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[jasminlovesyoux]

I used to do two double quarter circles to let one rip. Then some games started to use double quarter circles for supers. I still can't do it as effectively facing left as I can facing right.

 

[kubricks]

On gamepad yes.

On Arcade stick.... I can do it perfectly if I am on 2p side (right), but only 60% of the time on 1p side (left). ;(

 

[Nimmermehr]

Learning the Dragon Punch was an incredible feat for 12 year old me. Once you got the motion right most of the other moves will work as well.

Today i find it much harder to get the timing right, for example in Lei's combos in Tekken.

 

[JayEH]

I think a more interesting question would be who can do a SPD motion consistently.

Spoiler

I can do do it maybe 50% of the time. 0% in an actual game.

 

[KyanMehwulfe]

it's like the first thing i spam or mash in a new fighter that i'm shitty at ;p

 

[Puruzi]

Yeah, pretty easily

 

[SgtCobra]

Seems like I'm the only one not having any difficulties performing a shoryuken with the analog stick.

 

[vocab]

I played some super turbo today. Yup, still can do it easily.

 

[Teknoman]

Yes. That and qcf/qcb are easiest.

 

[DeathPeak]

D-pad, yes. Stick, not as well.

 

[Menthuss]

With an arcade stick I can do it no problem.
A D-pad on the other hand? No sir.

 

[Jimnymebob]

Yeah, I can Dragon Punch fine. The only two motions I struggle with are 720 command grabs and down(back)>up charge moves.

 

[jwhit28]

I rarely do the full motion. DF,F,DF works like a charm in most Capcom games.

 

[88random]

I can on keyboard or stick, but I'm very inconsistent with gamepad.

 

[TriAceJP]

thought this was going to be asking if we could do one in real life.

pretty sure I'd break a hip

I saw someone do this to a bully in middle school. Knocked the kids glasses clean off.

We called him Shoryu after that.

 

[Gren]

I think a more interesting question would be who can do a SPD motion consistently.

Spoiler

I can do do it maybe 50% of the time. 0% in an actual game.

SPDs aren't a problem for me, but if we're confessing things then I have trouble doing d,d,d or f,f,f moves (Akuma's KKZ or King's Instant Shining Wizard) in a pinch. Feels uncomfortable. Guess I have a weak wrist.

 

[magnificenz]

Yep, its easy enough even on my d-pad snes days. 360/720 + p is understandable though if people cant, but dragon punch? You're in the wrong forum imo if you can't. Though its not being used much now i guess.

 

[Spotty Ren]

Dragon Punch? No sweat.

Half-circles? A bit problematic, but I can manage.

Chicken Wing? Count me ouuuut.

 

[whatevermort]

I have far more trouble with the timing of charge moves.

 

[rollysoup]

Yeah, I remember they used to give me a hard time when I was a kid though. I always used to try to do double quarter forwards instead of a dp lol

 

[Ninja Dom]

Been doing it since '92.

Yup. Same here.

Arcade stick or controller.

Facing right or facing left.

 

[NeoRausch]

Sure you can

 

[DarkCloud]

Dragon Punch ain't nothing. The real question is can you Raging Storm?

 

[Mistouze]

Dragon Punch ain't nothing. The real question is can you Raging Storm?

Came here for this.

Yeah I can do the pretzel.

 

[amardilo]

I find it way to difficult to do the Dragon Punch motion, I think that's part of the reason I don't really play many fighting games other than Mortal Kombat as that games moves are a lot easier for me to do consistently.

 

[IbukiLordSA]

Yes, it's a basic input. I find full circle motions far more difficult.

 

[milkham]

square gate makes it easy

 

[Justinh]

Yes, it's a basic input. I find full circle motions far more difficult.

Yeah me too. I need to figure out the secret of not jumping during 720s

SRKs though, I find easy, on a fightstick or d-pad. I used to have problems with them like... a long time ago back in the 90s but I've had plenty of time practicing, lol.

I loaned my Xbox One to a family friend who was visiting and staying with my parents last summer and he was having a tough time doing Jago's dragonpunch move. I had a difficult time explaining how to do it other than just the inputs and "try making a Z". I guess it's just something that takes time.

