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Tiger Knee (abbreviated to TK) is the act of doing an air special attack immediately after jumping. This technique got its name from Sagat's Tiger Knee attack in Street Fighter 2, which was .

The idea is to:

buffer the motion for the special attack while on the ground
input jump after the motion
once airborne, immediately press the button

This can be applied to any air special/super attack and allows players to do an air special almost as if there were a ground version!

Examples

GGXRD-R2

Baiken's Youzan Sen (

). Inputted as

~

Youzan Sen is an overhead, and gives Baiken access to a fast overhead attack

I-No's Ultimate Fortissimo (air

). Inputted as

~

Ultimate Fortissimo grants a lot of frame advantage on block, thus allowing I-No more time to do mixups

BBCF

Nu's Crescent Saber (

). Inputted as

~

Crescent Saber is an overhead, and greatly improves Nu's mixup game.

In these examples the goal is to input a jump after inputting the motion for the special move, then press the button shortly after.

Minimum Height

Some air attacks require that you be at least a certain height off the ground before the attack can be used (referred to as minimum height). A common example of this is Ky's Air Stun Edge. In cases like this, you will need to delay your button press so you can gain more altitude first.

Inputting the Jump

It should be noted that the jump motion doesn't have to be inputted at the end of the move! For example, to TK a motion, you can do !

Prejump Cancel

A Prejump Cancel is canceling the grounded startup animation of a jump into a ground special attack. While not exactly the same as a Tiger Knee, this can be done using the same motion with slight differences - you need to time the button press to to happen during the jump's ground startup, which is a much smaller window of time compared to normal TK attacks.

An example of this is Susano'o Dancing Dual Kick (236B). The final hit is jump cancelable, which can let you cancel into ground special moves by using this technique. So to cancel into a second Dancing Dual Kick, do right when the final hit of the first one happens, then press during the jump startup. Another way to do this is to input a jump, then the motion so .

General Strategy

Metagame

Evaluating Risk/Reward

Techniques

Basic

Intermediate

Instant Air Special (Tiger Knee)

Advanced

F-Shiki ("Fuzzy Overhead")

Proximity Block Option Select

Technical Info

Using Training Mode Effectively

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-Tiger Knee (abbreviated to TK) is the act of doing an air special attack immediately after jumping. It got it's name from Sagat's Tiger Knee attack in Street Fighter 2, which was {{236}}{{9}}{{K}}. The idea is to [[Buffer|buffer]] the motion for the special attack while on the ground, then pressing jump and the button afterwards. This can be applied to any air special/super attack.
+Tiger Knee (abbreviated to TK) is the act of doing an air special attack immediately after jumping. This technique got its name from Sagat's Tiger Knee attack in Street Fighter 2, which was {{Ni|236}}{{Ni|9}}{{K}}.
-Common examples of this include:
+The idea is to:
+# [[Buffer|buffer]] the motion for the special attack while on the ground
+# input jump after the motion
+# once airborne, immediately press the button
+This can be applied to any air special/super attack and allows players to do an air special almost as if there were a ground version!
+==Examples==
 ;GGXRD-R2
-:Baiken Youzansen (air {{623}}{{H}}). Inputted as {{623}}{{9}}~{{H}}
+:Baiken's Youzan Sen ({{j}}{{Ni|623}}{{S}}). Inputted as {{Ni|623}}{{Ni|9}}~{{S}}
-:I-No's Ultimate Fortissimo (air {{2363214}}{{S}}). Inputted as {{2363214}}{{7}}~{{S}}
+::Youzan Sen is an overhead, and gives Baiken access to a fast overhead attack
+:I-No's Ultimate Fortissimo (air {{Ni|236}}{{Ni|63214}}{{S}}). Inputted as {{Ni|236}}{{Ni|63214}}{{Ni|7}}~{{S}}
+::Ultimate Fortissimo grants a lot of frame advantage on block, thus allowing I-No more time to do mixups
 ;BBCF
-:Hakumen's Tsubaki (air {{214}}{{C}}). Inputtted as {{214}}{{7}}~{{C}}
+:Nu's Crescent Saber ({{j}}{{Ni|214}}{{C}}). Inputted as {{Ni|214}}{{Ni|7}}~{{C}}
+::Crescent Saber is an overhead, and greatly improves Nu's mixup game.
+In these examples the goal is to input a jump after inputting the motion for the special move, then press the button shortly after.
+==Minimum Height==
+Some air attacks require that you be at least a certain height off the ground before the attack can be used (referred to as minimum height). A common example of this is Ky's Air Stun Edge. In cases like this, you will need to delay your button press so you can gain more altitude first.
+==Inputting the Jump==
+It should be noted that the jump motion doesn't have to be inputted at the end of the move! For example, to TK a {{Ni|63214}}{{Ni|6}} motion, you can do {{Ni|63214}}{{Ni|7}}{{Ni|6}}!
+==Prejump Cancel==
+A Prejump Cancel is canceling the grounded startup animation of a jump into a ground special attack. While not exactly the same as a Tiger Knee, this can be done using the same motion with slight differences - you need to time the button press to to happen during the jump's ground startup, which is a much smaller window of time compared to normal TK attacks.
-In each example the goal is to input a jump after inputting the motion for the special move, then press the button shortly after.
+An example of this is Susano'o Dancing Dual Kick (236B). The final hit is jump cancelable, which can let you cancel into ground special moves by using this technique. So to cancel into a second Dancing Dual Kick, do {{Ni|236}}{{Ni|9}} right when the final hit of the first one happens, then press {{B}} during the jump startup. Another way to do this is to input a jump, then the motion so {{Ni|8}}{{Ni|236}}{{B}}.
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