The north south choke is the most under-respected blood choke in no-gi grappling, and the proof is on tape: Marcelo Garcia walked through Pride veteran Masakazu Imanari in 2007 by finishing him from north-south after a takedown, and nobody on the roster had an answer for it for the better part of a decade. The…
The guillotine choke no-gi is the first real submission most grapplers ever finish, and somehow the one most blue belts still get wrong at brown. It is a front-headlock choke that traps the neck under the forearm while the back of the head locks against the shoulder, and in no-gi it lives or dies on…
The darce choke no-gi is a head-and-arm blood choke that finishes opponents from the front headlock, the bottom of side control, the turtle, and a half guard sprawl — four positions that no-gi grapplers live in every round. Vicente Luque owns four UFC darce wins and Tony Ferguson has three, which makes it the single…
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Master the darce choke with 7 proven no-gi setups from half guard, turtle, and front headlock. Step-by-step technique for grapplers.