Almost all of us felt helpless against a player who uses this infamous move only as a defensive tool. I played Shinobi myself, and felt the weight of those 3 bars. I used to be mad when ppl used this argument to justify everything, but i was wrong and i admit it. However as a compromise to have an unpunishable move wouldn't be more fair like this? because as i said in the first line it's useless engaging if the opponent responds at everything with the kick. No matter how hard you try you can't touch a shinobi unless he wants to. At least the second dash must be a forward one.
Let me know.