SFIII Makoto Pro Takes A Scratch To Deliver Devastation
By TJ Denzer ·
Think taking damage can't work in your favor? Then you'd best watch this clip where this Street Fighter III legend takes a little hit and uses it to ruin his opponent!
Sometimes in competition, it’s not about having the perfect defense. Sometimes it’s about knowing yourself or your opponent and the capabilities between you so well that you can even use damage against you as a tool to turn the game around. That’s what happens in only a moment here in this Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike match between legendary SFIII player Kuroda (using Makoto) and Vanao (Using Ryu). Following a throw, Vanao tries to go on the attack, following up with crouching punches so that he can cancel into Ryu’s Hurricane Kick when a moment of vulnerability presents itself.
During the engagement, instead of staying on defense or giving any movement that would allow Vanao to follow with substantial damage, Kuroda takes the hit from the punch, creating space that causes the Hurricane Kick to miss completely! Kuroda follows up with Makoto's grab attack and launches into a devastating series of combos to take the match. Few people can understand the spacing damage creates so well as to make it into another weapon against their opponent’s offense, and that’s just another of many reasons that makes Kuroda one of the best.