What's baku-canceling?

[kenuran]

I'm starting to take up A/K/N groove Joe and I need to know what baku-canceling is. What it is used for and how do I do it?

[laugh]

It's when you do the mash punch move and cancel the recovery of it instantly at a certain point in the move.

I haven't tried with every version of the mash-punch, but I know it works with fierce and what you do is you do the move, then tap punch 4 times. At the last hit of the move after you've done exactly that, you recover basically instantly and can combo whatever you want afterwards.

[CMX]

supposedly you can cancel one into another and repeat, but of course its highly unlikely you will pull it off, and even more unlikely in a match. At tops I've seen it combo 3 times, its not easy, good luck.

[kenuran]

Alright then, I'll try it out. Thanks a lot

[xX_Deus_Xx]

wtf this is some random crazy glitch. is there any more info on it? why does it happen?

[tetsuye00]

I know a couple of characters have mash specials that cancel with PPP/KKK. Chang's ball can be instant in the same way, but I don't know if it allows for comboing like Joe's.