Zenpou Tenshin

The Zenpou Tenshin (前方転身, Zenpou Tenshin^? "Forward Turnover") is a special attack used by Yun and Yang, introduced in the Street Fighter III series.

Input

All appearances	+

Description

Yang faking out his opponent with Zenpou Tenshin in Street Fighter IV.

Executed by performing a half-circle backward motion and pressing kick, the user lunges forward while attempting to grab the opponent; if successful, he grapples the opponent's shoulders and flips over them, landing on the far side. Immediately afterward, it leaves the user at enough frame advantage for the user to follow up with an attack or combo before the enemy has a chance to strike back.

Both EX Special versions can grab the opponent at a further distance, and have faster execution and a slightly longer window of vulnerability for attack right after landing.

Fei Long gains a similar move called the Tenshin in the Street Fighter IV series. Chun-Li also possess a functionally (and visually) identical move in SVC Chaos: SNK vs. Capcom, the only game where she has such a move. Jamie, who shares many traits with Yun and Yang, also uses Tenshin, though he stays in the same position afterward.

Tactics

The move does no damage at all (except in Ultra Street Fighter IV, where it inflicts one point of damage, which in turn scales the following hits), being used mostly to disorient the opponent. Particularly in 3rd Strike, any Super Arts that connect right after this move have their damage somehow scaled.

Similar moves

• Tenshin

Gallery

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Screenshots

Ultra Street Fighter IV, Yang's version against Ryu.

Ultra Street Fighter IV, Yun's version against Chun-Li.