 

[Augemitbutter]

i don't even remember how i learned doing them. probably just worked one day in SFII.

 

[Monocle]

Yeah but I still haven't 100% nailed it. The motion is easier when you think of it as tapping forward before your standard quarter circle forward.

 

[notaskwid]

I'll fumble my hadoukens and do Shouoken instead

 

[_Legacy_]

I really thought this post was about actually performing the move yourself in person! I've never had troubles doing this in current games, took me a while though. I used to get my ass kicked on TMNT Tournament Fighter game on Mega Drive/Genesis when I was a kid, my friend used to pull the move over and over and I could never do it. That game (and weeks of having a sore thumb) is the reason why it's sort of ingrained now.

 

[striferser]

I can do it consistently on gamepad, facing left or right.
Probably 5/10 on arcade stick >_<

 

[GeordieMark]

I'm useless at fighting games, but even I can pull off a dragon punch at will.

Spinning pile-drivers are a different story

 

[petran79]

I understood the frustration only when I set ST speed at 6 and used this pad here....right side shoryukens were a nightmare....

 

[E_Darkness]

It isn't that hard to do.

What is hard to do? Pretzels.

 

[Xater]

Yes, it's easy. I can do it since SF2 on the SNES.

 

[barit]

Sure it's easy on a D-Pad. Just press forward and then perform quickly a Fireball and you've your Dragon Punch. But what I really don't like are these 2sec. charges in one direction like Guile's Sonic Boom or Balrog's special attacks. Oh and yeah the Ultra Move from Guile in SFIV lol fuck that.

 

[2+2=5]

I can do it but honestly i think that's one of the worst, unnecessary and most unnatural motion ever, it should be eliminated, but since it's tied to an iconic move no one says anything against it.

 

[SirJackDaniels]

Man, i remember the time when SF2 just came out in arcades if you could do a DP you were automatically the "Daigo" of your arcade.

 

[Coda]

Seems like I'm the only one not having any difficulties performing a shoryuken with the analog stick.

Shoryuken's are probably impossible to do consistently on an analog stick because of how they deal with inputs and sensitivity. Some may argue the other way but D-Pads and Joysticks will always be the more accurate option for fighting games.

 

[Anne]

Yeah me too. I need to figure out the secret of not jumping during 720s

Be really fast

 

[myco666]

With d-pad, yes.
With arcade stick, yes.
With analog stick, hell no.

Only motion that I have trouble doing is the one for Guiles double flash kick / Blankas shout of the earth / Claws whatever. I kinda get it if I go from db -> df -> db -> ub but even that doesn't work always especially when trying to go from super to ultra with Guile.

 

[gelf]

On the topic of how you actually perform it. I actually vary depending on the pad. On a good circle pad(Saturn,MD, Madcatz Street Fighter pads) I'll do the Z motion as it feels natural to me on those because of how I can rest and roll my thumb. I struggle on the plus shaped pads(I include PS in this even if its a broken plus) to do that though and go for the forward then fireball motion but I find that less reliable and more likely to accidentally push out a QCF QCF super.

 

[ffdgh]

Sure It's not that hard. I Have/had more trouble pulling half circle attacks.

 

[ptown]

I think a more interesting question would be who can do a SPD motion consistently.

Spoiler

I can do do it maybe 50% of the time. 0% in an actual game.

Been playing fighting games for years, but still haven't looked into playing grapplers because of SPD motions. Could anyone who regularly plays grapplers/Zangief can go more into that motion? Are there shortcuts, is it an actual 360 motion, and where can the motion begin and end?

DP motion is difficult enough and still something I can be a little slow to execute when actually needed.

 

[Santar]

Holy crap!
All these years I've thought it was forward, down, down-forward and forward.
I've been living a lie!

 

[One Foul Note]

Not reliably no, I've always struggled with fighters that required complex analog or directional inputs to make the moves work. I can appreciate them and flail with the best of them but I can never love them.

 

[Subpar Scrub]

Yes, easily. I can't do 360's for shit though.

 

[CAR105 3]

DPs are easy.

If you can do Ivy's Summon Suffering throw from Sou Calibur one with consistency you have my props.

Who was the bastard that designed that motion?

This is true.