Frame-by-frame lesson on animating arcade beat-em-up punches and kicks from an idle fighting stance. It breaks down a jab and powered cross for a male fighter, then front and round kicks for a female—covering smear frames, load/pull wind-ups, chambered kicks, hip twist, and hit emphasis with delay and screen shake, tied to boxing and martial-arts timing for pixel combat.
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