Five Steps to Never Get Grabbed Again - Tekken 8

[@PhiDX]

*CORRECTIONS/ADDITIONS BELOW* Tip: try looking at the shoulders and overall character profile rather than zeroing in on the hands. I FORGOT TO EXPLAIN: we use Dragunov because his throws dont' have motion inputs. There's no "telegraph" like some other characters have; you have to see the hands. It also makes it easier to record the throws in the first place! Also, when I said "parries are unbreakable" around 13:20, I meant "getting thrown while parrying makes the throw unbreakable"

[@JOMADA_]

Aris used to do these throw break tutorials too. I like one part of his video in "TTT2 Throw Break Training and Theory" at 4:30 when he says "Also, what you should do when you're practicing throw break is, every time you practice them, make sure you practice them against a different character, because as you can see Armor Kings hands look different than Asukas hands, and Kazuyas hands may look different than Jack's hands so don't practice breaking your throws against ONE character that's a bad idea.". Watching out for animations against big characters is hard if you're only used to "normal" characters.

[@youngpast0228]

Everyone gonna counter my main now lol Xd

[@janelippert8033]

@@youngpast0228 King is still strong or do you mean dragu

[@tiefblau2780]

Thankyou

[@sage2050]

Watched the whole video waiting for this explanation

[@JonanTS]

I feel like you're explaining many things people give for granted when teaching beginners, I love that, I'm sending this to a friend that really wants to get into Tekken 8 so he knows why some things happen. We are looking forward to more guides from you man, keep it up.

[@surtrpicks]

Liking/commenting as instructed lol. Thx for instructional.

[@burpinbubs2112]

Literally rank changing skills from this video

[@burpinbubs2112]

And always remember your low parry

[@vanilla_badger]

Yea like it’s really frustrating as a beginner how people try and teach. Like they teach in terms and verbage that they thinks is commonly known and everyone will know not realizing they still aren’t explaining it right for beginners. It’s so frustrating

[@theDiReW0lf]

Same with my friend and I make sure to let him know how f’ing EASY he has it compared to past Tekkens lol

[@kylefields3951]

So glad a respected member of the community actually posted something about Tekken that's about how to train. We have so many videos and guides about how to perform actions and think about the game, but we have so little about how to train effectively and appropriately. My method was pretty similar to this and it's very important to do both sides. Every time I'd boot up Tekken, I wasn't allowed to get on Ranked unless I went into Practice Mode and broke 10 Throws in a row. I didn't do 8/10, I just wouldn't leave until 10 Throws were broken consecutively. And now my Throw Breaks are much better, and I can break even Steve's fast Wall Push Back Sway Throw and that thing is fast.

[@barnacleman3233]

For anyone struggling a lot to break 8/10 in Level 1 like I have, I came up with a "Level 0.5" that I think goes well with these drills. It's just like Level 1 but instead of trying to break 8/10 throws, your goal is to just break 8 throws without making any wrong inputs. This means if you press the correct break but it was just too late, you don't reset your count. You only start over if you pressed the wrong break. This goal is a bit easier to achieve and it's been helping me drill in the whole "It's better to be late than wrong" thing. Then of course once this becomes easy you do the normal Level 1.

[@kennethamielsantos8034]

@barnacleman3233 Does it count if you guessed right after seeing the animation rather than reading the grab itself? (Example, when dragunov uses the 1 throw, he breaks your leg, now does my guess count if I already saw the leg break animation but didn't notice whether he used the left or right arm during the grab itself?)

[@Claudlines]

​@@kennethamielsantos8034 I would say no. You should only count "correct guesses" if you actually read the arm of the throw and actually pressed the correct button even if its pressed a bit late. Whats most important is to ensure you are not guessing when you press a button even if its a late press. With practice it will get quicker.

[@redthalos]

To add, so that you don't react based on the succesful throw animation, you can make character lay on the ground, activate the throws mixups, then grab an unplugged controller or whatever you could get your hands into, and try to break the throws.

[@BlackStar300]

I'm trying to do this right now and I'm trying to make it harder and do 10 in a row. I don't mash, but sometimes I mix up what to press and I realize my mistake. Yes I should just press even if I fail, but you start to really know the animation. Like the 1 break here is a side swap, but the 2 break is not. So I'm still stuck on level 1 after like 15mins cuz I have not done 10 in a row.

