Reizo Ryuu
Member
It may seem like a lot, but 12 hours really isn't anything yet. The biggest thing comes from "understanding" the game, and with this I don't mean combos or specials, because you can win an entire set without throwing a single hadoken.
1st part to get there is proper spacing, which means trying to always stand at a distance where you're either neutral or at an advantage.
You don't want to walk into a range where your good buttons don't reach, but your opponent's do for example.
2nd part is knowing when and what to punish.
The easiest one is a blocked sweep, which I reckon you'll see a lot of in rookie ranks; most sweeps are directly punishable by another sweep for example.
You block a shoryuken type move? Know your crush counter button and press that to punish.
3rd part would be understanding what moves are + or -, this basically comes down to reading framedata or just testing in training; this will help you understand when it's your turn or when you can keep pressuring.
This 3rd part isn't as important as the first 2 in lower ranks, but you'll at least want to look the data over for your own character, so you can get a good sense of good and bad buttons.
Other than that I recommend watching replays of the people listed in the OT, watch their approaches, punishes, button presses; this is especially useful because you can see button presses from both side and get an understanding why one player did a certain thing a bit clearer.
