The Escape Blueprint: Mastering Folkstyle Bottom by Trent Hidlay

In The Escape Blueprint, NCAA standout and elite technician Trent Hidlay breaks down the exact system he used to dominate from bottom position in folkstyle wrestling—and shows how it translates seamlessly to BJJ, MMA, and no-gi grappling.

• This isn’t a collection of random escapes.
  It’s a repeatable, pressure-tested framework for standing up, clearing control, and reversing momentum against elite top pressure.
  
• Most athletes are taught moves.
  Trent teaches principles, reactions, and chains—so you always know what to do next, no matter how your opponent responds.
  
• Trent Hidlay is one of the most technically sound wrestlers of his generation, known for his composure, precision, and ability to win exchanges where others panic
  

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What Will You Learn?

If you can’t get away from the bottom, you can’t win.

In The Escape Blueprint, NCAA standout and elite technician Trent Hidlay breaks down the exact system he used to dominate from bottom position in folkstyle wrestling—and shows how it translates seamlessly to BJJ, MMA, and no-gi grappling.

This isn’t a collection of random escapes.
It’s a repeatable, pressure-tested framework for standing up, clearing control, and reversing momentum against elite top pressure.

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🔑 What Makes This Course Different

Most athletes are taught moves.
Trent teaches principles, reactions, and chains—so you always know what to do next, no matter how your opponent responds.

You’ll learn how to:

• Build a bulletproof base that prevents breakdowns

• Create space against heavy hips and tight rides

• Chain escapes together instead of stalling out

• Turn defense into offense with clean stand-ups and reversals

• Apply folkstyle bottom mechanics directly to BJJ and no-gi situations

Whether your opponent is riding legs, breaking you flat, or smashing forward pressure—you’ll have an answer.

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📚 What You’ll Learn

✔️ Foundational bottom positioning and mindset
✔️ Hand control, hip movement, and timing
✔️ Stand-ups that actually work at high levels
✔️ Beating tight waist rides, ankle control, and leg rides
✔️ Scramble-based escapes for live, chaotic situations
✔️ How folkstyle bottom creates elite grappling awareness for BJJ

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🥋 Who This Course Is For

• Wrestlers who want a systematic approach to escaping bottom

• BJJ athletes looking to improve stand-ups, scrambles, and top-pressure survival

• No-gi competitors & MMA fighters who need reliable ways to disengage and reset

• Coaches who want a clear, teachable bottom framework

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👊 About the Instructor

Trent Hidlay is one of the most technically sound wrestlers of his generation, known for his composure, precision, and ability to win exchanges where others panic. His bottom wrestling isn’t flashy—it’s efficient, disciplined, and brutally effective.

What Exactly do You Get?

Volume 1

• Intro

• Bottom Philosophy #1: Offensive Mindset

• Bottom Philosophy #2: Focus on Getting Your Escape First

• Bottom Philosophy #3: Sealing Off and Hand Control

• Bottom Philosophy #4: Being Explosive and Having a First Move

• Bottom Philosophy #5: Never Stop Moving

• Riding Time Strategy

• Getting Set on Bottom

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Volume 2

• First Moves Off the Whistle – Explode to Feet Standup

• Seal Off to Quad Pod

• Quad Pod to Granby

• Changeover to Short Sit

• Elbow in the Chest Knee Slide

• Guzzo Standup Series

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Volume 3

• Getting the Escape – Cut Away / Getting Out on Your Feet

• Escapes / Reversals from Sit Out

• Head Gozony & Arm Over Top

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Volume 4

• Drills: Partner Back Pressure Drill

• Explosiveness Drills

• Wall Drills

• Outro