Johzear, Air will be attending right? how about JS Master? where is he now?
Jozhear and Air will certainly be attending. From the international, gamers such as Gamerbee, Xian, Humanbomb will be from Southeat Asia. There will be international 5v5 (unfortunately Ryan Hart and Team UK couldnt make it), and Team Japan will be Tokido, Fuudo, Mago, Kazunoko, and Bonchan! Infiltration and Laugh will be there as well, and also a lot of top US players including JWong. Unfortunately, I do not know whether JS Master will be attending or not.
One Man to body them all. 
Just to add to your anti-air advice, I’ve also found that crane c.mp is generally great vs dive kicks. I’m speaking only of the twins, mind you, as I’m not sure its effectiveness against Rufus. Seems like it’d still be effective though.
so im playing Gen with one style and that is mantis. my normal punish combos are cr.mp xx hp hands and hpxxmk target combo xx to air kicks… i feel it weird going into crane style only to trick the opponent with an ambiguous cross up, should i learn crane style more or keep with mantis?
Only time will tell. As for me I spend more time in crane than mantis
The big Gen players use both styles.
I use both stances depending on my opponent though. but switching aint a problem.
So when should ibe expected to swtichstyles? During a dash? Midcombo? Or what?
Blockstrings, dashes… Whenever is most safe really.
It should be noted that you can also walk-cancel stance changes, so don’t be worried about being entirely left open while the entire animation plays if you’re distanced enough from your opponent.
Again, watch the big Gen players (Xian, Amiyu, Rhyllis, Yeb…). If you notice a move from a different style, then they just switched and you know when to switch.
Crane is good for Anti airing, good against fireballs and outspacing his opponents with great walk speed. Crane cr.mp is good spam against Viper too.
Yeah crane cr.mp is actually really good for frame traps vs a lot of characters. Also a great confirm into hp roll for good damage
I’m always in Crane until I begin a blockstring / get in.
No exceptions.
You’re missing out on some crucial footsies then!
I dont think so, Crane is VERY good in footsies, in some matchups I prefer it to mantis, when I am up against Vega, Akuma, Bison and Cammy plus chunli, I stay in crane 90% of the time so I can space properly and a goal to anti air 100% of the time. I switch to mantis when I have them thrown so I can mix it up.
I forgot footsies haha! I always Footsie in Mantis, Yeah. Forgot that.
I agree, Crane is very good in footsies, I was just saying that mkxxhands or c.mpxxhands in Mantis are both very useful and valuable pokes.
I also find myself using Crane mostly againt the twins and Rufus, as Crane cr.mp is wonderful for stuffing out shallow divekicks