Damn, man, it's an option. And saying "no one ever punished me before" is true because no one even tried to or knew it was punishable. Another example: Sonya's catrwheel, -3 on block, do a standing 9 frame jab and she gets hit out of her instant divekick, but "you're exposed to d1 and d4, lol". Wow, what a problem. Find a way around it, I won't say more.