Probably because she kicks a lot 
Think it’s cool she’s the only character that “grabs” and pushes away with her legs/feet 
I only got to White belt Yellow tag in TKD 
(school got in the way :()
Street Fighter isn’t really well known for representing martial arts that accurately if you want a game that does that then look no further than DOA, Brad Wong’s Drunken Boxing is just amazingly accurate (by that I mean it looks like those Jackie Chan movies ) and a complete joy to watch
lol. i hear ya. Claw and cammy both grab w/ legs dont they? i dont expect capcom to emulate a martial art but i get it. i made it to 2nd degree before i had to stop, stuff got in the way. i’ll have to check out DOA.
They grab with their hands but throw with their legs. You watch their whiffed throw animation it’s an hand/arm movement whereas with Juri it’s all in the legs
I think it’s more like the first case where she’s invul when it’s triggered until she’s where she’s supposed to be, then she can be hit again. So any move that connects after she dashes will hit.
EDIT: Just got in touch with a friend who was at the Fight Club (one of the Rufus players on the stream) and he says from what he’s played, it seems to work like Gouken’s and with some invincibility frames.
Where Juri’s TKD can be found:
Standing MK, her hopping back kick, the kick in her forward throw and her dive kick follow up (air kicks) all display textboox ITF mechanics. I’m very certain it was commented that Juri’s fighting style incorporates ITF, not WTF.
The black stripes along Juri’s pants are traditionally an ITF marking, used to signify a rank of 4th Dan or higher.
She DOES kick a lot, and her kicks are very fast and direct, unlike say kicks done by the Shotos or Chun, whose are much slower by comparison.
Giving her a one-legged stance just differentiates her from many other TKD characters. ITF sparring does incorporate what we call “travelling”, or moving on one leg with successive kicks, but that’s not quite what Juri is doing. The one legged stance is just to make her look cool and give her the impression of a character who’s based around leg movements.
Wait, Seth’s Dive Kick is taken from Akuma, is more angled downwards whereas Juri’s is more horizontal and scores a knock down.
TKD is known for it’s flashy kicks (find it funny punching isn’t allowed in the Olympics), dunno what ITF and WTF are, have to look that up
Juri’s dive kick is done with her back leg, like Seth’s roundhouse dive kick, and her kicking leg is at a similar angle. Juri’s knocks down, true, but the animation is almost identical.
Punching to the torso is allowed in Olympic TKD, but the sport has evolved to the point where there’s no point doing so - kicks score more points, and judges almost never award points for legal punch strikes. You basically don’t train your punches for Olympic/WTF competition, whereas they’re a bit part of ITF competition (where you get 1 point for the body, 2 points for punching to the head)
Punching is Ok on the armor (proper english word needed here), but doesn’t score anything. Can be pretty useful for keepaway though.
I stopped TKD couples of years ago but I never heard of any official competition where punches were authorized in the head. What is ITF ?
Heh I was misinformed then :lol: By “armour” I guess you mean the protective padding, heh, even I can’t think of the word for it but I certainly know what you mean. (body guard?)
Think I’ll have to try and find these ITF matches, sound more interesting than the Olympics/WTF Didn’t someone get disqualified for hitting the ref in the last Olympics?
I feel it gives her a more sinister, intimidating appearance which is probably what Capcom was going for. A ‘spider-like’ posture, where the raised leg resembles the hooking pedipalp or even the chelicera, with very exaggerated emphasis on the limbs, like Zafina in Tekken 6. Also, the ability to maintain a combat-ready posture when standing on one leg strongly implies great balance, a high level of agility and impressive lower body strength, as well as a sense of confidence from her in these attributes.
Just watched some ITF TKD videos, I didn’t know this thing existed. Pretty much seems to rock, I need to get back to TKd training ^^
Thanks for the info.
OT: Never liked ITF competition, not being allowed full contact was no fun. WTF and kicks to the head is where it’s at!
Too bad my club went under and now I have nowhere good to train!
Hmm, apparently Juri’s axe kick is not an overhead. I wonder if she actually does have one.
her standing hardkick is an two-hit with second one being overhead.
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Is this the kick you’re referring to?
It’s not so much that you’re not allowed full contact, but your strikes must be controlled. I’ve seen several people KOed and TKOed during ITF competition without any penalty. ITF is technically “semi-contact”, which really is a fancy way of saying full contact without intentionally trying to beat the shit out of your opponent.
For example - I knock you down with a turning kick/roundhouse and you’re unable to continue - I didn’t lose my balance, I made clear contact, and I appeared to be in control of my movements. As far as the judges are concerned, my leg went out, hit it’s target and was retracted appropriately.
Just watch some North Korean vids - that’s what ITF sparring is all about, not this McDojang shit we have in the West.
Isn’t that just a throw? Pretty sure Juri will have a decent overhead…
I’m pretty sure he meant the kick after the throw…
T. Hawk blocks it low, not an overhead.