Is there any way to reduce how often my enemies use master strikes?

I was trying to memorise the longsword combos and it made me realise that I almost never get the chance to actually pull them off without my opponent performing a master strike on me so I was wondering if this is just how the game is or if there’s something I’m doing wrong, with the way it slows time whenever they do it it just feels kinda frustrating so I’d love to avoid it if possible lol