Two Stripe White Belt to Purple Belt: “You Just Gotta Get My Arm Across to Finish”

“Oh, nice, that was really good,” two stripe white belt Martin D’Amico said to Janine Wright, a three stripe purple belt, as she secured a triangle choke moments after D’Amico had reached his left arm back to separate Wright’s legs while in her guard. “Okay, yeah, this is really good. So, see how I’ve gotten my trapped arm down and off to the side here? That’s going to let me keep breathing. Also, you have to break my posture if you want to finish this. Here, I’ll show you, see how tight it goes when I put my arm across like this, see how hard it is for me to talk. Great, great now just squeeze your legs and pull on my head. *Whew* Yeah, that was really tight. Awesome stuff. Yeah, I just, I saw how you seemed to pause after getting the position and thought I’d help you out. I’m, like, super good at triangles. They’re probably my best submission. You wanna drill that a few times before we go again so I can walk you through it?”