Arm triangle choke
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Arm triangle choke (or simply arm triangle) is a generic term describing chokeholds in which the opponent is strangled in between his or her own shoulder and the performers arm. This is as opposed to the regular triangle choke, which denotes a chokehold using the legs, albeit with a similar mechanism of strangulation against the opponent's own shoulder. An arm triangle choke where the performer is on the side of the opponent and presses a forearm into opposite side of the neck of the opponent is called a side choke, such as from the kata-gatame hold.
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[edit] Anaconda choke
An anaconda choke is an arm triangle from the front headlock position. The man on top threads his arm under the opponents neck and through the armpit, and grasps his bicep. The performer then attempts to pin the bottom man onto the trapped shoulder so as to better interrupt the flow of blood, all the while applying pressure with the grasped bicep. He may accomplish this by rolling the man over the untrapped shoulder, (known as a gator roll) and use the momentum to turn the man onto his trapped shoulder. This move is occasionally used in professional wrestling as the Anaconda Vice, for example for a short time by CM Punk.
[edit] D'Arce choke
The D'Arce choke is similar to the Anaconda choke. The difference being that the choking arm is thread under the near arm, in front of the opponent's neck, and on top of the far arm. Though, not the inventor of the choke, the choke gets its name from Joe D'Arce, a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt under Renzo Gracie, who performed this choke often with great success in many Jiu Jitsu and submission grappling tournaments.
[edit] References
- Pearson, Charlie. Anaconda choke. www.lockflow.com. URL last accessed March 4, 2006.