[@KnightBaron_]

8:50 "Until you can.. F***!!" I'm gonna have to repeat for eternity.

[@whizthesugoi]

Asexuals in shambles

[@burni988]

😂😂😂

[@remon.d8341]

I tried it and i cant react on 2 throws lol the timing is like half a second to react to it.... I just keep on guessing i guess

[@lorisover7776]

@@remon.d8341 you need to keep practicing with short session you need time and regularity to see improvement

[@triv4555]

@@remon.d8341 I feel that...telling the difference between 1 and 1+2 throws (on P1 side) is so harddd

[@ProjectMysticApostolate]

I watched one of your streams and I told you I lost my rank and save files on Tekken 7 and you said: "what you learned in those ranks is more important. You can come back to it even faster now". Thanks for being so supportive dude. This video was 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@sebbbi2]

Losing your save file is not a problem. You realize how much you have improved while you climb though the low ranks super quickly. It’s a motivation boost really.

[@ProjectMysticApostolate]

@@sebbbi2 it happened on my livestreams multiple times. The game crashed and im back to square one. Im hoping Tekken 8 wont do it to me. LoL

[@SquallNoctisGUX]

“You’re gonna repeat this until….. Fuck” that moment alone told me this is the best guide out there 🤣🤣

[@krosigrim]

Excellent approach. I'm a BIG fan of practice sessions and you hit the nail on the head. 1: correctness over speed 2: short sessions (brain learns after play) 3: do this often

[@VonSilvermoon]

As someone who's played fighting games, but is new to tekken, this is great. I've almost forgotten what it's like to start from the beginning again, so I really appreciate this!

[@sniperbuddyfabi]

This is great content here - I just got into Tekken a few days ago (I have played Tekken 3 when I was 10 lol) and after finishing the Story i straight hoped into ranked and got obliberated every single fight. Watched a few of yours and TMM`s videos and took the time to actually train a bit. And now I'm already making progress and start to win fights and more importantly I'm starting to understand and see what my opponent does and sometimes be able to react to it. I rellay loved the well structured videos - thank you - keep it up

[@PhiDX]

Thank you so much!

[@kaz131993]

I used this guide to learn how to break throws. Can definitely see an improvement in my throw breaking after just a week. Great guide, thanks for this!!!

[@Miyes72]

The warm up is insane. I also think it makes so much sense. Most if the game you’ll be looking at your opponent. So knowing what the grab looks like so it’s easier to react to makes so much sense. I’m also am learning how to use the training setting thanks to you.

[@JaredMS0]

struggled with this for a long time and even practiced it a lot in tekken 7. "better be slow than wrong" was the trick. i would just mash and often times guess wrong. so helpful. thank you for content like this, keep it up

[@youhei1849]

Better to be slow than wrong is EXACTLY what I needed to hear, I keep prioritizing reaction speed over all else (which leads me to get grabbed anyway) The point about training faster muscle memory really opened my eyes

[@SmilePecoSmile]

Practice mode efficiency is such a valuable topic to make videos about. Thank you very much for your work.

[@erici9674]

Just stopping by to tell you I got into Tekken 7 a few months ago to prepare for 8. I have no experience in 3D fighters but your content has been really enjoyable and easy to digest. Really appreciate what you're doing man, I hope you see this and it inspires you to make more.

[@oolongpantsu3437]

I tried this so often for years. I will try out your specific routine and try to finally activate my sharingan for the last time.

[@theplaymakerno1]

I love the straight to the point format. I am really impressed by your work. Thank you.

[@Anzeal3]

Dude, I've needed this video for years.... That warmup/drill is such a good idea! Thank you!

[@yaboytony3028]

​@Krugmatik Maybe just focus on the beginning where you back up and the cpu repeats grabs. Just have the cpu repeat the right grab or 1+2 grab and just watch the grab. Remember to get rest and not beat yourself too hard over it, as that doesn't help muscle memory or reaction time

[@LazyShadowShikamaru]

PRAISE PHI! Seriously, thank you man. I'm consuming as much training material as I can from different people on my Tekken beginners journey and your stuff is incredibly easy to follow and use. ^-^b

[@ahmadkhateeb6585]

Best content as usual, I have been falling for grabs for very long time, now it makes sense how pros stops them, thank you so much!

