How do you learn to play fighting game?

[Tainam]

I learned to play with friends stronger me.

[mkmkmkmkmk]

fight with my friends😏😋😖😖

[SirYuki]

Most of the time i was mashing my buttons haha

[PotatoNotato]

I'd pick up a game first and understand the mechanics, then I'd pick up a character and continue to play with them, and if I feel stuck or if I feel like I can't improve by myself I'll look at guides or pro videos.

[SUPER KAP]

if you have a passion for those kind of games, play alone if you have to. Naturally you'll get better.

[Hatecaster]

It's funny, because luckily, I didn't have to play alone. Way, way back in the day, like, when playstation and N64 was a thing, me and my brother would spend hours playing fighting games.

[Lmaow]

Usually play around myself, watch some combo videos on yt and try to repeat them, look at the move list...and that is it, really.

[superjohnny]

Learning? What’s that?
Mostly had to button spam in MUGEN to figure it out. In most other games tho I tend to read in-game instructions/tutorials and figure out how I like to play by myself.

[Astolfo2001]

Mostly just via random button mashing

[Squall Leonhart]

constant practicing and feeling out how the character/s works

[PackManMUGEN]

It all started with Dragon Ball Z Budokai Tenkaichi 3 with motion plus controls on the wii.
It made me feel so into the battle

[oljoey]

There is nothing better than picking the biggest baddest looking guy and seeing if he's fun or not. I always do a trial and error approach to learning fighting games and finding my main.

[ArmzArkx]

I'm garbage lol, but my friend is a god so some of his skill rubbed off on me. Also I played at some arcades against some dudes in Japan, that was pretty neat.

[Hathyle]

Practice combos in free/training mode.

[Z0pp_]

I normaly like to figure things out myself. See what kind of movesets they have and if they work for me.

[Serzu]

A practice mode where you can see the move list and that gives you the possibility to set some AI behavior should do the job imho

[DogLTD]

Figured it out myself... I'm not necessarily good but I try.

[DizcrepinC]

I just mess around in training a bit to understand some controls and special moves and develop my skills by losing to higher level players and high difficulty AI.

[jvyDilla]

Honestly, getting bodied so many times by my cousin pushed me to improve how I played.

[Finola]

Playing with my father since I was little.
He used to beat me and I always cried for not winning...
I am currently trying to practice a bit before playing with someone.

One day, some teammates invited me to play MK... And they made me play a VS, where I was victorious... After that, my other teammates also tried to beat me, but they couldn't.
I don't know if I learned to play quickly or maybe they had no idea how to play.