You have fully mastered this game. It's a pleasure to watch someone who loves this game as much as I do. Do you you know of the feint mechanic by the way? You can initiate an attack, then block to cancel it but the enemy will react to it anyway, giving you a window to strike them or prepare them for a series of attacks. I have an unpublished video that shows this technique, I'll try to share here but I don't know if youtube will hide the link.