The whole genre, in some ways, has felt like some gated community to me that’s closed for anyone not willing to pour in the hours to learn.
SF6 was my first fighting game. Sitting in the lab and learning to do a 3 hit combo with a dragon punch motion correctly over and over was actually rewarding. I don't think it's necessary to remove motions from the genre. I definitely would have dropped the game if my only initial choices were lab and multiplayer though.