its great material and easily applicable. Neil explain great and gives several different options and how they all flow into one another. This is a great DVD if you want to integrate catch wrestling but don't know where to start, since it gives a lot of different options, from the cradle to the Irish collar.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Outside the Norm
Bringing catch wrestling techniques to a BJJ mat has had great results. Adding these techniques to my already top game heavy BJJ game has felt natural and made my top game more diverse
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Quick hack to roll with higher belts
This one has gold nuggets uncovered every minute of the instructional, and is suitable from beginner to advanced. As a beginner white belt with little mat experience, I used what i could learn from this to roll with higher belts (especially those with more traditional BJJ background) and give them a challenge. As a blue belt, I continued to use this to roll with even higher belts who would ask if I came from a wrestling background (I have zero wrestling background). There area some beautiful head and arm choke sequences that anyone would do well to drill and master. The instructional is like mini snapshots of Neil's advanced, multi-faceted grappling game - the slight glimpses of different aspects make it accessible to the beginner trying to pick up grappling quickly, and yet still invaluable as reference for the longer term.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Neil Melanson Catch Wresling
Awesome series on some brutal catch wrestling techniques! Easy to watch, clear instruction and I've been hitting my students with these techniques in my No Gi classes :) Highly recommended!
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻superb!!! superb!!! superb!!!
really nice stuff here!!!
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻grappling gold!
Everything from Melanson is pure grappling gold. Equal parts brutal and technical!
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Pure Gold!
I have several of Melancon’s programs, this one is probably my favorite, tons of gold here!
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Filthy Awesome
A great Overview of some highlights of Neil's techniques. If you love this you'll love the rest of his instructions.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻Really enjoyed this. Some nice
Really enjoyed this. Some nice explanations.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻Gold
Gold
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Cradle Series!
I'm an older beginner (late 40s) with a background in wrestling. When rolling I find myself regularly in a position to take cradle, and have been trying to figure out how to include it into my game. Coach recommended Neil's instructional, and it's been extremely valuable - I've already caught a couple guys with it. No doubt will pick up the rest of Neil's instructionals, and already bought his book on mastering triangles (whether my old brain will absorb it all is a different story). Wish I could learn from the man himself! But this is a second-best way to learn. Highly recommend.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Practical guard pass
I've been using this Lapel-Collar Cradle for years. High percentage Guard Passing.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻Great Instruction
Neils attention to detail is top notch. The way he gets the information across is so effective.
Maybe The BEST!
I have several programs from Neal, this is the one I probably refer to watch the most, amazing nuggets of catch wrestling gold in this one!
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Best overview of catch on BJJF
Awesome vid, used the skills in this video through out my regular training. Highly recommend
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻Start collecting his stuff now!
If you're not looking to collect all of Neil's instructional I don't know what you're waiting for!
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Neil is a mastermind
Neil breaks things down on a conceptual level that makes it easy to wrap your head around techniques even if you have a Neanderthal brain like myself! A true mastermind who always thinks outside the box!
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻Excellent video with great insights
Excellent video with great insights and perspective on new topics I had no idea about before watching this content
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻Very Good Instructional
This is a very good source of info on the subject. Neil does a great job teaching these techniques in a clear and straightforward way. A++
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻We’ll explained
We’ll explained, but weird that it didn’t have a proper intro tho but was great
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻Drill partners will hate you lol!
Great content, All of Neils videos are great. A very different approach that really appeals to guys who like to grind. Some content here that you will find no where else that really imporved my game.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻Would recommend
Super straight forward and good fundamentals
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻Awesome material! It’s Neil, always
Awesome material! It’s Neil, always good.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻The Catch Wrestling Formula Neil Melanson
Clear, Concise, and to the point. Neil gives you simple instructions and explanations that are easy to understand without boring you to do death. Refreshing to watch and instructional that keeps your interest while you learn.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻Great variety of techniques from Neil
Neil’s instruction and detail are top notch, and this instructional is kinda of a variety pack from the other ones. This is a good introduction to Neil’s style, which while the video is called “catch,” is really a variety of disciplines mixed together as Neil himself later elaborates. Nevertheless, Neil’s approach to grappling is excellent, and shows many techniques that are unique. My only complaints about this video is that some of the same techniques are even repeated from DVD 2 to DVD 3, and that the production quality is not so high. His later instructions seem to be much better throughout in terms of organization. Still it’s worth a pick-up if you’re a Neil fan, or want an intro to his teaching.
Slightly late review but what
Slightly late review but what a great purchase, I watched it on a flight and will it again before drilling and putting into practice.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻Catch Wrestling
A good video with Neil showing his style of CACC!
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻Very Good
After watching the 1st DVD, I know I have made a wise purchase this is going to help my technique immeasurably, thank you, Neil, for sharing and thank you BJJ Fanatics it's been "A huge Honour for me" to learn from your instructionals.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻Awesome seminar on catch wrestling
Really great instruction that anyone can add to their game. Highly effective!
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻pure awesomeness
great examples. Great material. Great dismantling of techniques. he's doing a fantastic job in this video of explain the material he's teaching. you can tell he has an in-depth knowledge all the techniques he is showing in this video.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗Solid stuff, a different take on grappling
I really enjoyed the cradle material covered in this instructional. It is an effective method to deal with guard play and readily implemented into my game.
Paul cherry
this is an excellent instructional and a most have for any serious grappler
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻Fantastic
A wonderful introduction and demonstration of blending Catch Wrestling and BJJ into a fluid and seamless hybrid grappling system
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻The Cath Wtestling Formula
The best instructional, very professional and different approach Neil never disappoint
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻
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