Some tips for people wanting to get further:
- the enemy swordsman swing slow enough you can run past them without getting hit
- they also have friendly fire
- roll less, it moves you so far forward you can't react to a fast bird/large sword bearer
- the first two strikes of your 3 hit combo (hit j really fast) have small backwards hitboxes. you can hit birds flying behind you
- the large sword bearer hits with the sword. if you get close enough to their feet they cannot hit you
- the large sword bearers actually space slightly outside their range, you don't have to move
See this very low resolution example on Imgur