position before submission: jiu jitsu students often use this phrase – some even go so far as to define the sport this way. It is a good way to express a valuable insight to a beginner, but at the higher levels, it is an over simplification. positional dominance is one form of control and advantage, but it is only one among many forms of advantage. Indeed, such is the subtlety of the sport at international level that it is quite possible to give up to your opponent one form of advantage whilst retaining several different forms for yourself. In this way weakness can be feigned from a position of strength and an unwary opponent taken by surprise by an unforeseen attack. Here Garry Tonon gives away positional advantage to the very talented Jake Shields whilst hunting for other forms of advantage to launch attacks