[@PhiDX]

Let me know if it works!

[@ysy_y]

Day 3 of this, I'm improving way faster than I thought I would. Avoided training throw breaks in 7 because I psyched myself out without even trying it first. Thanks so much for this guide.

[@7comet7]

Learning stuff like this has always been a huge barrier to getting into Tekken in general. Thank you for these guides man will definitely be sharing them when getting people into the game

[@Theoldhiphophead]

12:54 came out faster than your throw breaks. Pause? I was dying, thank you! Great information, and congratulations on the engagement with these vids. You deserve all your success from you hard work you put into your craft.

[@isaiahhenry8363]

You are completely right about better to be slow than to be wrong. Even after training throw breaks and consistently breaking about eight in a row, my bad muscle memory from T7 during matches sometimes still comes through where I instinctively press 1 or 1+2. It's definitely going to take some time to unlearn that

[@Jainko]

Yeah speed will come eventually, but if you learn the bad habits it takes a long time to unlearn them

[@Cooj11]

love this. not everyone's naturally talented at fighting games. i appreciate you breaking this down on a cognitive level, and putting emphasis on focused reps and familiarizing yourself with how the actual throws look like

[@Zenkai.boost.Kekkei.Genkai]

you're better at this than TMM ever was, that guy is the biggest tekken content creator who based his whole career on tekken tutorials and he never showcased training drills and how to make good use of practice mode, this is a brilliant practice method on throws, very informative . this is really good stuff right here.

[@makstv9438]

I prefer saltmanSWE's Channel

[@Kenlac92]

He is a salt lord and only has this success because hes one of the few who were actually doing it. Blasted Salami for example deserved that spotlight much, much more. But TMM has a bigger following.

[@larevolution13]

moveeee along no1 gives a shit about your irrelevant opinion.

[@TheChilaxicle]

I tried to watch his 8 minute T7 Heihachi guide in preperation for Reina and holy shit was it incomprehensible. It assumed so much prior knowledge, and he went so fucking fast. I mean I get it was an 8 minute guide but I thought it would be at least a little beginner friendly

[@strikemist]

I agree

[@NunyaBisnis1993]

I actually LOVE the in depth explanation, setup, warm up etc. Too many people are like "yeah just do this when you see this and done." Your video actually explains a lot more in depth and "helpful" so to speak. Kudos to you man. And thank you.

[@B-e-a-r-d-e-v-i-l]

These recent videos have been very helpful. Thank you!

[@averyy529]

LMAO you showed me the warm-ups and immediately got a like and follow. Appreciate this.

[@acidicyeild6054]

As a beginner in Tekken i really appreciate this drill. As a dragunov player who's been cheesing wins with command throws I'm very frustrated with you haha

[@sh1k4t4g4n41]

Thanks for the video, I'll be doing this all weekend now lol!!! More high quality content, keep it coming!!!!

[@penence347]

Bro idk why but the seamless, reactionless "pause" at 12:57 had me dying, great vid as always. I never thought to visually memorize whiffed grabs, thats pretty clever.

[@JohnDoe-cj3cl]

Dude I am so glad I got your channel recommended to me by my sparring buddy. I'm a returning Tekken player since TTT1 so all of this is new to me. But your content is super educational! Subbed instantly. Keep up the awesome work!

[@CGB_Crash]

Be honest now, everyone who's here because of King raise your hand. ✋

[@kenanisrael9323]

✋king and yoshi

[@808vibess]

King‘s good throws aren’t predictable

[@KennedykkL]

Law

[@DineroUchihaGaming]

Him plus everyone else bc some ppl can’t fight and just grab

[@alts-tq8dg]

king with the unli grabs😂

[@avalor2699]

this alone deserves a subscription and like for sure! thank you my guy

[@noobhero7]

"We will do this until you ca- FUUUU-" Honestly. Relatable LOL

[@spooky4223]

Your so thoughtful with each step; I would've just set each throw to shuffle and played try to guess for 2 hours, until something clicked.

[@padzman91]

12:56 that PAUSE was godlike XD

[@TensuKawakab]

I'm glad I'm not the only one that can appreciate that.

