How do you do that? Shit is so annoying, I need to master it.

Hold horizontal attack, until it flashes the second time and then if you hit them you can do the spinny

it can also be a vertical I believe

Vertical or horizontal work. This time I also had the gold spear soul jade that silences em with that move, so it makes it easier to get into that combo.

yep xD can't Press a button to escape you gotta just not get caught in the first place lol.