My mind used to be blown by that, but I learned the only way to deal with it to out mash them. :P MASHBLUE
Especially mashy characters like Tao. You can't let them hit buttons, because they're always going to be pushing them the instant there's a millisecond of quiet. You have to push it FIRST to make sure you get them blocking.
They give no fucks, so you have to give no fucks harder.
Listen, and understand. Mashers are out out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And they absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are dead.