Aizawa Ema Spends Street Fighter 6 Stream Retraining a Habit Her Replays Revealed

VSPO — Aizawa Ema of VSpo devoted much of a 73-minute Street Fighter 6 stream on Friday to a flaw in her own play. Players who had gone through her replays told her that her cancel rush after a medium kick came out unusually fast, and that she tapped down on the stick in between every time.

She spent the first half of the stream in the game’s training mode and replay menu, going through matches and pointing out the extra down input, which she said she pressed even when the kick had not hit. She described the fix as a slower, steadier tapping rhythm. She also said the speed was an old complaint: people had remarked on how quickly her button sounds came through the microphone since her Diamond-rank days.

“Slowly. Don’t rush. Let’s go slowly.” — Aizawa Ema, heading back into matches

Ema guessed that the habit was a way of keeping rhythm, and said she pressed harder on it once a real match began. She tried releasing the stick deliberately and exaggerating the motion, as she had been advised to, and talked through the timing of the input. One alternative she was told about, pressing forward and returning to parry, she set aside for the time being, saying she might ask the player who uses it if the chance came.

Around the 48-minute mark she wondered aloud what it would be like to be a top pro for a day and feel how they play, and chat answered with the names of players they would pick. She then moved into matches, reminding herself to go slowly. Chat urged her to enjoy patient ground play and to think through risk and reward before throwing out fireballs.

The session ended early. The game froze on her during a match, she said she had to head out, and she signed off with the mic cut quickly. She said she would read the five Super Chats from the stream next time.