Playing on a keyboard, use the up key on your keypad to make an iinitial run at your opponent. Then just before you collide, rapid use of A, S, and the space bar will unleash a good kick attack. Holding down A&S while repeatedly popping the space bar will usually cause a flying kick attack that, once it starts causing red damage instead of blue, can be repeated until the match is won.

While manipulating A,S,W, and the space bar, be sure to let your right hand stay busy on the keypad directional keys during general fighting. I get the most pleasure out of taking female characters and training them up to grand masters and winning the fight match with them. It's the greater challenge. That said, female upper body strength is less than that of the males, so I don't do a lot of grappling or hand punches with the females. But I use a lot of kicks.

If necessary, remap your keypad directional keys so they will take on the dodge functions.

Hope these tips help.

Yup, that's the same thing that one me most of the fights, too: as soon as a fight begins, run towards the enemy and send him to the ground with a slide-kick. This way you come out swinging and it works every time.