Magic Mat Work by Hudson Taylor

What Is On This Series? 

Learn A Full System Around How To Stay In Control, On Top, And Working For The Pin With ACC Champion, All-American, & D1 Coach Hudson Taylor

-Introduce yourself to Hudson’s detail-oriented way of wrestling by first learning his 8 positions of control. Each one, escalating from on the feet and not touching to a broken down opponent on the mat, brings with it a new set of challenges that you can only master when you have identified them. By getting this in mind, you can get more out of your practice time, match management, and positional control. Also learn, with examples and definitive time demands, how to manage a match and the clock while you wrestle (including exactly how fast into each match you should be shooting for takedowns!). Your mindset will always lead the matches, so learning the exact way that one of the best pinners ever thinks and practices is really valuable information for any wrestler or coach serious about leveling up.

-Add into your skillset every turn and pin that Hudson used in one of the most successful bonus point careers in history, from high school through NCAA. During his time as a National Prep Champion at the legendary Blair Academy, Hudson developed one of the best single wrist rides ever, chaining it to stacks, halfs, and armbars from everywhere. Now you can finally see the series that has made Blair one of the best programs in history! In addition, go deep into how to cradle like a this ACC Wrestler Of The Year, from nearside, farside, even rolling across your own back. Once you are ready to light up the scoreboard, add in the high volume tilts you can be using to destabilize and take the base out from anyone in the bracket. Each tilt has its own specifics, but you can master each with the instruction given here, including the Gillespie tilt, the Lambrecht tilt, the cross-wrist tilt, and the Saylor tilt.

-Once boots start coming in, a lot of wrestlers start clamming up, not sure what to do. You can leave all that in the past, because even as a 197-pounder, Hudson was always prolific with his hooks in, including with his dreaded moneymaker variation on the power half. Learn how to put your boots in and score big, or how to clear them out and escape every time. This no longer has to be a dreaded situation, it can be your points consistently!

 -Escaping from bottom comes down to two things: your mindset and how much space you can create. Now you can learn both at once, on these 8-volumes. In systematic fashion, learn the small movements, then the techniques, then the counters you need to wrestle through anything you see from bottom. With escapes, granby rolls, and standups that are as bulletproof as they are technical, never get ridden out again.

 -We couldn’t bring in an innovator like Hudson without letting him go deep into some of the never before shown moves that he has been perfecting and inventing. Hudson developed his wrestling into a super successful grappling style (and became a jiu-jitsu world champion!) With nearly a dozen turns from common positions, you can add in some flash and excitement to the same few top moves, and really catch your next practice partner by surprise.

What Exactly Is On This Series?

Part 1:
Intro
Intro to 8 positions of control
Stance, motion, hand fighting
Trips, throws, and slide bys
Jigh level offense and defense
Low level offense and defense
Front headlock
Rear standing position
Referees position
Flat

Part 2:
Match strategy
Practicing with a purpose
Hip buckle mat return
Counter to baby stand up #1
Counter to baby stand up #2
Counter to baby stand up #3
Mat return when opponent gets standing
Turning mat return when opponent is standing
Rear standing to double leg
Claw turk

Part 3:
Stack from single wrist ride
Single wrist ride to half
Single wrist to arm out on back
Far side cradle
Lazy man cradle
3/4 cradle
Roll through cradle from front head lock
Cross wrist tilt
The saylor
Cross wrist tilt when opponent is flat
Lambercht tilt
Gillespie tilt
Claw tilt

Part 4:
Power half turn from legs
The moneymaker
Moneymaker 2.0 when facing a bendi-flex
Half Nelson to counter the quad pod
Seat belt turn
The pin up
Riding legs recovery
2 on 1 tilt from double legs
Head and arm tilt
Inside out legs

Part 5:
Intro to bottom
Bottom wrestling philosophy
Stand up escape
Knee slide
Changeover
Defense to far knee far ankle
Iron frog drill
Recovery after mat return
Standing granby
Granby from the mat

Part 6:
Elevator
Cross hand wrist roll
Claw counter
The wave
Bi-pod leg counter
Counter to banana split
Counter to power half
Defending legs when opponent laces ankles
Defending legs when opponent grabs own ankle
Counter when we're flat and opponent has one leg in
Counter when we're flat and opponent has one leg in variation

Part 7:
Defending double boots when we're flat
Defending near side single wrist
Defending the cross wrist
Countering when ankle is trapped
Knee slide from flat
Octopus escape
Octopus escape from cross wrist ride
Counter to far wrist control when flat
Cross wrist reversal from flat

Part 8:
Intro to unconventional techniques
The sampson
X tilt
X stack
X grip to double grapes
Wheelbarrel turn
Hurdeler turk
Sankaku turk
Reverse cross face from legs
4 finger control from top
Calf slicer tilt
Reverse single leg to bow and arrow turn