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Joe D'Arce, born to Frances and Martin D’Arce on January 2nd 1981, is an American mixed martial arts fighter. Joe D’Arce grew up in Brentwood NY and fights out of Long Island, New York; Joe D’Arce has trained at Bellmore Kickboxing Academy under trainer Keith Trimble and Spiros Vlantis as well as under legendary Renzo Gracie for Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Joe D’Arce is also the head instructor at D’Arce Martial Arts in Patchogue. Joe began training with Renzo Gracie back in 1997 at the age of 16. In 2003 Joe was promoted to a black belt in BJJ at the age of 22. He has fought in the Pancrase fighting organization in Japan, representing Team Gracie. Joe D'Arce is also well known for a technique known as the Darce choke which has become widely popular in both Jiu Jitsu and MMA competitions. Joe D’Arce is currently a second degree black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and police officer in Long Island, NY.

D'Arce Choke

The Brabo choke is commonly called the Darce choke. Though not the inventor of the choke, D'Arce performed this choke often and with great success in many Jiu-Jitsu and submission grappling tournaments against opponents. This is the reasoning for the choke being named after himself. In an interview Joe D'Arce stated "It's odd that the choke is named after me because I never claimed to invent the choke, and I never claimed that I'm the only one who does it, but when anyone gets good at a certain move, other people associate that move with him. So people started using my name when talking about it. But I didn't invent the move. I was shown that move by one of the instructors at the Renzo Gracie Jiu Jitsu Academy named John Danaher."

This link is a video of Joe D’Arce teaching the Darce choke.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RtIxkBRLzE&feature=player_embedded

Competition Record

Some titles include:

2000 Pan American gold medallist.

2000 Mundial world championship silver medallist.

2002 Pan American gold medallist.

2003 Grapplers Quest 8 man tournament (pro division) middle weight finalist.

2004 Grapplers Quest 8 man tournament (pro division) middle weight national champion.

2005 Grapplers Quest 4 man tournament (pro division) finalist.

4 time NAGA superfight champion.

Mixed Martial Arts:

1-1 record

January 26th 2003 loss to Kazou Misaki by TKO in Tokyo Japan Event- Pancrase - Hybrid 1

July 25th 2004 win over Hiromitsu Miura by TKO in Tokyo Japan Event- Pancrase - 2004 Neo-Blood Tournament Semifinals

Kickboxing:

3-0 Amateur Record

THIS IS FROM WIKIPEDIA BUT IS NOT ACCURATE IN REFERENCE TO WHO NAMED THE VARIATION OF THE ANACONDA CHOKE. [edit] D'Arce choke The D'Arce choke, also known as the Brabo choke, is similar to the Anaconda choke. The difference is that the choking arm is thread under the near arm, in front of the opponent's neck, and on top of the far arm. The choke gets its name from Joe D'Arce, a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt under Renzo Gracie. Though not the inventor of the choke, D'Arce performed this choke often and with great success in many Jiu-Jitsu and submission grappling tournaments. During a sparring session with Jason Miller, the choke surprised Miller, who gave it the name and pronunciation "Darce" rather than the proper "D-Arsee," when D'Arce did not have a title for the technique.[citation needed This portion of information should be edited to "The person who really made that choke popular on the West Coast was a jiu jitsu coach named Marc Laimon," D'Arce said. "He knows how to pronounce my last name, but he said, 'It's too many syllables.' So he shortened it to 'darce' so when he's coaching someone in a fight or a jiu jitsu match he can yell out, 'D'Arce' quickly. ... No one ever says 'dee-R-see choke.' Everyone just says 'darce.' People often call me 'Darce' because they don't know how to pronounce my name when they see an apostrophe. People say 'Hey, Joe Darce' and I don't correct them, even though it is pronounced 'dee-R-see'." http://www.mmafighting.com/2009/09/02/bjj-lessons-joe-darce-on-the-choke-that-bears-his-name BJJ LESSONS: JOE D'ARCE ON THE CHOKE THAT BEARS HIS NAME By Michael David Smith - Lead Blogger