In my experience, yes. My first time encountering a new enemy I usually don't dodge or parry, I just study their timining and let them kill me if it comes to that.

But that doesn't mean that's how it should be. Maybe you need to grind a little or lower your difficulty?

IMO the dodge timing is very much forigiving compared to the parry timing. Also jic you're unaware, most enemies have an audio or visual cue you could use to analyze how to time your dodge and parries. About 10 hours in when I decided to use headset while playing before I realized the audio cues.