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.

bazooka kick

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

bdc

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. BOn = FT(n/2 + 0.5)

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-cans

a name for Asuka, Devil Jin, and Jin's d+3+4, but also for similar moves

capo

short for capoeira, the fighting style used by Eddy; sometimes also refers to Lucky Chloe

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

to 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

a name for 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

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

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

g

getup kick

see § wake-up kick

ground game

see § okizeme

giant swing

King and Armor 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 Lei can do to move backwards quickly, combining b+3+4 with BT.d/b

harakiri

the name of moves Yoshimitsu can do where he stabs himself

hayashida step

a technique Nina can do

hei

short for Heihachi

hwo

short for Hwoarang

o

okizeme

pressure on a grounded opponent

w

wake-up kick

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

Uncategorized

Yoshi - a fictional dinosaur who appears in video games published by Nintendo. Yoshi debuted in Super Mario World on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System as Mario and Luigi's sidekick. Also short for Yoshimitsu

S1, S2, S3, S4, etc. - short for the number of the season.

T7, TK7 - short for Tekken 7

TTT2, Tag2 - short for Tekken Tag Tournament 2, previous game in the franchise

RA - short for Rage Art

RD - short for Rage Drive

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

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"

Reversal - 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.

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 first player's turn in that situation.since fastest attacking move on every character* is 10f, their +1 is enough to constitute that it's their turn.

Ballerina Spin - the visual effect on some moves, giving big + frames on hit, and giving a wall on connect while not being a knockdown normally.

<Char>cord - Discord server for the character. Leicord - Lei Wulong Discord, Zafcord - Zafina Discord, Alisacord - Alisa Discord. Not all servers have a commonly used shortening, but it doesn't mean there couldn't be one.

Flow chart, flowcharting - following a set of predetermined moves without much thinking of them. Isn't always a bad thing.