I jump back and try to gh as i land and spd comes out instead. wtf. input shows: up left, left, right, down, down right, punch. There is no continuous 225 degrees motion.

it happens sometimes. i think you can do spd any way(conbination), up- down- left -right. etc

Yeah, DjEric is right. For Example you can do left, right, down, up punch on a pad for SPD. As long as you hit something that registers as each of the 4, you’ll get it.