Akuma's Sekiseiken (Forward Heavy Punch)

[Stnank]

Having a lot of trouble with this move. I keep reading it as a jump. Any tips with dealing with it? It's such a quick move, I never react correctly.

[Gaxkang]

Well this was something I wrote about the move in another post:

But here's an example of an Akuma shenanigan that can only be approached in so many ways. When he does his forward HP and you block it, he gets a free jab which he will turn into a tatsu and DP.
The heaviness of the attack makes you think you can do something...but even the fast jab will do nothing, you will get jabbed and comboed.
The ways to deal with it is:
1. Not get hit by forward HP...different moves can hit it before it hits you. Gotta be quick though, since you won't know it's coming. You can get a crush counter off it too if you use like a heavy crush counter move.

2. A DP like Ryu's Mp DP, after blocking heavy.

3. EX invincible reversal immediately after you block the heavy.

4. V-reversal.

And that's it, from what I could tell.

When I ran into it my instinct was to block. If you're jumping as soon as you see the move then you're being too frisky anyways I think.

It's less cold reaction and more conditioned expectation.

[DOFR]

LP works just fine and will also not leave you open if you misread a jump

[WickedRequiem]

A non-ex dp works against it?
I thought jab would trade with dp (I suppose that's one way of stopping the combo).

[Gaxkang]

Originally posted by WickedRequiem:

A non-ex dp works against it?
I thought jab would trade with dp (I suppose that's one way of stopping the combo).

Well in training I set the dummy to do the forward Hp, jab, combo and I could Mp DP with Ryu after blocking the chop and beat the jab.

I at first thought only EX would work, but Mp DP worked too.

Hopefully it'd work the same way in an online fight.

[Zeiad]

I wouldn't call a 33 frames move "quick". It also has a unique shout so you know when it comes before it connects.