Double crucifix

From Silkworms

double crucifix (behind the back cross)

the necca folks call this position "double crucifix," which is a less-clunky name than "behind the back cross" and perhaps equally explanatory (and more helpful) if you've already seen a crucifix; the fabrics are crossed at the small of the back, and the position is literally two crucifixes on the two fabrics, each running the opposite way from the other.

this is a basic position that is used in a lot of things; there are a lot of different ways to get into it. (the photo is from the end of a dive between, and often the fabrics behind the back are a little tangled in my shirt at that point when i get into it that way; but it's essentially the same position no matter how you get into it.)

oddly the position is also more or less the same upside-down. from the position in the picture, you can straddle and invert, flipping back over the crossed fabrics at the small of the back. from there, you need only put the two tails together and hold them in one hand to be in position for a glissade or slack drop.

uses/builds on: arguably crucifix, but most ways of getting into this position are very different from ways of getting into the crucifix