That being Milton Viera, the experienced MMA fighter and Luta Livre competitor who was awarded his BJJ black belt by Murilo Bustamante in light of his fantastic ADCC performances. The father of the D’arce choke has a very shrouded past and what little information there is about how the Anaconda choke was created all seems to point towards the same source. It turns out the invention of the technique is actually a happy accident that points clearly to the parent submission in the head and arm choke family being the Anaconda choke. He explains that he spent time in Germany teaching in the early 90’s and this particular Norwegian student was being shown the Anaconda choke and was doing it “wrong”, but still getting the tap. The story of it’s invention was recounted by the president of the Luta Livre Esportiva federation, Daniel D’Dane. That man is actually a Luta Livre competitor, Bjorn Dag Lagerstrom who is known to have used this choke three times on his way to winning a German grappling competition in 1996. While D’arce certainly popularized this choke and was known for his mastery of it, he began his BJJ journey in 1997 and there’s another grappler who has an earlier claim to the choke’s invention. “Triangulo de braco invertido” quite literally translates as “Inverted Arm Triangle” and is certainly more descriptive of how this submission works. The Portuguese name is a little more helpful as it actually confirms the family that it belongs to. The story goes that the choke was named after him by UFC veteran Jason Miller, who had never seen it until D’arce used it on him in training. The English name of this choke is a little misleading as it takes after Joe D’arce, a Renzo Gracie black belt who fought in Pancrase in the early 2000s and won several Grappler’s Quest tournaments.
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