Kara Throwing: Street Fighter 3 Third Strike
Last updated on Dec. 4, 2007
Another one of those techniques that has an odd name, but it's effective none the less. A Kara Throw is when you cancel the animation of a move to throw.
Why you ask? Because it gives your throw extra range. Here's how to do it.
With Q hold back + medium punch and he'll do an uppercut, but before the move actually hits press light punch + light kick to throw. What happens is Q will step forward because of the uppercut animation, and you'll cancel this move before it hits to throw the other person, effectively increasing your throw range.
Other characters like Akuma, Alex, Chun Li, Elena, Remy and Ryu have effective Kara Throws, but one could argue the rest of the characters suck at it and aren't worth the effort to try to learn.
Regardless of effectiveness, here is how to do each character's Kara Throw.
Akuma:
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Alex:
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Chun-Li:
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Dudley:
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Elena:
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Hugo:
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Ibuki:
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Ken:
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Makoto:
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Necro:
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Oro:
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Q:
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Remy:
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Ryu:
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Sean:
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Twelve:
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Urien:
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Yang:
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Yun:
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Posted by bfe on February 22, 2008 at 9:36 a.m. #1
Ken's kara is cr.mk
Posted by timmytheturtle on March 15, 2008 at 6:59 a.m. #2
Oro's MK kara has even more range than his HK's :)
Posted by Shogster on March 30, 2008 at 9:13 a.m. #3
Umm... For Makoto's Karakusa (half circle grab), im not that great at that, how do I it??
Posted by Catalyst on March 30, 2008 at 2:06 p.m. #4
Check out the Makoto guide here:
http://www.eventhubs.com/guides/2008/...
For more information on how to do Makoto's Karas.
Posted by kokomonkey on May 21, 2008 at 6:58 a.m. #5
easiest kara throw for ken is Hk, lp+lk. If you do this version, Ken will actually gain a small forward leap
Posted by Nydrin on August 16, 2008 at 6:06 p.m. #6
For Chun-li you actually want to use both of her kara's. MK version is good from long distance, but closer up mk becomes that straight up kick and doesn't move her forward. Use her close RH for kara at those distances. It's REALLY good too. You can pretty much throw anyone who gets close enough to get close RH'd. You'll know that you did it right because you'll hear the yell she normally does when she hits close RH.
Posted by tehwill on August 16, 2008 at 6:07 p.m. #7
i.... cant... do... KARA THROWS!!! RRAAAAAAHHH!!
Posted by Pandaman on September 11, 2008 at 10:27 a.m. #8
Any idea how much time between the attack and the throw? How many frames into the move before it cant cancel into the throw?
Posted by Jesus Crust on November 7, 2008 at 9:30 p.m. #9
Kara throws are pretty much glitches in the game. Why is it that not everyone's Kara is useful? Seems a bit unfair. Characters with the best kara throwas are alrady top teir. Pretty lame.
Posted by Jake on December 12, 2008 at 7:09 p.m. #10
Why? Because they are glitches, glitches are not fair, uh?
There is ONE FRAME between the move and the throw. This is the part of the glitch. You must input the move and then the throw one frame later. Its VERY FAST. The 2nd frame, it can't throw.
You can cancel on the first frame because they wanted it to be harder to miss a throw's input. One frame error between the input and you still could do the throw. That was an unexpected result. At least, I think it was unexpected.
Posted by alien3456 on January 8, 2009 at 2:13 p.m. #11
this feels impossible to do on a controller...
Posted by Gaydar on March 21, 2009 at 4:22 a.m. #12
It's impossible to do unless you eat, live, breathe, and sh!t Street Fighter. In other words, you must have no life.
Posted by Macfisk on April 14, 2009 at 12:27 a.m. #13
I recently mastered kara throws with my Xbox 360 controller ;O But I can't seem to kara Yang's "Vault-over-the-head"-throw... Is that even possible?
Posted by Nathan Petrelli on June 10, 2009 at 3:31 p.m. #14
Thanks guys
Posted by Bill on July 14, 2009 at 8:37 p.m. #15
I knew a girl named Kara once, but I never got to throw her.
Posted by My BFF Jill on August 21, 2009 at 6:46 p.m. #16
Not funny, bill.
Posted by Anon on August 30, 2009 at 9:12 p.m. #17
At Macfisk,
As far as I know, it's impossible to kara Yun/Yang's command throw.
However, you can divekick right in front and do the command throw and it will extend the range of the throw for some odd reason.
Posted by Causeis3002 on October 21, 2009 at 1:20 p.m. #18
Is so hard to master this trick, so I hope there is a life to waist.
Posted by Gobbomob on November 1, 2009 at 4 p.m. #19
This is something you would rather pull off on a stick.
Posted by Jimmy on November 3, 2009 at 3:25 p.m. #20
Lol at Bill
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