Sakura: The Basics

Terminology

cr.	Crouching		cl.	Close
st.	Standing		>	Link into
xx	Cancel into		FADC	Focus Attack Dash Cancel
L	Light		M	Medium
H	Heavy		K	Kick
P	Punch		U1	Ultra 1
U2	Ultra 2		QCF	Quater Circle Forward (↓↘→)
EX	PP or KK variant		QCB	Quater Circle Back (↓↙←)
			SRK	Shoryuken (→↓↘)

Flow Chart

• Hit c.LK c.LP...
• (Are you close?)
• No: ...c.MK xx HP.Shouoken
• Yes: (Do you have 1 EX Bar?)
• No: ...c.HP xx HK.Tatsu or
• No: ...c.HP xx HP.Shouoken
• Yes: ...c.HP xx EX Tatsu... (Do you want Damage or wakeup games?)
• Damage: ...Dash U1 or
• Damage: ...LP.Shouoken > U2 or
• Damage: ...dash cs.HK or
• Damage: ...Sakura Otoshi x3
• Wakeup Games: ...Sakura Otoshi x2, whiff the third Otoshi, and full charge fireball

• Punishing a whiffed SRK/Ultra etc.
• (Are you close?)
• No: c.MK xx HP. Shou'ouken
• Yes: cs.HP xx LK.Tatsu > s.LK ...
• Follow from the (Do you have 1 EX bar?) pathway

Bread and Butter

• c.LK > c.LP > c.MK xx Shouoken
• c.LK > c.LP > c.HP xx Shouoken/EX.Tatsu
• s.HP xx LK.Tatsu > s.LK xx Shouoken or EX.Tatsu > Otoshi / dash sweep
• s.HP xx LK.Tatsu > c.HP xx Shouoken or EX.Tatsu > Otoshi / dash sweep
• s.MK xx LK.Tatsu > s.HP xx LK.Tatsu > s.lk > shouoken or EX.Tatsu > Otoshi / dash sweep
• EX.Shouoken FADC s.HP xx LK.Tatsu > c.HP xx EX.Tatsu > dash Ultra 1 / (deep LP.Shouoken in corner) Ultra 2 (without dash)
• EX.Shouoken FADC st.mk xx LK.Tatsu > s.HP xx LK.tatsu > c.HP/s.LK xx EX.Tatsu > dash Ultra 1 / (deep LP.Shouoken in corner) Ultra 2
• c.MK xx Shouoken FADC (somewhat tricky link) st.HP xx LK.Tatsu c.HP xx EX.Tatsu > dash ultra 1 / (deep LP.Shouoken in corner) Ultra 2

Mixups and Resets

• EX.Tatsu > dash airnormal (timing decides side)
• EX.Tatsu > LP > dash under (timing decides side)
• EX.Tatsu > c.HP xx HK.Tatsu (meaty setup, if hits, free combo)
• EX.Tatsu > dash, sweep

Sakura-Reset Mixups - YouTube
Sakura tutorial - Combo resets - YouTube

Fireball Mixup

• Sakura Otoshi 2nd > back dash charged fireball > overhead/low/walk grab/poke/sweep (1 framegap)/wait (reversals) 

SSFIV AE 2012 - Sakura Fireball Vortex - YouTube

Counter-hit Combos

• Far standing mp > cr.mk xx shouoken
• Far standing hk > sweep

Safejumps

• After MP/LP/EX.Shououken > Instant forward jump HP/HK
• After Sakura Otoshi 3rd hit > wait > neutral jump HK

Super Street Fighter 4 - Sakura's Safe Jump Setup - YouTube

Other Helpful Videos

15 Steps to a Better Sakura

15 steps of sakura improvement - YouTube
ProxyTube Link

What You Can Achieve

The Best of Uryo - YouTube
Uryo vs Humanbomb - YouTube

References

EventHubs

• 15 Steps to Improve Your Sakuia

Reddit/r/SF4

• BNB COMBO THREAD! Post your character's BnB's and/or your personal combos here! Format idea in post.
• Sakura Flowchart

StockTank

• Sakura: SSF4 Guide - UPDATED FOR AE 2012 - Updated 12/17/12

Block String

• Sakura Safejumps and Setups