Jargon

Jargon refers to terms of art relating to Tekken.

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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

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
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
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

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
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: see ki charge
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
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

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: to enter crouch

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

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
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

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

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
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

Mashing: attacking recklessly, often at minus frames.

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

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

T7, TK7: short for Tekken 7
TTT2, Tag2: short for Tekken Tag Tournament 2, previous game in the franchise
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

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

<Char>cord: refers to a Discord server dedicated to the character, e.g. Leicord for the Lei Wulong Discord