Ok. So I'm an idiot. LOL Didn't realize two very important things. Double jump and the sword. That slightly helps. I would get into situations like this...

...where there was no time to slide after the jump. Didn't realize you could swing your sword and take it out. Nice!
Speaking of which... as I've been playing this I realized this could very easily be turned into a rhythm game with those three lanes (Guitar Hero style). Could be a gameplay option. Probably a ton of extra work, but it seems the way this game is laid out it would adapt nicely to that. Either way, having a lot of fun with this and love the randomly generated obstacles.