Yeah, I'll admit though, since we've played so many matches with each other and I've conditioned him to block the (5C 2C whatever) blockstring so much, I figured it would be okay to sneak in a Fire Boost in one of two of them. The D attacks & the oki options are some of the things I've been adding in to my game, but it's good to hear from someone else that it's something I need to work on. Actually, looking back at these matches, yeah, I think this is when I didn't sure up my combo starters. There were times where I felt my inputs didn't always come like I wanted, but it might have been because my timing was off.
Thanks for the input about 11:10, I'll work on that. And thanks overall.