[@youtubesbad6405]

insanely good guide. after about a week of light practice i've found my throw breaks have improved tremendously

[@Firelord_Ozen]

Tekken 8 Practice Mode needs (3) Load Save Presets so we can save particular Drill Settings and get this set up quicker. Also PHIDX, you're the new Tekken Wizard. You're gonna go far.

[@vyrgill]

Exactly what I was thinking. I hope they will add it

[@floatingjarl7298]

That sounds like a great addition, would be great for consistency and would make the training less time consuming

[@Deltaclaw]

Breaking the training into drill levels is so helpful. Hoping to really improve my throw breaking this time around!

[@civil1763]

I'm a certified pharmacy technician and u explain things like a medical practitioner fr. It's so in-depth but easy to follow bro. Keep it up, ur killing it Phi 🔥

[@CharlieClearwater97]

Thank you so much for showing this drill! Helps a lot with my training regiment structure

[@fabiopergami8582]

I literally stood still during a match with king just to induce him to grab me because I wanted to practice breaking throws one time, I really was having a hard time with the matchup. Now I wouldn't recommend it, but a tip I can give is, go into a match with the intention to look out for throws and break them, even if you lose

[@davellii6309]

This is a good tip actually, doing practice routines is one thing, but doing it VS an actual human is a whole different ballgame. It's always better to hone in on practicing one or two things at a time.

[@Cheltastique]

The thing with King is that if he's using any throws that isn't the default 1+3 and 2+4, you literally cannot tell which break it is

[@Incinerate1212]

​@@Cheltastiqueas a king main I'll give you some tips, the way how to know what throws coming from king is actually in the movement. If he's running into you, it's more than likely going to be a 2 break ..don't even look at the hands . If a king puts out 2 hands from neutral , it literally has to be a guess as that's what the character is designed around.. throws. In this case look for a pattern .. If you were giant swinged first time, assume giant swing second time.. tap 1 . If u see muscle buster tap both punch . A good king will mix up those 2 throws . Every tombstone or tiuanna twister though is reactable . For the wave dash in throws .. expect usually 2 punch break for all . Good king will try to mix it up but at first assume 2 punch for all since that's always going to lead to the most damaging startup . Know at minimum ur rolling death cradle break. U will always have to eat the second option if king does that instead .. but u have to prevent death cradle damage . Spam 2

[@hectorpereira3896]

what about that one where king runs at you and knees your face? cannot ever escape that one@@Incinerate1212

[@Incinerate1212]

@@hectorpereira3896 that's a 1+2 break

[@harleyqueenb]

Awesome video. Glad you went down to detail on everything. I will be looking at your other videos. Thanks for helping!!!🤓👍

[@jordenbowen9432]

honestly the 'don't over do it' part helped me a ton just for the sake that when I'm training I tend to become too focused on training and as a result neglect other attributes of gameplay.

[@andyboots_acta7838]

There are so many videos about frame, data and combo routes, that is really refreshing to see someone focusing on training fundamental skills that you can take with you to the highest ranks. Keep up this awesome work.

[@DrakGamestein]

I played Tekken 7 quite a bit and never learned throw breaks because they were just intimidating. Tekken 8 has finally motivated me to step up my game and this'll be a huge help. Obviously it's going to require actual in-game experience, along with parsing out each opponents' habits, but building some muscle memory will be huge. Thanks for the clear explanation!

[@theartofvillainy827]

A quick trick I did was get the regular grabs and the recorded grabs on 6 separate ones instead of 3 that way I can just select them by action frequency. Made it a little faster in the long run. Thank you again Phi you are killin it.

[@serenadegs5439]

thanks for the fundamental break down. I spend my tekken streams practicing like 30 min to an hour before my nerves are steeled for rank. But I keep seeing things I have to change and your vids are super helpful every time I search for some answers

[@NeonRabies]

This is really well explained. When I saw the length of the video I thought "this is going to be really slow" but all the info is necessary and useful. Cheers man

[@bkstar__6339]

I’ve been playing tekken for fun for years and never knew about breaking out of grabs I appreciate the dedication and patience

[@44gouranga]

What really helped me is to not just look at what hands move, but to which shoulders the hands go. Left hand goes to your characters right shoulder and vise versa. You still have time to break it by the time the hand is on the shoulder. Makes it a lot easier than to focus on which hand moved.

