Passing Dominance

When gravity does the heavy lifting, your hands remain free — not straining against frames, but ready to base, to adjust, and to finish. The body speaks with pressure. Weight and posture lead the way, leaving the hands only to nudge the finish past the tipping point.

Your weight, your hips, your alignment — these are the anchors of dominance. When the body is placed with precision, it removes options, creates pressure, and dictates the flow.

The hands? They are tools of refinement. They post when balance is tested, they manipulate frames and limbs, and they finish once control has already been secured. They are not your foundation — they are your extensions, transmitting the power your body generates.

Too often, players try to pass with their arms, pushing and prying at knees and ankles, fighting through resistance with force alone. This is exhausting and leaves openings for sweeps and submissions.

Instead, lead with your body. Build the structure: posture tall, hips heavy, knees wide. Slide into a better angle, pinning with weight rather than grip. Angle your chest, creating a line of pressure that forces them to carry you. Now your hands are free — one bases lightly, the other blocks their knee just enough to open the path.

As the knee cut develops, it is the thigh and hip driving across their frame, the body flattening theirs, the shoulder sealing the space. The hands do little more than steer. When the body speaks with control, the opponent has no choice but to listen.

From there, the finish is not forced — it is revealed. Side control opens to mount, mount opens to the back, and the submission emerges as the natural conclusion.

This is precision, creating efficiency. Position giving rise to pressure. Alignment expressing inevitability. Jiu-jitsu not as a frantic struggle, but as a calm, inescapable truth.