I mean, isn't that how the game should be played? lol.
Sure, you have to respect his D1, and you also have to respect his yolo B2 and B3, but at the same time, you're still at the frame advantage here. He has to respect your F1, which will beat his B2 and B3 out here. He has to respect blade kall/ex blade kall, which will blow up even Warlock's armor. He has to be frame perfect with the D1 to beat you out, and Quan Chi's lil chop is still -9 on block! Its unsafe on block. If he's going to poke, just block it and 112xxBlade Drop his ass. Or just walk black slightly and punish his lil T-rex arms. This is how the game should be played. Reads, mind games, playing to your strengths. Not going to lie, Takeda can still be played 90% braindead positive pressure, but there is a lot more to him.
I mean this character is plus after a fast Overhead, Low, Mid mixup that leads into another armor breaking low, and all combos lead into the same plus frame restand. This same overhead, low, mid string also uses his blades, which don't have a hitbox, so they go through clones, beat out physical attacks from characters and more. Oh... and the move anti-airs, almost forgot about that.