Nothing will work against a skilled turtle but here are some tips..

Zone cancel into grab, zone cancel into top light.

Feint alot, be active with no intention of hitting really. Only attack you should throw out random is top light since its the fastest with a good range.
Guardbreak alot, fast top heavy feint followed by fast top light in between.
They will want to do something eventually since they see you stylin on them, deep down. And then ya gotta be on point with the parries and punishes.

If its a shield bro that doesnt know how powerful headbutt/shield spam is i just stand in their face. Shugoki aswell grab to break their armor even if they tech it. They will press a button.

All you got as kensei is parry and gb really for confirm damage so ya gotta play dem games to get them to attack/miss a parry. Every turtle is different.
Kensei is in a sense a turtle character but keep stylin on people to decieve them if you know what I mean to bait the parry.


Only ones that break the skilled turtle are warlord conq shugoki and flicker abusers. So dont feelbad man