LogFAQs > #926171185

Tekken is pretty much about spacing and frame data for the beginning.
Frame data you can look up and generally there's a consensus of the best moves. These are usually useful in some way. Like for Xiaoyu, her b+1 doesn't use up a lot of frames for the animation:

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The thing with Tekken is you need to realize when you see players doing juggles for around 6+ hits, those take time and time to learn and execute perfectly and sometimes they fail, you hit a button too soon, too late, etc.

Spacing and poking (also called footsies) are more or less the same category, not just about how far/close you are but what moves are good from what distance. So if someon whiffs a move that's unsafe, you should have an idea of what your options are. Basically, Bryan does f,f+2, you duck and have a few options. Same if you block his uf+4 or df+3, you need to have an idea of the person's character you're playing against and know the options but generally just look uip the best moves for the character on reddit or whatever forums and go from there.

Pretty much almost all the characters are viable just fine. Oh and stay away from the 10 hit combos, they're pointless. Xiaoyu is complicated but you don't need to learn all her tools at once. People play Lei without mastering all his stances since he arrived in Tekken 2 and they can still do fine. You don't need to master all of her stuff at the start. Just get used to some of her recommend moves that can punish and have good/safe frames and go from there.
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