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To perform a Kara Cancel, first activate any aerial move - or in Ryu and Ken's case, down smash - making sure the opponent gets hit. Then, immediately activate a special move. If done correctly, the rest of the first move's animation is "canceled" and the fighter will do the special move instead. This technique is useful for chaining attacks together for extra damage that the opponent cannot challenge, allowing for long combo strings, [[shield break combo]]s, and [[kill confirm]]s.  
To perform a Kara Cancel, first activate any aerial move - or in Ryu and Ken's case, down smash - making sure the opponent gets hit. Then, immediately activate a special move. If done correctly, the rest of the first move's animation is "canceled" and the fighter will do the special move instead. This technique is useful for chaining attacks together for extra damage that the opponent cannot challenge, allowing for long combo strings, [[shield break combo]]s, and [[kill confirm]]s.  


A variant of this technique with its own activation method was introduced in version 7.0.0, exclusively for Ryu and Ken. Known as the '''Late Kara Cancel''', it can be performed by first activating down smash, then, in the first 5 frames of the animation, performing an [[Command Input Special Moves|input special move]]. If done correctly, the down smash animation will be canceled into the special move even if the move does not hit anything. This can be used as a mixup option for adding range to attacks to surprise the opponent. It occurs due to the charge hold frames of down smash interacting oddly with the kara cancel frames.  
A variant of this technique with its own activation method was introduced in version 7.0.0, exclusively for Ryu and Ken. Known as the '''Late Kara Cancel''', it can be performed by first activating down smash, then, in the first 5 frames of the animation, performing an [[Command Input Special Moves|input special move]]. If done correctly, the Down Smash animation will be canceled into the special move even if the move does not hit anything. This can be used as a mixup option for adding range to attacks to surprise the opponent. Specifically with Tatsumaki Senpukyaku, Ryu and Ken can have a large boost of speed near the start of the move and cover noticeably more distance than normal, as a result. In the case of Ryu, Tatsumaki Senpukyaku is a kill move, making this an effective burst option in certain situations.
 
It occurs due to momentum changes during the animation of Down Smash, which then get cancelled into a special move, and then momentums of both are combined.


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