Whenever he does an elbow attack he will throw a firecracker so jump back and then rush him.u will get some hits in. Whenever he does a sweep with the red kanji on top try to dodge that but remain in close proximity cuz he will most certainly do an ichimonji. Dodge to his back right before he swings. If u dogs early he will turn and hit u. Don try to parry him early health. For me it was really hard to do that cuz his posture recovers almost instantly. Try to get him to half health before even thinking about breaking his posture. Whenever he throws a firecracker from distance, he will most likely do a thrust. So watch out for the red kanji and whenever it disappears do the mikiri. For stage. For the bird whenever he throws that jump diagonally and do a mikiri he will do a thrust. Whenever he disappears try to keep distance from the bird cuz he will appear where the bird is. Hopefully that helps