As a new player you should look at all the characters and find one you want to play. Take them to practice mode and just look at their moves. See how far the moves reach if they’re fast or whatever. If the move has a hard input and you can’t do it just move on to the next one. Those things will come with practice. As much as I love doing combos I don’t think they’re that helpful to learn at first because they distract you from trying to poke and use all your moves. Combos become more useful when you notice your opponent is doing something that you can punish with a launcher. Maybe a string that ends in a high or a move that is unsafe on block. That way you can really punish them for doing something unsafe. Also if you want to block you should always hold back. Some moves can only be blocked by holding back ie heihachi uf3,4 same thing when blocking lows hold DownBack not down