[@flamingcow5916]

Your tutorials boosted my game IMMEDIATELY, I had the fundamentals but not the little quirks, thank you so much!!

[@AndyLopez-gt6zh]

You are such a great teacher, in any game for never came across such great explanation upon each topic. Keep doing what you are doing , hard work pays off

[@Apollyon_Rev911]

I haven't been into Tekken since Tekken 4. I'm basically a novice. This is the 1st tutorial training video I've watched. I was following along with my unplugged fight stick. I feel like I would've broken a lot of throws. Great video. Added you to my Tekken Academy Playlist.

[@purplechimkin3404]

You 10/10 deserve the engagement bro. Amazing Tekken guides. As a first time player, you make it much less overwhelming

[@reef_xp5395]

I’m happy I found ur channel! Great guides, thank you 💪

[@DavrK]

Might be the most well made video I've seen regarding training for a mechanic in a fighting game, ty

[@lukemorgan2594]

Thanks Phi for this! Grabs are something i just end up eating because I havent practiced. Now with this practice sessions ill be able to get more consistent

[@ChaseCha1]

I really appreciate the effort you put into making this so palatable for a scrub like me. I was wanting to practice something like this but was intimidated on how I was gonna set it up. Gonna share this with the homies so we can stop guessing throw breaks. Thanks man!

[@TroyWycliffe]

Giving advice as well as the drills is so helpful. I don't need to flounder around trying to understand it all on my own in training mode lol

[@renjiarabia670]

I'm very glad you have a video for this, I stay losing to grabs. Much love man

[@relytfox4924]

Amazing video. I'm from Portland and starting to get into Tekken. Your channel was quickly recommended. Definitely will be going through the videos to become a better player and work with the rest of the PDX crew. Thanks for all you do, keep it up ^^

[@BrothaFredEdutainment]

Played Tekken its entire lifespan casually and never knew this about the grabs. Just the simple awareness of this rule is changing my ability to break throws better because i'm no longer just guessing at it.

[@cristiandoce7436]

Got started with my training, some changes I did, since I'm a complete noob, were: Add trail hands aura for Dragunov On the visual warmup, even tho I'm from a distance, I still press the required input for the break, trying to drill it into my memory Thanks so much for the drill guide! "Slow is smooth, smooth is fast" was the absolute best tip!

[@Shinsengumigamingelite]

My God, I have played Tekken naked without any drills like this. This is amazing dude !

[@samslara]

Good thing you put Tekken 8 in the title. I got this vid from my general feed and I didn't know from which videos I watched this became a recommendation from.

[@Shade84]

This is probably the most valuable throw-break tutorial I've ever seen. It will probably be replicated, but I'll remember where I saw it first. Fair exchange.

[@skittyjazz]

finally watching this video, can't escape from this

[@1Ksheffi]

An Azucena totally owned me in a close match because I couldn't escape her throws. Thanks for the video, I will most definitely put this to use.

[@Karmageddon876]

thank you for teaching us some basics and gamesettings to train 🤜🏽🤛🏽 it makes so fun to learn the mechanics and work on your combos

[@sillykili1312]

Love the written guide on the side and the levelled progression ❤❤

[@kgeo2686]

Things to notice on each grab type: 1 break - The left hand RAISES 2 break - The body TURNS 1+2 break - His arms come STRAIGHT out. Therefore this is what intensely focused on and would even say out loud for each break: "Raise" , "Turn", or "Straight" So once I mastered doing the breaks in pairs of 2, then I started to practice all 3 together. I was ok... It really started to work when I mastered each pair on fast speed. Then I would work on all 3.

[@GramdalfFGC]

Feel like I’ve commented before but I wanted to again. Being a SF player where throw techs are covered by an option select or just guessing, this has been so important. Tekken is very good at telling you what’s wrong, my movement is getting better, my combos are okay and my punishment is good (apart from the movement these are universal fighting game mechanics, I don’t have to be a Tekken expert to notice you do something obviously unsafe or that you keep whiffing big buttons in neutral. Booted up ranked, lost to 3 drags in a row, I was winning all the interactions apart from when they threw me, they knew I didn’t have a clue and I got bodied. First one I was like I’ll learn this later, by drag 3? I knew I had to get off ranked and boot this video up. This is the sort of thing that makes you a better player, I spent months on anti air DP drills on SF, it works. Put the time in

[@auraholyultimababybaby9367]

I've seen so many Tekken tutorials trying to un-noob myself. Your method of explaining what & *why* is top-notch & I really appreciate it. Also you kicking Ars' ass that one time was so cool. Thanks.

