u mean the jump attack when u are healing or when he jump backwards with his spear swipe?

when u heal, u need to go far far away to heal or else he will jump attack on u. but sometimes i will use this as a bait to get close to him so when he almost land his attack, just dodge to the left (by the time u will certainly finish drinking your gourd) and u will have 2 free hits on him.

if u say when he jump back with his spear swipe, u need to anticipate that. always ready to block after 2 hits. and most often after he jump back with spear swipe, he will follow up with a gun shot 4 times (can block easily), and then a thrust which u can mikiri counter it easily.

good luck.