Doesnt H Tatsu go up and over if you block it? Or are you meaning V trigger tatsu? If the situation is as you make out just block. You might take throw damage but when he dp's you get the crush counter. How often can they put you in that situation anyway? Work a way to keep it from happening if you cant deal with the mixup, similar to Mika HK.
I'm not on about when they do it at point blank range, that I can handle, it's when it's just outside jump in range and they use it as a get in tool. Something about the proximity block seems to prevent me using any anti airs after they reach the apex.
I could just block and go for the crush counter, but I play Gief, so one of my main priorities in a match is to disuade my opponent from deciding to go air born, so anti airing them, keeping them scared to get near me, and pushing them into the corner as they attempt to zone me is my primary goal. Allowing Ken to do a heavy tatsu without anti airing it is allowing him to regain space that I've fought to take from him.
When the proximity block starts, lariat, c.hp and stand jab don't come out, and s.hp and air spd get beaten out. Even v skill gets locked out, so I can't absorb and use the punch to shut down the follow up.
If I'm looking for the tatsu I can beat it with c.hp before he reaches the apex, so it looks as though I'm just going to have to be prepared for it at all times, unless anyone knows any little trick about beating the proximity block.
