How exactly do you escape a grab?

[SweetJohnnyV]

Graham is right.
You have to react within 5 frames (this is from my exp.) in order to get started. If you react too slowly it takes longer to recover (it actually gives your opp. more “time” due to the fact that in a regular throw your opp. would have thrown you).

The reason that using dn/awy,n,u/twds is better than b to f, or any other variation (especially 360) is because the CPU
counts that motion (the diagonal mash) as if you pressed “Up+Dn+Twd+Awy+N” (it’s counting the number of input commands).

Wow! That’s a great breakdown. Thanks for the info!

[ShinVega]

Thx for the rep!!
I edited the post after I put it in the wiki for clarity and deeper explanation.