Ataeru: Yeah, didn't see how others felt about the parry until after I finished this. I'll see if I can edit it still, but if not...

I too had some troubles with the parrying, I honestly didn't know even with the prompt how to do it until the blade wolf fight. It's a matter of doing a parry similar to fighting games like DOA or Soul Caliber. If you have enough experience with those games, you should get used to it quickly, however for those who don't, there will be difficulties performing it. However that's for a one on one battle, if more enemies are around you and you try to parry... all I can say is good luck, because you're more than likely to swing into a different enemy and will end up getting hit.