[@auraholyultimababybaby9367]

It was 2 times but you get it

[@ricerord2001]

Thank you, I've such a bad time learning how to react with the correct throw break. The animations are too fast for my eyes to see but having you divide the learning process has significantly improved my learning process. Keep up these informative videos! They're great!

[@moremiso]

Loved the part about training in small doses. Those of us who like to go hard would fall into the trap of long sessions that end up hurting us. Always appreciate the insight and theory for how our brains + fighting games work.

[@dreamz1743]

Just recently got into T8 (last I ever played Tekken was 5, regardless still just barely average at FG’s in general), but ive been loving going through your guides while passing time at work, good stuff

[@glara4505]

Making a deal at the beginning for the people that skip videos was great 😂. Fair deal imo. Watched the whole vid, and yes. I agree 100% everyone has a way to do things. Great video.

[@d-squad6222]

I feel like I’m only making it as far as I am in ranked because of your drills. This is the only fighter that’s really stuck for me aside from Strive, and having pointers on how to use training mode effectively has been a huge part of that. Cheers, dude. 🎉

[@daaksydtv]

Yes bro THANK YOU!!!! this is my biggest flaw in tekken! Once I learn to break throws I'll be unstoppable!!!

[@mickel1470]

You're changing lives with this one bro! 40 hours in and I had no Idea this was a thing..

[@jayburritos]

I really appreciate this drill, I already understand so much more than I did before and I’m excited to train myself to break them grabs 🤘🏾

[@Ooklathemok3]

This is a great guide, throws have been the bane of my existence since i started playing Tekken

[@Wakish0069]

I don't normally subscribe but you easily have the most useful Tekken 8 content available

[@marsivnayr]

Wow, this was just phenomenally explained and demonstrated. Much appreciated.

[@ResidentRemixer]

You're quickly becoming my favorite channel for Tekken content. Can't wait for the King version of this!

[@ryangXxX]

Thank you so much for the video. I was literally just thinking last night how annoying it is get grabbed by my friends all the time but this is gonna be really helpful

[@brotherbranyon2184]

I really appreciate the clear and detailed instructions . Really learning a lot because of it.

[@arshadmawla1941]

Thanks for the video man, I've been getting better at breaking throws just from playing but still end up eating 3 or 4 in a round, so this drill is gonna really help out!

[@jangobetts3491]

Level 6 swap sides after each successful break using the Left stick save button to save P2 side. Helps a lot as it really wires your muscle memory for both sides quickly without adjusting to it first

[@kjwong4730]

Man this channel is one of the best tekken channels especially for beginners like me. Great job man. Definitely subscribed 100% agree on going slow than to be wrong. It’s just like playing the piano

[@apeks13]

always liked tekken since 3 as a young lad. its my first time taking it seriously and your breakdowns are clear and easy to digest. thank you phi!

[@iansegobio9334]

Absolute amazing content. Kudos to you my brother!

[@FuseFGC]

Yo, got one question. When you said to practice for like 5 to 10 mins do you mean all levels at the same time ?! I guess not, so I think you forget to mention that we have to do 5 to 10 mins one level and once we get the 8/10 throws we go on the next level and we don't come back to the previous the next time we train right ? Maybe it was so obvious, that you didn't feel like mention it but I still want to know to be sure x'). Anyways great vid and thanks for the help !

[@Ph0b0s_CH]

I think the hardest thing for me right now is differentiating the 1 break and 1+2 break. However, I’m also realizing that the more I fail, the more I’m starting to notice drag’s left hand come out further when a 1 throw comes out. It almost feels like he’s moving in slow motion

[@PhiDX]

Your brain is speeding up!

[@janzy1980]

You asked for engagement in exchange for the drills. After watching this for the third time, I feel contractually obligated to comment. Very helpful, thanks!

[@ratmdex]

Good shit PhiDX, you're really killing it on content lately.