How do you all do the gentleman? I just hold down the A button, down, gent again. Isn't trying to time your button presses a bit harder?
Well, I hold A and then simply let go, and grab. It works just as fine as hitting A twice, and then grabbing.
Holding A and then letting go, during the beginning animation of the 1-2 knee, cancels out the infinite punches that follow the knee, and when you hit A again, it'll start over. If you're not careful, and don't time it correctly, the infinite punches will ensue. I've began using the Captain's Turbo Punch (simply hold A for rapid-fire, single, arm, punching action) to out prioritize a lot of my opponents. Some simply walk into it, as though they don't think it'll beat out a move, and others try to cancel it with a move of their own. Either way, it's effective.
My favorite move with Captain has to be his Utilt. The range on it, is beautiful, and it allows for some of the most deceptive spacing, and greatest edgeguarding ever. (My opinion)