Jargon

Jargon refers to terms of art relating to Tekken.

• For shorthand for game input and stance abbreviations, see Notation.
• For the meaning of values in movelists, see Movelist.
• For frame advantages, which look like “+5” and “-13c”, see § Frame advantage.

a

air combo

see Juggle

active frame

the frame where a move can hit the opponent, see also Frame#Moves

ak

short for Armor King

ali kick

a name for King's d+3+4

ancient power

a name for Devil Jin's b+1+3_b+2+4, named after a similar move Ogre has in previous games

attack

a move that has active frames

b

bad breath

a name for Nina's d/b,d,d/f,f,u/f,d/b+2+3, Yoshimitsu's d/b+1+2,1_2, and Armor King's Rage Drive R.f,n,d,d/f+1+2

ballerina spin

a visual hitstun for some moves that give large frame advantage and wall splat (without knockdown outside of wall)

bazooka kick

a name for Lee's d,D/B+4

bdc

short for backdash cancel

bigs

refers to characters with large hitboxes that aren't Kuma/Panda, typically Gigas, Jack-7, Marduk

bk

short for Blazing Kick, Lee's d,D/B+4

block stun

the time after blocking a move where the defender can't act

bo

best of, e.g. bo3 means “best of 3”, the number of matches in the set

the set usually ends early if there's a decisive winner before every match is played, e.g. if a player wins the first 2 matches in a bo3, the third is usually skipped. Best of n = first to (n+1)/2

bow and arrow

a name for Julia's FC.d/f+4,3

bracket

the thing that says who plays against whom in each round of a tournament as per its format, usually double elimination

break

short for throw break, may also refer to chickening a reversal

c

cabinet

a name for an arcade machine

cali roll

short for California Roll, Xiaoyu's BT.f+3+4, and a name for Lucky Chloe's BT.f+3+4

can-can, can-cans, can-can kicks

a name for Asuka, Devil Jin, and Jin's d+3+4, but can also refer to other similar moves, a low kick into a jumping mid or high kick.

capo

short for capoeira, the fighting style used by Eddy (also Christie and Tiger from earlier games); sometimes also refers to Lucky Chloe

canned 50/50

a string with mid/low mixup extensions.

cc

short for crouch cancel

cd

crouch dash

ch

counter hit

chainsaws

refers to Alisa's Destructive Stance and moves done from it

charge

a mechanic in fighting games, that gives access either to extended moveset, enhanced similar moveset, and/or special general properties. See ki charge and Claudio Starburst.

cheese

moves or tactics that are much easier to use than they are to defend against

chicken

breaking a reversal by pressing either f+1+3 for a caught left limb or f+2+3 for a caught right limb, see also Chicken

connect

to have a move either hit or be blocked by an opponent, i.e. not to whiff a move. Sometimes does refer to specifically on hit and not on block.

counter hit

to hit an opponent as they're trying to attack; note that throws can't be counter hit

crouch

see crouch

crush

see crush

d

deathmatch

a long set of matches between two players, often until one player can no longer continue playing, or until either player is promoted or demoted

demoman

short for Demolition Man, Paul's d+4,2:1+2

debug

short for Debugger, Jack-7's b,d/b,d,d/f+1

dempsey roll

a name for Steve's R.PAB.d/f+3+4,F and its follow up

dewgf

short for dashed electric wind god fist, f,f,n,d,d/f#2 with Devil Jin, Heihachi, or Kazuya

dewhf

short for dashed electric wind hook first, f,f,n,d,d/f#2 with Jin

dj

short for Devil Jin

drag

short for Dragunov

duck

same as crouch

e

eat

to get hit by a move

elbow

a move that can't be parried by regular parries because the attack is an elbow

ewgf

short for electric wind god fist

ewhf

short for electric wind hook fist

f

fahk

short for Fahkumram

fake plus

when you have enough plus frames for something to combo, but the game allows them to block regardless

flash

short for Sword Flash, Yoshimitsu's 1+4

float

to hit an opponent out the air or off the ground and covert it into a juggle

flowchart

a planned sequence of moves, usually derogatory

frame

see Frame

ft

first to, e.g. ft2 means “first to 2”, the number of matches a player needs to win to win the set. First to n = best of (n*2 - 1)

g

getup kick

see § wake-up kick

ground game

see § okizeme

giant swing

the name of Armor King and King's f,hcf+1, a throw which looks like a 1+2 break but is actually a 1 break

h

haha step

a technique primarily Lei can do to move backwards quickly, utilizing b+3+4 BT transition.

harakiri

the name of moves Yoshimitsu can do where he stabs himself

hayashida step

a technique Nina can do

hei

short for Heihachi

hellsweep

a name for Devil Jin, Heihachi, and Kazuya's f,n,d,d/f+4, often used to refer to any unreactable, high risk/reward low

hwo

short for Hwoarang

i

instant screw/spin

a type of launcher that puts the combo right into the screw/spin state. If these launcher land on the back, they normally only knockdown. example kuma b,f+2

m

Mashing

attacking recklessly, often at minus frames.

o

okizeme

pressure on a grounded opponent

open

without walls, "in the open"

p

P1, P2

Player 1, Player 2, refers to the side a player is on, P1 is the left side, P2 is the right side. Online allows both players be play the same side relative to their screens, them being on P1 or P2 depends on if they can sidestep a certain way out of crouch. Example "So I will switch sides, so he is P2, and can't sidewalk the correct way after my d/f+1+2"

Pretzel

d/b, hcb, d/f, the motion input for Geese' Raging Storm

r

RA

short for Rage Art

Rave Spin

Lei's d/b+4,4, see Hell Sweep

RD

short for Rage Drive

Reversal (as a concept)

in most fighting games, a move one does right as they leave a stunned state, suck as blockstun, hitstun, or wake up. A good reversal is a move that is servisable as a reversal, due to having some form of invincibility, being able to parry, or anything in that manner. Example in Tekken - doing Rage Art after getting hit, expecting opponent to continue pressing buttons - that is using RA as a reversal.

Rush step, Razor Rush, Wolf Rush

Lei's stance entered with fn, Razor Rush is the punch string with stance transitions, Wolf Rush is the the kick string with distinctive features. Lei Razor_Rush

s

S1, S2, S3, S4, etc.

short for the number of the season, S1 = Season One

Snake Dash

Crouch Dash loops by side stepping to return to standing faster

stagger or staggers on block

an animation that plays when certain lows that almost universally around -25 or worse

t

T7, TK7

short for Tekken 7

TTT2, Tag2

short for Tekken Tag Tournament 2, previous game in the franchise

Tombstone

a throw shared by jack, king and armor king. Though jack's does less damage and has a different break

Someone's turn

on connect players are at a certain frame advantage, if first player's fastest attacking move at this advantage will hit first against opponent's fastest attacking move - it is said that it's the first player's turn in that situation.since fastest attacking move on every character (mostly) is 10f, their +1 is enough to constitute that it's their turn. Thus one's turn = one's frame advantage

u

unsafe

when a move is enough negative on block and in range of the other character's block punishment

w

wake-up kick

refers to attacks done from a grounded position, primarily those done by pressing 3 or 4, see also Wake-up

y

yoshi

short for Yoshimitsu

Uncategorized

<Char>cord

refers to a Discord server dedicated to the character, e.g. Leicord for the Lei Wulong Discord