Darce choke master Joe D’Arce in Lyndhurst NJ

Darce choke master Joe D’Arce in Lyndhurst NJ

Darce choke master Joe D’Arce was in Lyndhurst NJ teaching his skills at good friend Chris Savarese’s Jiu-Jitsu Academy last night. Professor Savarese had this to say “Thanks to my good friend Joe D’Arce for putting on an awesome seminar at my Academy tonight. Joe is one of the best BJJ minds in the world in my opinion and I always love exchanging ideas w him, he always inspires me to find more ways to submit, advance or sweep from positions I use a lot. My students loved it. I highly recommend having Joe in for seminars.” 

D’Arce background

Joe D’Arce started training with the legendary Renzo Gracie at his New York City academy in 1997 and had the honor of being promoted to black belt in 2003. At the time, he was the youngest American to every receive a blackbelt in BJJ. Through the years, Joe competed in over a hundred submission grappling and Jiu Jitsu (BJJ) competitions winning many titles. D’Arce is a veteran of the Pancrase fighting organization in Japan most notably representing team Renzo Gracie in July of 2004 when they went head to head with team Pancrase. He is also well known for a technique known as the D”Aarce choke which has become widely popular in most grappling, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and MMA competitions. Some of his titles include being a 2000 Pan American gold medalist,  2000 Mundial World Championship silver medalist and a 2002 Pan American gold medalist. He is also a 2003 Grapplers Quest 8 man tournament (pro division) middle weight champion, 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 2003 loss to Kazou Misaki by TKO 2004 win over Hiromitsu Miura by TKO Kickboxing: 3-0 Amateur Record