VIDEO: D’Arce Choke From the Double Under Pass with David Porter

David Porter's D'Arce choke from the double under pass

David Porter's D'Arce chokes are respected by everyone who has watched him work. Here, the Pedro Sauer brown belt — and our guest this Sunday — shows a sweet D'arce setup from the double under guard pass position. Watch, learn, and listen to Dave on the show Jan. 24 at 10 a.m. on WHUPfm.org! You can also download from iTunes, Stitcher or the podcatcher of your choice.

Posted by Dirty White Belt Radio on Thursday, January 21, 2016

VIDEO: David Porter’s D’Arce Finishes

Dave Porter's D'Arce Choke Finishes

Wondered how David Porter finishes his D'Arce? Learn how with this video. We got a great question for Dave about the choke, which can be finished top/bottom and/or on either hip. What is interesting about Porter is that he's one of the few people to voluntarily give up a top D'arce position to get there, often by something Bill Cooper calls a "Sonic the Hedgehog" roll. Andrew Foster suggested we ask Dave about that bottom hip and Sonic-roll finish: thanks for the great question! You can listen to Dave's answer on the podcast, and you can see a video with him finishing two D'Arces here.

Posted by Dirty White Belt Radio on Sunday, January 24, 2016

Triangle From Closed Guard With Strikes

On the most recent podcast, we interviewed CJ Murdock, who is a black belt currently training in Brazil with Fernando Terere.

When we do this, we’re usually going to ask the guest to demonstrate one of her or his favorite techniques: with CJ, that’s not possible, since he’s in another country. In a situation like that, I’ll demonstrate the grappling technique and Trevor Hayes will demonstrate the striking.

Here’s a classic, core technique that never stops working and never diminishes in importance: the triangle from the vale tudo guard.

Trevor knows this punchy-kicky business far better than I do. He runs the Muay Thai program at Forged Fitness Cary, and here he shows the teep kick and the roundhouse kick.