This is in the third set of trials, as I try desperately to learn the game.
 
My only issue is that I can't seem to combine these correctly. I can pull off Ken's Target Combo (Med. Punch -> Heavy Punch) and I can do his Shoryuken (Forward, quartercircle forward + Punch), but I can't chain them. Sometimes I will do one, then the other immediately, but  either the Target Combo knocks the opponent out of Shoryuken range, or the Shoryuken doesn't get treated as a combo to the Target Combo.
 
This is my first sincere effort at being good at a Street Fighter title, so I was just curious if there's something I am missing? Any suggestions would really be appreciated.

Um, I'm not exactly sure of the trial, but try holding forward while doing the target combo and then when you're hitting the Heavy Punch do the QCF and hit HP again quickly? 
 
I'll do it and get back to you.

I'll have to give that a try. That sounds incredibly plausible.

Quick question, what trial is this? 
 
Nevermind, 3rd set. 
 
Alright, yeah. I can do it pretty easily, you just gotta hit the buttons quickly, but also my method which i mention above works well too. :)

Protip: Ken's target combo is useless.
 
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If you want to learn Ken, hit me up on Live. Gt is Da Stang.

" Protip: Ken's target combo is useless.  edit  If you want to learn Ken, hit me up on Live. Gt is Da Stang. "

How differently  does Ryu play to Ken? For how much I play its a bit of a ridiculous question, but online people seem to play them similarly, and I never gave either the time of day really (though I've been thinking of picking up a couple of new characters and Ken came to mind).

Yeah, I just wanted you to cry, scrub. Perhaps in SSFIV, that ken's FADC ultra has more power.

" How differently  does Ryu play to Ken? For how much I play its a bit of a ridiculous question, but online people seem to play them similarly, and I never gave either the time of day really (though I've been thinking of picking up a couple of new characters and Ken came to mind). "

It's pretty much like this. The Shoryuken has 2-4 hits, and after the first you can use focus to cancel out of it, then dash and do another combo. This would be effective if the SRK was blocked or you just want to go all ULTRA PRO like stang.

Something is wrong. We have a polite person comming in asking real questions about SFIV and people are giving really great genuinely usefull advice. There is so many things to love about the SFIV community ;D
 
 
@Stang said:

"More often then not, I get a free throw after the focus cancel"

Best thing to do is start the shoryu motion as you're pushing HP. If you need more help, I play Ken on PSN so just send me an invite.