Mash back. DOA characters are pretty much almost always "negative" after a move is blocked.
Free Step Dodge
Force_of_Nature
Brute
IZUNA THEIR BITCH ASS
Force_of_Nature
Unfortunately "nonstop poking" > Izuna =P lol.
Brute
If they're punching, there's no reason they can't be izuna'd
Force_of_Nature
Izuna's aren't OH's if I'm not mistaken. Hence Punching > Izuna.
Brute
But they are defensive holds. Punch < Izuna hold
xWildx
It's really the VF characters I have the most trouble with. And I have no Izuna 