Yeah, I can still remember one of my friends being surprised as hell way back in the day when he rolled out of the way of a downward thrust, me playing link, and instead of getting a free hit on me he got smashed off of the side of the stage.
If I remember right I figured it out because the manual mentioned that if you were quick enough you could spring back into action by hitting the shield button instead of falling on your back after being hit hard, and I had gotten so used to this that I tried it just out of habit right before i got link's sword stuck in the ground.
Why the hell am I writing such longwinded sentences.