The D’Arce Choke is one of the most powerful submissions in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Why? Because, when you’ve got it in place properly, then you can rest assured that the opponent is going to tap out. There’s just no way out of it.
But to make it like so, you first have to have the setup right. You have to make it tight and you have to apply pressure in the right way and on the right spot.
Here is how to do just that. Ruotolo brothers explain how to do the perfect D’Arce Choke on the video below:
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